Job Title: Project Manager (Controls Engineer)

Location: Eden Prairie, MN

• Must reside within commutable distance of Eden Prairie, MN (This is a Hybrid Role requiring some time Onsite at the company office)
• 15-25% level of travel to client sites – predominantly Water & Wastewater Treatment industrial environment

Our client, a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States, has an PM position available in Eden Prairie, MN. This Project Manager position will provide project management and engineering support to customers as well as leadership for colleagues on all aspects of project delivery.

MUST HAVE:

• 5 years of project management related experience in process-related controls industries implementing successful automation solutions involving PLC, DCS, HMI, and SCADA platforms. Or, 2+ years of project management experience with 3+ years of controls engineering
• Experience in analyzing Municipal Specifications and working with Municipal submittal process
• Experience in one or more of the following industries: Food and Beverage, Water and Wastewater

NICE TO HAVE:

• Managing design of electrical schematics, including power distribution under 480VAC, control panels; associated NEC experience
• Rockwell PLC and SCADA systems
• SCADA/HMI experience including Ignition, Wonderware System Platform, Intellution IFIX

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Hybrid mix of standard office environment and work-from-home leadership, 15-25% level of travel to client sites; predominantly Water & Wastewater Treatment industrial environments; prefer candidate to be based in Minneapolis-Saint Paul region.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for project execution, task identification, prioritization and scheduling, financial tracking and management to budget, risk management including early problem identification and conflict resolution, procurement, subcontracts, supporting engineers, communications and meeting leadership, account/client management. Work will include project(s) ranging in size from $25k to $2M. This position is responsible for ensuring overall project profitability.
• Develops and executes project execution plans and/or project charters.
• Responsible for detailed knowledge of scopes of work.
• Acquires resources from BU manager and assigns work to project teams to meet overall project deadlines.
• Develops engineering schedules for the team and customer requirements; proficient with Microsoft Project/critical path and float analysis/resource leveling.
• Responsible for engineering related purchasing and subcontractor requirements.
• Responsible for development of costs and proposal of change orders to contract scope.
• Develops and manages plan for project profitability including cost projections, cash flow, A/R collections and project invoicing; must be able to independently discern project team’s actual and remaining progress during design, documentation, code configuration, testing.
• Responsible for overall project quality.
• Technical writing including project definition and requirements, clearly delineated status reporting, requests for information, and customer correspondence.
• Project documentation: manage project documentation system, task/periodic status reporting, organization and maintenance of current network-based project files, meeting minutes and action item lists, preparing purchase orders, etc.
• Identify sales opportunities, confidence to suggest scope changes with justifications, ability to network across targeted industries; Provides input to proposals and technical support to closing new business.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education – A BS degree in engineering or related discipline.
• PMP certification preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of project management related experience in process-related controls industries implementing successful automation solutions involving PLC, DCS, HMI, and SCADA platforms. Or, 2+ years of project management experience with 3+ years of controls engineering.
• Strong leadership and client relation skills required.
• Experience in one or more of the following industries: Food and Beverage, Water and Wastewater.
• Experience in managing design of electrical schematics, including power distribution under 480VAC, control panels; associated NEC experience desired.
• Experience in analyzing Municipal Specifications
• Experience working with Municipal submittal process
• Experience leading local and remote teams of engineers/technicians to provide control system solutions.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Rockwell PLC and SCADA systems
• SCADA/HMI experience a plus including Ignition, Wonderware System Platform, Intellution IFIX

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

• Hybrid mix of standard office environment and work-from-home leadership, 15-25% level of travel to client sites; predominantly Water & Wastewater Treatment industrial environments; prefer candidate to be based in Minneapolis-Saint Paul region.