Job Title: Project/Program Manager I
Location: Bellevue, WA
Duration: 3 Months
 
Job Description:

• Responsible for the coordination and completion of project/program
• Oversees all aspects of projects/program
• Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project/program.
• Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project/program.
• May require a bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of tasks. Leads and directs the work of others.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.

 
Logistics Field Support

• Work independently with internal and external teams to successfully manage the lifecycle of the challenging projects and act as owner in delivering on projects objectives and targets
• Projects may span organizations or geographies in support of business objectives
• Actively participate in firm engineering reviews and make tangible impact on the proposed solutions on an individual system or its components, on the overall systems architecture, and on facility processes
• Partner with internal teams, stakeholders and external vendors to set project priorities, establish milestones, and drive schedules to meet deadlines
• Proactively assess stakeholders’ dependencies and milestones, problem-solve and drive solutions to mitigate the impact from the issues
• Lead and coordinate all execution efforts in delivering systems and automated equipment designs per established standards and guidelines
• Perform equipment/systems installation, throughput and safety qualifications
• Simplify, optimize, remove bottlenecks and provide feedback while resolving difficult system problems or technical deficiencies
• Lead effective meetings by setting the objectives, putting the right people in the room and driving detailed business and technical discussions/alignment
• Document meetings discussions, decisions and future steps ensuring alignment on expectations with internal partner teams and outside vendors
• Promptly and accurately communicate project status, risk analysis and risk mitigation plans
• Effectively answer project questions in detail and regularly produce clear and concise summaries for the projects to leadership/management team
• Competently articulate system and/or equipment designs, including layouts, technical specifications and functional capabilities, to internal customers and partner teams
• Efficiently manage change order controls, purchase orders, and invoice validation/approvals
• Excel at building strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across multiple projects
• Identify and lead process improvement initiatives that improve the Engineering and cross-teams’ efficiencies, optimizing the teams’ value and delivery
• Through collaboration, generate high-quality, cost-effective solutions in compressed periods of time
• Travel up to 80% domestically although travel intensity can be variable and consist of up to three weeks in a row, including weekends

 
Day to Day

• You are managing quality of implementation through multiple projects that can vary in scope, complexity and duration
• Daily tasks may comprise of site coordination with operations teams and contractors on project execution activities or changes; deep diving project progress, schedule and resources, while identifying barriers, creating solutions and driving resolutions
• You may be facilitating the planning and/or implementation meetings with projects’ stakeholders, ensuring alignment in objectives, expectations, and the next steps; you would capture and publish detailed notes after each meeting to drive ownership and follow-through on the actions and decisions
• Reviewing/approving audit mechanisms and documentation is one of the essential tasks, and you may be tracking the programmatic week on week installation opportunities with the internal automation teams
• You may be brainstorming and developing workaround solutions while mitigating the project delays or design issues
• As a part of the acceptance testing you may be performing systems installation quality, safety, throughput and performance qualifications, frequently communicating the progress to internal and external stakeholders
• In addition, you may be supporting/training other engineering team members, utilizing the knowledge of safety, mechanical, electrical and controls installation standard and guidelines

 
In Person, travelling to various Delivery stations across North America and handling project deployments.
 
Required Skills:
Must Have:

• Project & Stakeholder Management - expertise with ability to lead large scale deployments end to end and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders at scale
• Experience with leading projects, programs or initiatives with continually increasing scope and impact
• Experience managing the lifecycle of cross-functional projects, implementing automated equipment and/or integrated systems
• Experience with CAD software (AutoCAD, REVIT, BIM 360, etc.)

 
Nice to haves:

• Candidate would have 6+ years of Engineering experience with Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or relevant field with experience in leading large scale enterprise level  systems integration, implementation and deployment of projects at scale
• Someone who has managed complex deployment scope end to end.
• An AVERAGE candidate might have 3-4+ years of Engineering experience with Minimum bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant field but limited or no experience in leading large-scale systems integration, implementation and deployment of projects at scale
• Resume’s that done demonstrate managing complex deployment scope end to end

 
Disqualifiers: Not able to travel
 
 
 
  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 35.00/hr.