Project Manager

**Why Work Here?**

At Innovative, we take pride in having a culture built on pride, respect, community, satisfaction, family, and safety, for all employees. Innovative Automation listens to, invests in, and supports employees, offering advanced skills, training, and opportunities for advancement and the future. We also care about letting our employees know how much we appreciate their hard work, which is why at Innovative we provide a fun working environment (work hard, play hard). We engage in many fundraisers for our community (such as the annual Pie in the Face event) and team building events, such as Christmas parties, Golf Tournaments, and more

**What We Offer**:

- Employer Matched RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Program)
- Extended Healthcare Benefits
- Employee Events
- Educational Assistance Programs
- Costco Membership
- Tool Replacement Program

**About Innovative**:
Located in Barrie, Ontario, Innovative Automation’s team works together to create efficient custom automation solutions that consistently exceed client expectations. At Innovative Automation, we strive to lead globally, lead industry, and lead locally with passion and pride. We provide industry with factory automation solutions for Fortune 500 companies and our systems are installed worldwide for progressive companies. Our vision is to be the first-choice provider of automation solutions to global leaders in manufacturing. We foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, and camaraderie where all ideas are welcome, and every team member is encouraged to succeed.

**Job Opportunity**:
We are looking for a Project Manager to oversee projects from start to completion at Innovative Automation. The Project manager is responsible for customer relationship management and project related activities from supervising tasks, communicating effectively with customers, stakeholders, monitoring budgets and ensure that every aspect of the project is completed on time within scope. The project manager must also be able to foresee potential risks and drive for solutions to mitigate or eliminate those.

**_ What you’ll do:_**
- Effectively leading and communicating with team throughout the lifecycle of projects
- Managing and monitoring project budget, performance, and forecasting
- Continuously updating project status throughout lifecycle of project
- Managing and updating scheduling using Microsoft Project & Excel
- Advocating for customers through signoffs, design reviews, buyoff events, and installations
- Determining resource requirements for projects
- Guiding and monitoring project team members on priorities, scope management etc.
- Maintaining project issue logs

**Other Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Utilizing quotations and customer project for quotations (RFQ) to understand client requirements, determine project direction and required projects features
- Coordinating project/service/warranty support on site at customer locations
- Negotiating with contractors & suppliers on delivery and/or cost of required purchased goods and services
- Managing, recording, and coordinating received customer parts
- Managing process for documentation & allocation of resource for SR & ED related activities.
- Occasional travel as required globally.

**_ What you’ll need: _**
- Minimum Diploma in Engineering (or Engineering Degree) or Equivalent Specialized Experience
- Minimum 5 years’ of experience as a Project Manager
- Certified as a PMP or willing to pursue certification as a PMP
- Understanding of the use of SolidWorks.Proficient in Microsoft Office: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Project
- If you require any accommodation during our recruitment process, please let us know._
- Company: Innovative Automation_

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