Project Manager

About the Company

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We’re a fast-growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS) with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow. Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, Zurn Elkay places people at the center of its success. Our employees drive superior quality, product ingenuity, and exceptional customer experience. With over 100 years of growth, we are a leading international supplier of plumbing and water delivery solutions.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Zurn Elkay employs over 2,800 employees worldwide across 24 locations in the U.S., China, Canada, Dubai, and Mexico, with global sales offices.

About the Role

As a Project Manager at Zurn Elkay, you will lead footprint optimization and integration projects for the business. You will plan requirements with internal customers and guide projects through the entire lifecycle, including managing schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communication—including senior leadership. You will provide program management support for strategic operations and distribution initiatives across multiple business groups and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of program schedules, expense and capital budgeting, and resource forecasting.
• Ensure integration of cross-functional schedules and deliverables.
• Identify and manage risks, making judgments about quality and adjusting program pace as needed.
• Define program scope and drive timely execution of key decisions.
• Manage program changes post-decision.
• Deliver programs on time through effective allocation of time, budget, and resources.
• Improve processes and tools.
• Drive accountability to schedules and budgets by maintaining program schedules, scorecards, and facilitating project reviews.
• Capture learnings and incorporate them into new projects and process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment (operations, engineering, supply chain, or similar).
• Demonstrated success in managing projects.
• Travel up to 35%.
• Strategic and creative thinker with strong analytical and decision-making skills to achieve quality, service, cost, and profit goals.
• Ability to influence and drive project results, securing buy-in from key stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Agility and flexibility in a dynamic environment.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and formal presentation skills.
• Strong team, organizational effectiveness, and financial/strategic acumen.

Skills

• Strategic Mindset: Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance organizational goals.
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Plans & Aligns: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Pay

The salary range is $75,000 – $110,000. Most candidates will start in the lower half of the range. Actual salaries may vary based on compensable factors including skillset, experience, education, training, and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance.
• Matching 401(k) contribution.
• Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Up to 3 weeks of starting vacation (may increase with tenure).
• 12 paid holidays.
• Annual bonus eligibility.
• Educational reimbursement.
• Matching gift program.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (purchase company stock at a discount).