Assistant Project Manager-Mercedes Benz MBUSI

Position: Assistant Project Manager

Location: Birmingham, AL

Job Type: Travel (75%), Remote (25%)

Reports to: Regional Manager

Department: North American Operations

Position Purpose:

The Project Manager position oversees and directs complex industrial construction projects at specific customer sites while maintaining customer, vendor and inter-divisional relationships. Critical decision-making capabilities and excellent communication are required to plan and accomplish goals. The Project Manager reports to the Regional Manager and is responsible for quoting projects, generating revenue, overseeing project execution, and ensuring profitability at the site level. The Project Manager works alongside the Leadec field crews to plan and execute projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates the values and business principles of Leadec.

• Works safely at all times.

• Quote Industrial and Commercial Projects.

• Work safely at all time and drive safety prevention as a personal responsibility.

• Maintain high ethical standards and an appropriate level of confidentiality.

• Work with Safety Manager and Site Foreman to ensure that all safety guidelines at the site are adhered to in accordance with our safety program requirements.

• Provide technical knowledge and problem-solving skills to encourage better decision making.

• Drive successful implementation of Leadec and Customer strategic initiatives.

• Relationship management -- both internally within Leadec and externally between Leadec, Leadec Customers and Leadec business partners.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and determine a clear path of action with goals and metrics in all areas of responsibility.

• Defining and achieving project objectives through proper planning and management of project activities.

• Maintaining excellent customer relations.

• Forecasting of manpower utilization gaps and filling with new sales.

• Providing overall project leadership and guidance for Leadec employees, vendors, subcontractors, and customers to ensure project objectives are achieved.

• Preparing and submitting project status reports as required for all Leadec projects.

• Expected travel = 25%.

• Adhering to and supporting all EHS and Quality objectives, in accordance with ISO 14001, 45001 and 9001 respectively.

• All other duties as assigned by Leadec manager.

Competencies:

• Managing Tasks

• Open Communication

• Self-Management

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must be highly organized, self-motivated individual who can work independently.

• Must possess strong leadership skills.

• Must be able to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations.

• Ability to read and understand complex electrical drawings and specifications.

• Ability to read and interpret a P&L report and generate supporting summaries and analysis.

• Ability to provide direction and hold a team accountable to meet the desired results.

Position Qualifications:

• 5-10 years' project management experience is required.

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.

• Previous experience in commercial and industrial work is required.

• Previous project management experience is required.

• Automotive experience is a plus.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the key actions of the job:

• Required to talk and/or hear in an industrial setting (noise level is moderate). Frequently required to stand and walk on concrete surfaces for 4 -12 hours. Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; lift; stoop, or crouch.

• Vision requirements: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception and focus adjustment.

• Work is performed in an industrial-manufacturing environment with occasional time spent working on a computer or at a desk.