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This position provides strategic direction and day-to-day oversight of project activities, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, risk, quality, and customer expectations. The Project Manager leads cross-functional teams, coordinates internal and external stakeholders, monitors project performance and financial results, and proactively addresses risks, issues, and changes to ensure the project is delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the required quality standards.\nEssential Functions\nResponsible for successfully achieving project deliverables, including scope, cost, quality, delivery and financial objectives.\nReports key project deliverables to Executive Management, including key project metrics on a monthly basis.\nHands-on management of the project on a daily basis.\nIdentifies project risk, develops mitigation plans with operations management and works to achieve project deliverables.\nAssists sales management in developing marketing and sales proposals. \nMakes client presentations, as required.\nEstablishes project objectives in terms of project requirements, schedule, and budget from discussions with applications department, account manager, operations and supply chain personnel and the customer.\nParticipates in project estimating sessions, as required.\nServes as the “voice of the customer” inside of the Company related to the project.\nKeeps clients informed of project status on a regular basis.\nMaintains an appropriate awareness with the project team for any established project confidentiality.\nKeeps record of project activities through the use of the project management electronic file system, utilizing the appropriate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).\nMonitors project cost versus established estimate; make customer, management, and salesman aware of potential cost deviations and assist in formulating corrective action, as required.\nThrough project monitoring and client contact, identifies and maintains a log of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).\nProvides direction to assigned personnel in concept, design, detailing, or other project phases, including developing and/or approving solutions to specific problems. \nOrganizes and participates in design reviews.\nMonitors project during fabrication, assembly, debug and installation of equipment, and approve modifications and substitution of materials, as required.\nSchedules and participates in the safety review of fabricated equipment prior to tear down.\nCoordinates project activities within the company to ensure that all aspects of the project are brought to a successful conclusion. \nInterfaces with other company departments and customer representatives for the purpose of establishing project requirements, defining direction, and instilling confidence in customers with company capabilities with regard to project implementation.\nCommunicates project activities between management, personnel, and customer representatives to ensure the project direction is being maintained.\nGauges project status with regard to costs and schedule by keeping management and personnel informed of deviations that should be addressed with the customer.\nProvides direction and support in completing the design, detail, and engineering efforts associated with the assigned project.\nStays current and participates in company-sponsored opportunities concerning technological developments, design practices, and manufacturing processes.\nMaintains and delivers a “lessons learned” log as the project progresses to ensure successive projects benefit from the most recent project experience.\nMay direct and train individuals from the same and other classifications.\nEffectively interact with managers, supervisors, and hourly team members across all department.\nAdditional hours as necessary to meet business needs. \nTravel as needed and required.\nAdditional duties as needed and assigned.\nRequirements\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or Management/Business Administration or equivalent work experience and technical capability.\nA minimum of 5-15 years with relevant industrial Project Management experience.\nExcellent communications and inter-personal skills.\nStrong forward planning skills - anticipates requirements, potential challenges and bottlenecks that could impact project deliverables and develops contingency plans.\nMakes fact-based decisions.\nRead and interpret part prints, tool drawings, and technical instructions and descriptions.\nComfortable with industrial engineering concepts, able to connect cause and effect, has a passion for solving root cause.\nPreferred:\nDemonstrated ability to engage and build rapport with stakeholders from entry level to executive leadership. \nExperience using Microsoft Project and Excel.\nBackground with hydraulic presses and/or rotary dryers or other industrial products.\nAnticipated Earliest Start Date: January 2027\nBenefits:\n401(k)\n401(k) matching\nPaid Holidays\nEmployer paid Life Insurance\nEmployer paid Short Term Disability\nEmployer paid Long Term Disability\nDental insurance\nEmployee assistance program\nFlexible spending account\nHealth insurance\nPaid time off\nReferral Program\nTuition reimbursement\nVision insurance\nVoluntary Life insurance\nSchedule:\n1st Shift\nDay Shift\nAbout Williams, White & Company:\nEstablished in 1854, the Williams, White & Company name has been synonymous with quality industrial machinery for over a century. Today Williams White, a division of Doerfer Companies, is North America’s premier hydraulic press and industrial dryer manufacturer. The Williams White manufacturing operations span 150,000 square feet, offering the unique ability to engineer, design and manufacture the largest in hydraulic press and industrial dryer systems.\nApplicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.\nAll offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, job-related physical examination (when required for the position) and pre-employment drug screening, in accordance with Company policy. A copy of the Company’s Drug-Free and Alcohol-Free Workplace Policy is available upon request.\nDoerfer Companies is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and to employees with sincerely held religious beliefs, in accordance with applicable law. If you require an accommodation to perform the essential functions of your position or during the application, interviewing, hiring or onboarding process, please contact Human Resources. 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