Senior Project Manager

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us

Job Description
As a Project Manager at OTTO By Rockwell Automation, you will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating project deliverables and serving as the point of contact between customers, subcontractors and internal departments. Your goal is to manage the efforts of team members and vendors to ensure our projects are delivered on time and ensuring our customers' needs are met at go live and throughout the operational use of or solutions. You will report to Project Management Lead. The job location is Kitchener, ON.

Your Responsibilities

• Responsible for identifying project scope, assign individual responsibilities, identify resources needed, and develop a schedule to ensure completion of project and delivery.
• Lead, organize, manage and motivate the project team and develop effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Act as the primary interface with Customer project as well as operations management; build close cooperative relationships with Customers, focused on long term partnerships.
• Manage subcontractors and vendors to ensure on time delivery in line with agreed scope of work within agreed budget.
• Ensure management of the operational steady state phase of our solutions at our Customer to ensure our customers business objectives and service levels are achieved, including management of operational escalations.
• Develop detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Conduct project meetings and take responsibility for project tracking and analysis.
• Responsible for and manage cost, cashflow, schedule, scope and risk management. Responsible for overall profit of project as well as customer satisfaction.
• Act as the point person for changes, updates, questions, and issues. Identify and pursue opportunities
• Identify and communicate vital information to the design team and the company
• Shape and impact processes;
• Think ahead to raise and examine problems and propose possible solutions

The Essentials - You Will Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field.
• Legal authorization to work in Canada is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
• Ability to travel to US immediately.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have

• Minimum 5 years of related experience.
• Project management experience in a dynamic environment with multi-disciplined technical team members, demonstrating increasing levels of project value and complexity in automated material handling industry.
• Experience managing complex groups of stakeholders, including large customer organizations as well as subcontractors and vendors.
• Leadership capability to create and manage a unified and motivated project team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project and other project management tools.
• Experience within field of automated material handling.
• Experience in managing operations and maintenance of mission critical manufacturing or material handling environments with mechanical, electrical, software and IT components.
• PMP certification/accreditation, experience in Epicor.
• Experience with RaaS, BPO or managed services type of contracts.

What We Offer

• Health Insurance including Medical and Dental
• Health Care Spending Account (HCSA – dependent on the plan chosen)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement plans
• Paid Time off
• Volunteering Time off
• Employer Savings Plan Matching (includes RRSP, TFSA, and EPSP)
• Employer Paid DC Pension
• Maternity and Parental Leave Top-Up
• Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.
At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

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Rockwell Automation's hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.