Project Manager, Layout Engineering (Central)

About the role

The Project Manager, Layout Engineering at Symbotic will oversee automation solutions at client sites, collaborating with various departments to ensure efficient and effective project execution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage project charters, baseline metrics, data collection plans, and proof-of-concepts to validate project deliverables.
• Ensure successful planning, development, execution, acceptance, and post-implementation in accordance with project objectives.
• Facilitate the resolution of issues, risks, and challenges that arise during the deployment process.
• Identify opportunities for process automation, improved scalability, and efficiency within the installation team.
• Lead weekly cross-functional meetings to review project progress, issues, and risks.
• Provide regular updates to business stakeholders and leadership on project progress and impact.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure CI-driven ideas are integrated into design and documentation through engineering changes.
• Ensure timely execution of approved engineering changes across all installation sites, including retroactive implementation at past sites.
• Document and share best practices, process improvements, and innovative approaches across the installation organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline, Construction Management, or equivalent years of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in industrial/robotic automation installation projects.
• Ability to implement creative solutions, deliver projects to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Skills to identify problems, potential risks, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to successfully implement change initiatives with minimal disruption and maximum adoption.
• Good negotiation and relationship skills, both in directing the technical team and ability to manage and reach solutions to competing priorities.
• Experience leveraging business intelligence tools to provide insightful metrics.
• Process oriented, lean focused, methodical, detail-oriented, and proactive.

Preferred

• PMP cert, Lean/Six Sigma/Kaizen cert, working knowledge of Jira, Smartsheet, and SAP.
• Ability to travel up to 60% of the time to respective site location.

What We Offer

• Base range for this position in the posted location is $101,000.00 - $138,600.00.
• Compensation package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K, PTO and/or other benefits.