MES Project Manager

Engineering Industries eXcellence is seeking a MES Project Manager to complement our growing team. As a MES Project Manager, you will manage one services project or several unrelated services projects driving greenfield and brownfield Camstar and Opcenter Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementations for external customers and clients. The projects managed are of medium to high size and complexity and could be part of a program. Incumbent will execute the project(s) within the defined targeted outcomes, such as financial, schedule, scope and quality, while ensuring customer satisfaction. This role acts as a key point of contact for Sales, Pre-sales, Engagement Managers, Services Management and the customer for the project.

As a MES Project Manager, you will be the glue that ensure our project(s) succeed. Your job will focus on the five key processes groups of Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and closing the project. Ideal project managers are experienced in IT and actively contribute to discussions by providing their experience as input to the project to drive success. You work closely with upper management to make sure that the scope and direction of each project is on schedule and budget. As a project manager, some tasks you will do is build the project plan, build the project schedule, create requirements document, identifying risks, maintain issues lists, managing stake holders, and etc.

Successful Candidates

Knowledge and awareness of Project Management principles

Taking responsibility of projects through their entire lifecycle.

Being an inspirational leader who will demonstrate enthusiasm, passion.

Setting the standards and methodology to be used in a project.

Action and result oriented.

Properly scoping and manage scope of a project.

Managing client expectations.

Driving cross-functional project teams.

Ability to deliver results on time, on budget, and to the very highest standards.

Ability to quickly gain the technical, behavioral and contextual elements of a project.

Experience: Successful candidates typically have 5+ years of Manufacturing experience 

Primary Qualifications:

MES Project Management experience delivering MES solutions to external clients and customers (preferably Siemens Camstar or Opcenter experience)

Ability to execute project Management fundamentals (Project plans, RAID log, scope, communication plan, schedules, work break down structure, financial tracking, project monitor and controlling, etc.)

Ability to communicate the status of the project regularly to many stakeholders.

Ability to track activities against a schedule and answer Who, What, When, Why, How

Ability to build strong relationships with people at all levels.

A willingness to see things through to the end.

A team player who is comfortable working with other professionals.

Ability to influence people at all levels.

Ability to work efficiently under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Willingness to take on project ownership and accountability.

Outstanding organizational skills

Knowledge/familiarity with Waterfall, Agile, SCRUM, Kanban or similar iterative approaches

Preferred Qualifications:

Manufacturing IT Domain Knowledge (How the Manufacturing Floor works): MES, Material Logistics JIS/JIT, Quality Inspection Plans, SPC, Routings, BOMS, PLM, etc.

Manufacturing Controls Domain Knowledge ( SCADA, HMI, PLC, OEE, Historian)

Industry Knowledge: Automotive, Complex Assembly, Job Shops, Press Shop, Body Shop, Electronics, SMT, AOI, Pick and Place, THT, etc.

Driving implementation and commissioning of IT solutions for manufacturing (preferred: MES/Digital Manufacturing or PLM solutions)

IT knowledge (Know what makes software tick) Optional: Knowing the concepts of programming and common source of issues in custom code

Optional: (PMP Certification)

Position Requirements:

Must be legally able to work in the United States for Engineering USA

Suggested 5+ years of experience in engineering and/or manufacturing processes for design and development of products

Proficient with Standard MS Office applications, such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.

Willingness and ability to travel up to 30%

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology