Project Manager 1
WesTech Engineering · Ames, IA · 5 days ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
Job Summary
WesTech is seeking a Project Manager 1 to coordinate internal and external resources to fulfill contractual project requirements and communicate with customers on design, schedule, and financial issues. This role involves leading contacts with customers, maintaining budgets and margins, meeting milestones, and overseeing project management tasks.
Responsibilities
- Lead contact with the customer in coordinating job section schedules, requirements, and shipments.
- Closely maintain job section budgets and margins.
- Consistently meet job section milestone dates.
- Maintain project manager checklists for a moderate number of job sections.
- Understand and comply with ISO procedures.
- Review project estimates.
- Review and take into account the details of purchase orders and contracts.
- Review and take into account the technical specifications.
- Oversee the Engineering and Design of the equipment.
- Prepare job review materials.
- Prepare material for a post job review.
- Cookordinate vendor activities to support project objectives.
- Prepare purchase requisitions on jobs; work with the purchasing team in deciding key buying issues.
- Inspect or provide for inspection of buyouts and main equipment.
- Update Team Manager on the status and progress of each job for inclusion in the team schedule.
- Cookordinate with Team Managers for proper re-sourcing on projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning, including the ability to seek feedback, acknowledge mistakes, and adjust approaches when needed.
- Developing strong communication skills, including; clear verbal communication, logical written communication, and ability to actively listen.
- Ability to work collaboratively across both internal cross-departmental teams and external customer teams.
- Ability to think and act proactively.
- Ability to manage competing requirements in an efficient and effective manner.
- Dedicated to seeing a project through to completion.
- Must be detail-oriented and well-organized.
- Able to complete either domestic or international travel, when needed.
- Must be proficient in speaking, reading, and writing in English.
- Basic algebraic math skills.
Skills That You Need
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning.
- Strong communication skills.
- Collaborative teamwork abilities.
- Proactive thinking and action.
- Efficient and effective requirement management.
- Detail-oriented and organized work habits.
- Ability to travel domestically or internationally.
- Fluency in English.
- Basic algebraic math skills.
Skills That Will Set You Apart
- One or more years of project management or project coordination experience.
- PMI Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) certification.
- Experience with MS Projects or other project management software.
Benefits And Perks
- Competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.
- Dollar for dollar 401K match of 6%.
- Flexible work hours, hybrid schedules with remote work options.
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits package.
- Company HSA contribution, Paid Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program.
- Company-paid Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and Long-term Disability.
- PTO plan and Paid Holidays.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Company celebrations, summer parties, volunteer opportunities, games, prize drawings, and more!