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Job Description:
Onsite required
Facilities Project Management Focused
The Facilities Project Manager is responsible for the management of the utility
and infrastructure portion of manufacturing projects. This include but is not
limited to management of vendors, equipment moves, construction, and utility
infrastructure upgrades. This role focuses on overseeing large-scale
utility/infrastructure and construction projects, such as roof replacements,
manufacturing equipment moves/landings and building upgrades. The Facilities
Project Manager collaborates with internal teams and external contractors to
ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, according to
specifications, and most importantly projects are delivered safely.
What we want:
• Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work and need no
prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcome
• Dedicated achievers. Relentless about quality, people who thrive in a
fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete
and meets regulations and expectations
• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional
relationships to bring together ideas, and insights to drive continuous
improvement functions
Key Responsibilities
• Vendor Management: Oversee and coordinate vendor activities needed for
project executions. Including vendor trades assigned to complete utility and
infrastructure upgrades, equipment riggers, crane operators, and construction.
Perform safety walkthroughs, assessments, develop safety mitigation actions,
and complete contractor briefings prior to starting the work. Ensure vendor
compliance with company policies.
• Issue Resolution: Lead troubleshooting and resolution of project-related
issues, particularly HVAC systems, electrical, plumbing, and utility
infrastructure malfunctions and urgent building repairs.
• Project Management: Plan, execute, and oversee large-scale utility and
infrastructure projects.
• Budget & Financial Oversight: Develop project budgets, track expenses,
and manage vendor invoices, ensuring financial compliance.
• Purchasing and Orders: Use online/digital systems to facilitate the
preparation and processing of project purchase orders, ensuring compliance with
company policies and budget constraints.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate records of project
activities, vendor contracts, project milestones, and system performance
metrics.
• Compliance & Safety: Ensure all facility activities comply with relevant
safety, regulatory, and environmental standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams, including
production operations, facilities team, and project engineers, to align
facility upgrades with project needs and timelines.
• Contract Negotiation: Assist in negotiating vendor contracts, service
agreements, and warranties to optimize service quality and cost savings.
Minimum Qualifications (Required):
Bachelors Degree
4+ years of post-grad work experience
2+ years of PM experience
Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
• PMP or equivalent preferred
What you will do:
• Lead team in the development of project charters and
comprehensive management plans
• Meet with project stakeholders to understand and refine
project scope. Create detailed work breakdown
• Develop and manage detail project Gantt chart. Identify
major workstreams, dependencies, and critical path
• Develop risk management plan for the project – Identify,
understand, and analyze risks, and develop and monitor risk response plan
• Collaborate closely operations, engineering, and quality
to understand customer needs and ensure successful project implementation
• Activate and motivate the project team to drive project
success and achieve goals on time
• Builds successful working relationships with internal and
external personnel in various departments
• Estimate and assign project team resources – define roles,
responsibilities, and deliverables for each team member
• Develop stakeholder management plans for the project –
identify, analyze, and understand stakeholder expectations
• Deliver project report outs to Sr. Leadership. Communicate
project status, achievements, risks, timeline, and budget
• Hight emotional intelligence and stays calm under
pressure. Adaptable and able to resolve conflicts
• Incorporates end-user feedback to refine scope through the
project lifecycle and communicates changes, updates and decisions to key
stakeholders
• Keeps the customer at the heart of what we do
•Responsible to provide input of workstream business
objective outlined in the Joint Replacement Project Charters.
•Build and track overall project timeline; Monitor and
mitigate overall project risks
•Provide input for CER creation and submission; Track and
manage workstream project expenses
•Create a resource plan; Manage all project resource and
prioritize tasks.
•Responsible and accountable for delivery of project Gantt
chart commitments within time, resource and budget constraints
•Responsible and accountable for OnePPM inputs and reports
•Set up recurring meetings to track meeting minutes and
actions for individual processes
•Identify alternative solutions and approaches to overcoming
project issues/risks while proactively communicating meaningful project
measurements and KPIs per expectations
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $70.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)• Short and long-term disability• Health Spending Account (HSA)• Transportation benefits• Employee Assistance Program• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Allendale,NJ.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Apr 4, 2025.
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