Kaeppel Consulting is seeking an onsite IT Project Manager for a temporary assignment focused on supporting small-to-medium IT projects with low-to-moderate complexity. This fully onsite role in Erie, PA will be responsible for coordinating project scope, schedules, risks, and resources in accordance with established project management standards and best practices.
Duties & ResponsibilitiesProject Planning & DeliveryPlans, monitors, and leads small-to-medium IT projects from initiation through completion.
Ensures appropriate project team members are engaged at the right stages of the project.
Defines project scope, goals, milestones, and deliverables with stakeholders.
Prepares, analyzes, and maintains detailed project work plans and schedules using approved project-planning tools and internal guidelines.
Applies project management best practices across scope control, schedule management, budget awareness, and change management.
Monitors project health and recommends adjustments to schedule, resources, or costs as needed.
Maintains project logs documenting risks, issues, decisions, and action items.
Tracks follow-up and resolution of issues to maintain project momentum.
Communicates project updates, status reports, and risk escalations to stakeholders and leadership.
Experience leading small-to-medium IT projects.
Solid understanding of the project lifecycle and project-planning tools.
Highly organized with strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to drive accountability and coordinate cross-functional teams in a structured environment.
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What We Do
Different from most large firms, Kaeppel Consulting offers customized solutions to meet your needs without all the overhead. We have applied our lean tools to our self and designed a “Just-in-Time” supply model. We have access to all levels of consultants within many industries and will provide you with just the right talent needed for just the right amount of time.
We are a privately held, veteran-owned, services firm dedicated and concentrated in Staffing, Training and Consulting with competencies in Lean, Six Sigma, Program and Project Management, Enterprise Architecture, Change Management and IT Services. Our experience comes from companies such as GE, USAA, Federal Express, IBM, Dell and other fortune 100 companies.
We focus on helping our customers achieve sustainable and measurable improvements through the application of these competencies in several key practice areas, including Information Technology disciplines, Innovation and Strategic Planning, Capability Maturity Planning and Management, Portfolio Planning and Management, Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement, Business Transformation and Business Integration.
We offer tailored Staff Augmentation services, customized Training Programs, and results-oriented Consulting Services. We recognize our clients are unique in their cultures, goals and needs. Therefore, all our services are designed and tailored to uniquely meet each customer’s needs. We operate with our core values of putting People First, speaking with Honesty, demonstrating Integrity, providing world-class Service, and ensuring Excellence in all we do. We operate with a mindset that puts our clients' needs before our own and works ourselves out of your business by conducting knowledge transfer and coaching our clients in our methods as we deliver on our promises. This ensures we are leaving a client in a better position of capabilities than before we arrived.
