Junior Project Manager at John H. Carter Company, Inc. in Baton Rouge, LA

Responsibilities

• Participate in internal hand-off from sales phase to execution phase. Responsible for developing list of hand-off deliverables from sales team to execution team
• Create project schedule (software: Microsoft Project). Schedule to encompass tracking total project deliverables, including at minimum hardware and services key dates.
• Define and prepare project responsibility assignment matrix (RACI matrix).
• Lead conference calls and project meetings as needed.
• Provide meeting minutes and recap emails for any meetings/conference calls.
• Coordinate cabinet drawing review and approval with PAS lead and/or panel department lead.
• Responsible/coordinator for any necessary drawings/documentation needed for projects (system architecture drawings, server cabinet drawings, cable schedule, …) (Software: Visio)
• Assist in developing hardware FAT procedures.
• Work with sales personnel to provide change order quotations needed in a timely manner:
• Sales lead is responsible for final proposal, to be issued to PM.
• Sales lead / PM, as appropriate, to issue change order to customer.
• Consultation with sales personnel to place and track orders.
• Consultation with sales and services departments on project payment schedule.
• Maintain and update project schedule.
• Ensure that team members are all on the same page and have up to date documentation.
• Deliverable, hardware, time and cost management.
• Resolve, trace and escalate critical issues to minimize project risk factors.
• Communicating intensively with clients, sub-contractors and vendors to establish cordial/effective working relationship.
• Reporting on project progress and communicate relevant information to superiors and company management.
• Work with the Service and Project groups to ensure personnel allocation is assigned per project schedule and tasks.
• Ensure all project deliverables have been provided.
• Confirm that all documentation is complete and backed up on the server. (Post FAT documentation, Panel Documentation, etc.)
• Ensure all invoices are issued and paid.
• Document lessons learned and report to upper management to help mitigate those in the future.
• Close project in time accounting.
• Project Closing Surveys.

Requirements

• Education
• Bachelors or better in Computer Engineering or related field.
• Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field.
• Experience
• 2+ years hands on experience in managing control system type projects in the industrial process automation space

Skills

Required

• Communication
• Leadership
• Coordination
• Problem-solving
• Time management
• Attention to detail
• Microsoft Project
• Visio
• RACI matrix
• Hardware FAT procedures
• System architecture drawings
• Server cabinet drawings