Project Manager

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AMP Robotics is a pioneer and industry leader in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and infrastructure for the waste and recycling industry. We’re working to reimagine and actively modernize recycling by applying AI and automation to increase recycling rates and economically recover recyclables reclaimed as raw materials for the global supply chain. We build and deploy cutting-edge technology solutions that solve many of the central challenges of recycling to make it more efficient, cost-effective, scalable, and sustainable. 

Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, the Denver Post named AMP one of the 2021 Top Workplaces in Colorado. We’re fostering an environment where talented, driven individuals can grow and create impact. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste; at AMP, your contributions have meaning and can spur change. With backing from top-tier investors and national recognition including Fortune’s Impact 20, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes’ most promising AI companies, we’re always seeking ways to better our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to collaborate and improve each day in what we do. Learn more at AMPRobotics.com.

AMP Robotics is hiring a Project Manager reporting to Senior Project Manager to focus on overseeing the successful completion of projects including the creation, organization, and execution. This includes setting deadlines, communicating with company executives about the state of the project, ensuring projects stay on track and on budget, and adjusting if necessary to meet new requirements.

As our Project Manager, you will work to:

  • Lead task execution on engineering, procurement, assembly, shipping and installation activities while updating the project tracking status for as many 5+ project deployments at the same time.
  • Document and track action items from project kick-off, design review, customer agreement, installation review and post project meetings.
  • Establish, monitor and maintain budgets through the entire project lifecycle while understanding and showing better ways to provide clear and concise reports.
  • Coordinating the development of project documentation including user manuals, training materials and quality/performance criteria as needed to enable successful implementation and turnover of the system to the customer.
  • Support installations through completion many which will be on weekends. Travel up to 50% of the time could be expected.  The field work is not climate controlled, can be dirty and poses certain hazards.
  • Proactively identify risk and respond quickly to issues within the projects, problem solve and advise senior management of options for resolution. The expectation is high energy, fast paced environment.
  • Collaborate with the engineering and product teams to prioritize issues and requested new features through the Engineering Change Request process.
  • Drive after action reports to identify and resolve challenges that arose during the entire project management process.  
  • Continually identify and implement new opportunities for cost savings, improved quality and customer experience, and proactively track these objectives.

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

  • None.

The successful candidate will have:

Required:

  • 5+ years of relevant project experience 
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to lead cross functionally in a matrixed environment
  • Extensive use of Project Management software tools, ex. MS Project, Smartsheets, Asana
  • Inherent sense of accountability 
  • Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively and autonomously 
  • Comfortable managing up to 5 concurrent projects at any given time
  • Attention for detail, awareness  of issues before they arise and a drive to keep commitments
  • Experience in an industrial environment

Preferred: 

  • 10 years of relevant professional experience 
  • Experience managing technical projects 
  • Bachelor’s degree within engineering/business or project certificate education
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment
  • Passion about robotics, artificial intelligence, and recycling
  • A variety of project management tools

Education:

  • High school diploma or equivalent 

Experience: 

  • 5-10 years of relevant project management experience

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus, and ability to accurately see and label color. (remove if not a requirement)

Working Location(s): 

  • 2770 Industrial Lane, Broomfield CO
  • There may also be some work across other offices within Colorado including Denver and Louisville facilities.

Travel Requirements: 

  • Up to 50%. Occasional international travel. 
    • Please note: This role requires travel, and AMP requires employees who travel to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. AMP is an equal opportunity employer and, consistent with applicable law, will consider requests for reasonable accommodations based on disability or sincerely-held religious beliefs, or as required by state or local law, where it is able to do so without undue hardship to the Company.


AMP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected 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.


Other duties: 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.


Salary & compensation information: $75,000 to $95,000 depending on experience. 

Benefits information:

  • Medical - The company covers up 85% to 100% of the premium for Cigna healthcare plans depending on the selection. Employees pay the difference in premium if they select a more expensive plan. Up to 75% for dependents. 
  • Dental, Vision, Short and Long Term Disability.
  • 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching).
  • 14 days PTO and 6 paid sick days.
  • Nine (9) paid holidays – 7 company designated and 2 floating holidays. (salaried employees only).
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An Insider's view of AMP

How does your team reward individual success?

My team rewards individual success with genuine recognition, both highlighting my contributions to the wider organization and providing me with meaningful, rewarding work that aligns with both my career interests and AMP Robotics' objectives. Here, good work accelerates your career.

Mike

Market Research Analyst

What's the biggest problem your team is solving?

Supporting remote systems in unforgiving environments across the world is hard work. It requires foresight from the initial stages of a project and a tight, honest feedback loop. I'm proud to be in a group focused on creative and proactive service solutions for our customers to increase the profitability of recycling. It's exciting work!

Chase

Robotics Operations Engineer

How has your career grown since starting at the company?

In less than a year, I've assimilated into the full cycle of software development and have had the opportunity to work across teams to ship robots and software to customers directly. I feel more confident in my ability to bring ideas to life and more connected to the engineering community thanks to AMP's highly collaborative and hands-on team.

Sana

Senior Vision Software Engineer

How do you empower your team to be more creative?

Recognize you have a lot to offer, yet also a lot to potentially learn—and be open to how and from who you learn, as well as how and who you can teach. Leading with respect for everyone’s different perspectives opens up so many ways we can unify them for the benefit of ourselves, our teams, and the customers we serve.

Maria

Production Team Lead

What unique initiatives do you have that encourage innovation?

AMP strikes a rare balance by melding the pursuit of a mission that benefits the planet with a set of ground-breaking technical challenges. Every difficult project at AMP directly leads to diversion of material from landfills, and that promise naturally ignites a passion for creative invention and determined problem solving.

Cameron

Technical Product Manager

What are AMP Perks + Benefits

AMP Benefits Overview

AMP Robotics is an exciting place to work, and we have fun at the intersection of recycling, robotics, and artificial intelligence! The company offers employees benefits such as 401k, healthcare insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, short term disability coverage, and long term disability coverage. Many of these benefits extend to dependents as well.

Culture
OKR operational model
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
6 weeks maternity/paternity paid leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
AMP offers two floating holidays that our team can use at their discretion throughout the year. Election Day is also a paid company holiday.
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Employees get free lunch on Friday.
Onsite office parking
Pet friendly
AMP welcomes well-behaved pets.
Recreational clubs
AMP has a number of active social clubs, with outlets for those who like board games, gardening, fly fishing, hiking/climbing 14ers, and many more! We've hosted two virtual cooking demos this year.
Professional Development Benefits
Lunch and learns

Additional Perks + Benefits

Other stuff we do at AMP:

We recently introduced Zestful, an employee recognition tool. Our team members recognize each other for excellent work through Zestful, tying peer-to-peer recognitions to our core values. Team members accrue points in Zestful that can be used for rewards like HeadSpace subscriptions, meal kit deliveries, books, and even limited-run swag!

We leverage our engagement survey results at AMP. Gathering info from everyone on the team about what they want goes a long way so we can then execute on initiatives to continue to grow AMP in all the best ways.

And we have some pretty awesome weekly all hands meetings!

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