Project Manager

• Work with team leads to understand department processes, workflows, and business directives
• Clearly communicate workflows, goals, and direction to the project team
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, milestones, and deliverables
• Plan and schedule project timelines; communicate status, risks, and issues on an ongoing basis
• Act as a trusted intermediary, facilitating discussions with key stakeholders, customers, management, and other cross-functional team members
• Develop and foster a creative and collaborative team environment
• Utilize best practices to manage and control change
• Analyze project for problems and proactively resolve issues.
• Perform post-mortem evaluation of project and recommend improvements.
• Manage third-party resources.
• Prepare and manage third-party contracts and invoices.
• Assist with budgets and expense projections.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervision.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in management, business, or related field; certification or master's degree in project management preferred
• Previous project management work experience preferred
• Experience in manufacturing process and equipment development.
• Must have excellent verbal, written and listening skills and have the ability to provide written and verbal instructions and present information clearly
• Must exhibit professionalism when communicating with superiors and subordinates.
• Must be adaptable to a changing work environment, competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Must have the ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Must have the ability to troubleshoot and problem solve.
• Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Must be able to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and follow through on issues in a timely manner.