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About the Role
The Project Manager is responsible for the overall performance of contracts, ensuring timely delivery, budget control, and compliance with contractual requirements. They will maintain strong relationships with customers and stakeholders, providing regular project reports, risk registers, and key performance indicators.
Responsibilities
- Develops project documentation, including master schedules and project plans.
- Develops project-specific schedules based on departmental timelines to ensure timely milestone transmission and clear communication of critical paths.
- Ensures project goals and objectives are met through effective stakeholder relationships.
- Ensures projects adhere to standard processes and are completed on time and with the expected quality.
- Manages and controls customer relationships through appropriate reporting, regular meetings, and conference calls.
- Clarifies scope of work with internal teams before customer buy-in and explains/justifies scope changes.
- Addresses customer dissatisfactions with teams and management to find solutions within scope, budget, and schedule.
- Develops communication plans for projects to share progress, issues, risks, and facilitate problem-solving.
- Identifies and quantifies potential project risks in collaboration with project teams.
- Leads project reporting meetings with management to discuss progress, problems, opportunities, risks, action plans, financial status, and objectives.
- Ensures effective management and adherence to project budget items with the project team.
- Identifies schedule variances and their causes, develops action plans to minimize impacts, and implements permanent solutions for delays.
- Performs other duties as assigned with adequate training.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in project or program management.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the manufacturing industry or rail transit.
- Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite and contract administration.
- Strong motivator and team player with the ability to rally a team and share experience.
- Exemplary leadership demonstrating respect, openness, honesty, mentoring, positive influence, and flexibility.
- Available to travel to the United States occasionally.
- Valid driver’s license.
Skills
- Project Management
- Program Management
- Contract Administration
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Leadership
- Communication
- Risk Management
- Budget Management
- Team Motivation
- Problem-Solving
Location
- United States
Work Type
- Regular
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $79100-112800
Benefits
- Vacation
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Retirement plan
About the Company
- Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors.
- With over 150 years of experience, Wabtec leads in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity.
- Wabtec's expertise, technologies, and people accelerate the future of transportation across freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, and marine sectors.
- Founded on the legacies of George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec builds critical technologies and solutions.
- Wabtec has a global team of approximately 30,000 employees worldwide.
- Wabtec is committed to continuous improvement and expanding possibilities for clients and employees.
- Wabtec is focused on revolutionizing how the world moves for future generations.
Equal Opportunity
- Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status.
- We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.
- We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles.
- We strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs.
- We're building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.
- If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.