Project Manager

The warehouse of the future contains high-density, high-precision racking with automated pallet shuttles (like our atlas 1D) instead of wide aisles that forklifts need to pass through.

Our customers benefit from much better utilization of their warehouses (up to 70% more pallet storage than traditional rack!), maximized vertical space, improved accuracy in pallet selection, and minimized labor costs and product damage.

Over the span of more than 40 years, we’ve grown into a company with 10 manufacturing facilities, 19 commercial offices, and the know-how of around 2000 employees serving customers in 40 countries.

Early 2021, we opened our US Office and have already grown to around 70 people. It’s exciting times to be at stow!

Location:

Romeoville, IL or remotely

Purpose of the job

The Project Manager role is responsible for planning, organizing and executing post-sales activities

The Project Manager drives forward the assigned project(s), identifies potential issues or delays, and ensures that installations are handed over to the customer on time and under budget.

Key result areas & Key deliverables

QSHE & Compliance:

• Every employee at stow contributes to a safe and compliant work environment
• Every employee sets an example of working safely, efficiently, and in a qualitative way according to the stow QSHE (Quality, Safety, Health, Environment) and local standards
• You motivate others to follow the appropriate quality and safety practices
• You comply with the attitude of Lean and continuous improvements in the organization
• You are responsible for ensuring that all activities and processes are in compliance with stow’s QSHE standards, policies, instructions, and local legislation

Responsibilities:

• You’re the single point of contact for the assigned project(s) towards the client, subcontractors and stow stakeholders from Engineering, Finance, and Sales
• You familiarize yourself with all the available project documentation and assess the operation, technical, and financial feasibility
• You set up detailed project planning for high-precision racking construction incl. robotics
• You ensure that all engineering and preparatory activities are undertaken 
• You attend kick-off, technical, commercial and planning meetings as well as site inspections
• You work closely with Project Engineers and Construction Site Managers to drive the overall project execution
• You outline work methods and instruct all required internal and external team members/workers
• You foresee project risks or uncertainties, escalate any issues to the relevant project stakeholders and take mitigative action to stay within the project timeline
• You troubleshoot and problem-solve when issues become apparent
• You monitor and report on the execution, progress, and quality of the project 
• You identify project plan deviations and initiate corrections where necessary
• In collaboration with the Construction Site Manager, you conduct regulatory checks
• You maintain and adhere to the project budget
• You take ownership of the results and act proactively with the given authority

Administration: 

• You provide required reports and information punctually on request of Management
• You ensure that all project-related documentation is up to date and properly stored/archived
• You keep track of claims – identifying variations and/or draft delay notifications with substantiation of costs

Training & Development: 

• You share technical knowledge with site management or other team members
• You conduct on-site safety training if Site Manager is absent
• You participate in company and team training as required

Qualifications 

• Willingness to travel to sites (50% of time).
• Monitoring the progress and quality of the project, identifying deviations and correcting (or initiate corrections) where necessary.
• Managing operational staff and subcontractors regarding the project execution. Supervises the safe execution of the project on site and observes the QSHE regulations and administration.
• Supervises the assembly methods and checks the quality of the delivered materials.

What do we offer you?

1. PTO, days paid sick leave, 11 US paid holidays
2. Medical (currently BlueCross BlueShield), Dental and Vision Insurance, including Family coverage, all currently 90% Company paid
3. Company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
4. Company Paid Life Insurance
5. Company Paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment
6. 401K with employer match, currently 4%
7. Partial Tuition Reimbursement after 12 months
8. Gross Salary

Salary Range: $125,000 to $135,000 yearly 

Quality, Safety, Health, Environment, Compliance

Every employee at stow contributes to a safe and compliant work environment. We set the example and motivate each other to work safely, efficiently, and in a qualitative way. stow’s standards, policies, instructions, and local legislations are there to guide our decisions.

EEO

stow provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. stow prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, age, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.