Project Manager, Process Automation Division

At Kalmar, we are moving goods in critical supply chains around the world. As the forerunner in sustainable material handling equipment and services, we set the industry benchmark for a zero-emission future. We are driven by teamwork, innovation, and taking ownership to deliver results. With our global reach and local expertise, our success starts with a strong focus on the customer, ensuring their needs guide our daily work. We are dedicated to respecting others and fostering an inclusive culture where all voices are heard, empowering us to succeed together. With us, your work has an impact—your work moves the world!

About the role

We are looking for a driven Project Manager to join our Automation Solution Services division. In this critical role, you will lead and manage customer solution projects, ensuring they are delivered within agreed timescales, budgets, and quality standards to resolve key customer and business needs.

Base Salary: $123k
Eligible for Annual Bonus
Eligible for Annual Salary Review & Merit Increase

Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: Lead assigned global project teams in Kalmar Process Automation to meet scope, budget, schedule, deliverables, and quality goals according to customer contracts.
• Financial & Resource Management: Maintain financial responsibility for project margins, forecasting costs, managing the WBS structure model, and ensuring on-time invoicing and payments.
• Customer Relations: Manage customer contacts, communication, negotiations, and relationship building while ensuring alignment with Kalmar's expectations.
• Planning & Execution: Prepare comprehensive project plans, establish technical and contractual requirements, and coordinate necessary resources for successful execution.
• Risk & Safety Management: Proactively handle change management, identify and mitigate project risks, and ensure health and safety protocols are strictly followed.
• Sales & Continuous Improvement: Provide sales support during the project sales phase, collect lessons learned, and share insights globally to continuously develop project management best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, alongside fluency in written and spoken English.
• Proven experience in project management and product development, with a strong background working in the Container Terminal industry and handling large, complex international delivery projects.
• Strong leadership and management capabilities with an ability to motivate and inspire teams, combined with a business, market, and customer-focused mindset.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills, a proactive, self-driven attitude, and the ability to effectively interact with customers and resolve complex issues.
• Basic commercial and business knowledge, including a strong understanding of legal and contractual requirements in project delivery.
• Flexibility to travel internationally and locally between 20% and 30% of the time, along with a strong awareness and adherence to safety protocols.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage effective day one of employment.
• Flexible spending account.
• Company-paid Short- and Long-term disability coverage.
• Company-paid life insurance policy (2X’s annual salary up to $200k).
• Options for additional life insurance coverage for employee, spouse, and dependents at affordable rates.
• Safe harbour 401K plan with company match of 6% (no vesting).
• Generous time-off policy including vacation time, personal/sick time, paid/floating holidays, and paid parental leaves.
• Meaningful development opportunities through varied assignments, fair and gender-neutral pay, and flexible working conditions.

About Kalmar

Kalmar (Nasdaq Helsinki: KALMAR) is moving goods in critical supply chains around the world, with the vision to be the forerunner in sustainable material handling equipment and services. The company offers a wide range of industry-shaping heavy material handling equipment and services to ports and terminals, distribution centres, manufacturing, and heavy logistics. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Kalmar operates globally in over 120 countries and employs approximately 5,300 people. In 2025, the company's sales totalled approximately EUR 1.7 billion.