Associate Project Manager

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About the role

We are looking for an Associate Project Manager (APM) to join our Project Management Office (PMO) team in Electrification and Automation (EA). In this role, you will support the Project Management team for the successful execution of projects, from initiation through final closeout. You will work within the Siemens SI EA business unit, supporting products such as medium voltage switchgear, low voltage switchgears, transformers, and e-houses. This position prefers candidates willing to work hybrid in the Wendell, NC area. Relocation assistance can be discussed.

Responsibilities

• Support the project manager during all phases of the project, including milestone deliverables, documentation, case management, and financial aspects.
• Drive support with the Customer Care team in creating use cases to assure project acceptance and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and deliver monthly status reports, customer progress reports, customer change proposals, and presentations to management and internal/external stakeholders as needed.
• Drive final customer acceptance milestone, including completion of all documentation requirements, gear acceptance, and closing financial documentation.
• Coordinate to develop and maintain a project schedule and align needs with the project and site teams. Identify time-sensitive project needs.
• Manage factory ship shorts cases and subsequent ship short cases with the global care team.
• Track resources and project progress.
• Participate in customer meetings, lead them on behalf of project managers as needed, and capture notes during all project phases: from start to close and punch list meetings.
• Capture punch list from site commissioning and drive closure through close coordination with Siemens field service technicians, customer care team, project managers, factory personnel, and vendors.
• Attend meetings with customers and the Siemens site team to update on progress and site punch list.
• Document project events that impact the acceptance schedule, scope of work, and project efficiency. Identify solutions and review with the project manager to minimize schedule and cost impact.
• Orient project field service technicians in coordination with Customer Care and provide all necessary project documentation, including scope of work, drawings, applicable specifications, application-engineered drawings, and project contacts.
• Schedule project-specific commissioning resources and provide commissioning documentation. Ensure field service personnel scheduled for site visits have reviewed project documentation ahead of time.
• Expedite the return of project-specific mark-ups during project development.
• Support completion of project-specific close-out documentation. Own and drive all aspects of the close milestone processing to achieve timely and clean project quality gates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 1+ years of project management or engineering internship experience.
• 1+ years of experience in the power distribution industry, specifically reading and understanding basic electrical drawings and customer specifications.
• 20% travel required (national and international).
• PMP certification is required within 1 year of employment.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
• 1+ years of experience managing medium voltage/high voltage projects and portfolios.
• Ability to work in a team environment providing dedicated support to customers.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
• PMP certification.

Pay

$61,547 – $105,509