Project Manager – Mechanical Product Categories, Middle Atlantic Products

Thank you for your interest in becoming part of the team at Legrand!

GENERAL PURPOSE

Project Manager to lead cross-functional projects supporting our mechanical-oriented product categories, with a focus on audiovisual racks, enclosures, and technical furniture. This role will manage product development, lifecycle initiatives, and process improvements from concept through launch, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned with customer needs.

DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Lead and manage projects for mechanical-based AV products, including racks, enclosures, and furniture systems.
• Drive project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management across cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, operations, and sales/marketing to ensure alignment and execution.
• Lead or help deploy projects for new business implementation, technology enhancements, migrations and process improvements
• Ensure project deliverables are aligned with business objectives related to safety, quality, delivery and cost
• Consistently communicate to internal stakeholders outlining status, risks, issues and action plans
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Process engineering change orders and communicate appropriately with vendors regarding revision changes and obsolescence of material
• Translate customer and market requirements into actionable project deliverables.
• Oversee vendor and manufacturing partners, particularly in metal fabrication, furniture production, and component sourcing.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (UL, RoHS) and internal quality processes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in processes, tools, and project management practices.
• Consistently support compliance by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non -compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations
• Understand workplace hazards and take steps to proactively prevent and report hazards or injuries in the workplace. Cooperate in Safety Programs, initiatives, and investigations.
• Demonstrate our five core values of Integrity, Customer Responsiveness, Innovation, Passionate Contribution & Empowerment and Continuous Improvement

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Experience leading cross-functional projects in a global environment
• Demonstrated ability working with minimal supervision and exercising judgment
• Self-starter with the ability to manage to tight timelines
• Strong work ethic
• Strong written, oral and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a team environment, and leverage additional resources as needed
• Ability to demonstrate flexible and efficient time management and to appropriately prioritize workload based upon organization or department needs
• Ability to manage several projects through completion at one time while providing high attention to details
• Developed problem analysis and problem-solving skills
• Intermediate computer and database skills with proficiency using the internet, Word, Excel and Outlook (or related e-mail system)
• Continuous Improvement mindedness
• Customer focused (internal and external)
• Must possess high degree of professionalism and ability to handle confidential information

Minimum Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or related technical degree with a minimum of five (5) years of experience in project management function in mechanical or electro-mechanical product environments; or combination of relevant education or experience.

Special Job Requirements:

• Requires frequent availability and communication during non-standard business hours to communicate with global team members.
• Must be available for extended, varied work hours based on business need.
• Must be available for travel, domestic and international.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous work experience in areas relevant to the assigned technology.
• CTS or equivalent industry certification.
• MBA or equivalent.
• Familiarity with SAP.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required (for the majority of the working day) to sit and make coordinated movements of the fingers for data entry on a keyboard.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• General office environment.
• Long-distance or air travel as needed (including international) – up to 25%.

Note: Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to/from this job at any time.

LeGrand is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. You will be considered for this position based upon your experience and education, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry; marital, disabled or veteran status. We are committed to creating and maintaining a workforce environment that is free from any form of discrimination or harassment.

If you'd like to work in a fun, creative, business-casual environment that offers a comprehensive benefit package, we encourage you to apply! 

Legrand is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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