Universal Machines Project Manager

Location: Bluffton, OH, US

About the role

The job function will be to manage projects from a technical, commercial, and timing point of view. We expect this individual to have a solid background of our product, to develop quotes on its own and to update program schedules and be the lead point of contact to the customer.

Responsibilities

• Provide the team with deadlines for different stages throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Participate in meetings with the project team to answer questions and announce schedule or budget changes
• Delegating tasks on the project to employees best positioned to complete them
• Making effective changes when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project
• Perform quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected
• Technical evaluation of the scope of supply at order placement
• Elaboration of customer Time Schedules
• Analysis of customer inquiries during the program & submittal of supplementary quotes
• Analysis of quotation requests (RFQ) and scopes of work (SOW) including creation of new customer quotes
• Coordination of the project involvement of the key persons and stakeholders internally and externally
• Program review meetings with the customer
• Internal Job order release in case of order through customer
• Cost Management of the project with a project cost book
• Support runoff tasks with customer coordination and checklists

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in or related to one of the fields below:
  • Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Industrial, OR Automation Engineering
  • Accounting / Finance / Economics
  • Statistics / Data Analytics / Business Analytics / Information Systems / IT / CS
• Ability to comprehend 2-D drawings / 3D Models
• Knowledge of mechanical design, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

Skills

• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills. Detail oriented.
• Strong math skills and understanding of mechanics
• Willingness and ability to learn new software [Autocad, 3D design, quotations, data analytics, SAP, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, PowerBI, PowerAutomate, PowerApps)]
• Willing to work overtime as needed
• Willing to travel domestic and international as needed

Benefits

• Competitive wage
• Vacation
• Health insurance
• Prescription coverage
• Dental
• Vision
• STD (short-term disability)
• Life insurance
• 401K
• Shift premiums