Project Manager I

Project Manager I

Penn United Technologies now hiring for a Project Manager I to join our Production Operations team. The ideal candidate will have a proven history of managing projects as well as managing the support functions ranging from planning, supplier relations and customer relations. This person will serve as a liaison between manufacturing and the customer.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage assigned project activities, coordinate activities with operations, engineering/prototype, manufacturing, and quality. Serve as the primary point person and point of contact on projects.
• Take the responsibility for and manage the full life cycle of projects from validation, approval, communications, through to delivery of product.
• Perform contract review duties for the assigned customer.
• Provide daily contact with customers (via customer portals, email, phone, etc..)
• Conduct supplier research and communication for problem solving
• Drive focus of the team on accomplishing goals. Provide coordination and follow-through internal team members to make improvements as needed to ensure tasks are moving forward and commitment to customers are met.
• Create estimation models and resulting cost/budget for projects.
• Focus on lean manufacturing throughout entire project.
• Regularly review job estimated costs vs. actual costs, working with all leadership members in the group.
• Manage and direct customer service functions, including customer inquiries and complaints, responding to all in a timely manner. Manage the customer’s portal from a high-level project scope, to specifications, to the shipping of product. Provide communication to customers regarding project status.
• Because we serve a wide variety of industries – from medical to electronics to aviation – the Project Manager must be able to quickly learn industry related regulations as they relate to the Penn United manufacturing process.