Position Summary
The Senior Project Manager oversees large, complex projects in the construction and material handling industries, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and in compliance with technical and contractual requirements. Serving as the primary customer interface, this role leads multi‑disciplinary teams and subcontractors, manages risk and financial performance, and mentors junior project managers to drive successful outcomes on projects valued at $50M+.
Essential Functions / Responsibilities
- Assume administrative, contractual, technical, and financial control of assigned projects.
- Organize and lead the project team; supervise and mentor Project Managers (levels 1 and 2).
- Preserve integrated system design to meet performance and technical specification requirements.
- Manage the project master schedule to achieve timely completion of contracts.
- Provide monthly project status reports to leadership and stakeholders.
- Act as the primary interface with customers, ensuring strong relationships and clear communication.
- Lead multi-disciplined teams and subcontractors, managing conflict, establishing priorities, and coordinating concurrent activities.
- Promote effective collaboration among departments and foster team development.
- Identify, assess, and manage project risks and opportunities.
- Travel as required, including extended periods during commissioning and acceptance phases.
- Manage project cash flow and deliverables against price/time curves, exercising overall profit responsibility.
Qualifications/ Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive project management experience, with a proven track record of successfully delivering medium to large projects ($50M+).
- 10+ years of experience in the construction and/or material handling industry.
- Strong leadership capability to build, unify, and motivate project teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills (verbal and written).
Preferred skills/ Qualifications
- Vanderlande ICS, platform solution experience strongly preferred
- Primavera P6, Smartsheet or Asana
- JD Edwards, Oracle ERP – for financial oversight, cash flow management, and deliverables tracking.
- Excel (Advanced), AutoCAD / Revit
- Power BI or Tableau – for project dashboards, risk tracking, and performance reporting.
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt / Black Belt)
Skills/ Competencies
- Independent decision-making ability with strong financial acumen.
- Demonstrated subcontractor management experience.
- Ability to manage diverse internal disciplines and complex stakeholder groups, including consultants within the airport and security industry.
- Sound knowledge of contract law and its application in project environments.
Travel:
This role requires 50% travel domestically and internationally.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EEOC Statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Skills Required
- 10+ years progressive project management experience delivering medium to large projects ($50M+)
- 10+ years experience in the construction and/or material handling industry
- Proven leadership capability to build, unify, and motivate project teams
- Excellent stakeholder management and written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated subcontractor management experience
- Sound knowledge of contract law and its application in project environments
- Ability and willingness to travel approximately 50% domestically and internationally, including extended commissioning periods
- Vanderlande ICS platform solution experience
- Primavera P6, Smartsheet, or Asana project scheduling/tools experience
- JD Edwards or Oracle ERP experience for financial oversight and deliverables tracking
- Advanced Excel skills
- AutoCAD or Revit experience
- Power BI or Tableau for dashboards and reporting
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or Black Belt)
Vanderlande Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vanderlande and has not been reviewed or approved by Vanderlande.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with day‑one eligibility in many U.S. roles and employer‑paid protections that reduce out‑of‑pocket exposure. Feedback suggests medical, dental, and vision are a clear strength.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting in the U.S. Feedback suggests this forms a solid pillar of the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, and paid holidays are characterized as generous relative to peers. Compressed workweek options in some roles further support time away and recovery.
Vanderlande Insights
What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market. Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions. The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology. Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation. Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
