Project Manager

About the role

Project Managers (PMs) at Convergix Automation are key leaders and mentors to their peers. They strive for project execution excellence by managing a team of subject matter experts. Primary objectives are to manage Cost, Schedule and Scope according to the contract from start to finish, to excite the customer with the performance of the product and the services provided, and to deliver business results that meet or exceed Convergix’s expectations for awarded projects.

This position reports to Director of Project Management and Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a variety of projects to customer satisfaction, on time delivery with a “beat the budget” mindset while managing and mentoring the project team resources
• Initiate and sustain project related documentation consistent with the Project workbook including Budget management, Labour forecasts, Risk Register, Schedule, Open Issues list, Change Management/ECO tracker, Lessons learned and Final acceptance testing.
• Maintain a detailed schedule (MS Project for complex jobs) with a clearly identified Critical Path, ensuring the customer and project team are aware of related constraints.
• Provide project leadership
• Liaising directly with customers to understand their needs (commercial and technical)
• Identify risk areas and generate a plan to mitigate them
• Provide regular reporting to senior management and customer
• Budget validation and control
• Control all project changes that impact scope, schedule, budget or FAT/SAT
• Acceptance testing by using Convergix tools and systems to log initial change requests from the Customer or the project team. After requests are logged, follow the Convergix change management process to ensure proper resolution.
• Hold project close out meeting to identify areas that were successful, or areas which need improvement

Qualifications

• Strong project management experience within a relevant industry
• Demonstrable evidence of successful project delivery with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Of degree calibre with a project management aptitude.
• Working knowledge and practical application of project management planning methodologies and tools preferred.
• Commercial awareness with contractual as well as project experience / knowledge
• Hunger for success, personal drive and motivation - a proactive can-do attitude.
• Communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels, within the team, wider business and suppliers.
• Able to organise, prioritise and maintain relevant information to support the business.
• Sound analytical skills, good problem solver.
• Able to multi-task in a demanding environment, comfortable to operate under pressure, to lead and or be part of a team.
• Excellent customer service and relationship building skills.
• Creative ability to develop new ideas and implement improvements.

Desirable Experience

• Within the automation industry is highly preferred
• PMP certification or similar is highly desirable