Associate Project Manager

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About Smart Infrastructure – Electrification and Automation:

The Electrification and Automation (EA) Business Unit offers the full range of energy distribution systems and solutions for all markets and through all sales channels. We provide reliable power distribution grids of today while investing into our Future Grids portfolio and applications to create the power distribution grid of the future. Our comprehensive portfolio meets the growing technical requirements of todays and tomorrow’s power grid!

We are looking for an Associate Project Manager. This position is located in Wendell, NC.

The Siemens Project Management Office (PMO) is looking for a Project Manager (PM) to join our team in Electrification and Automation (EA). As a PM, you will be responsible for the successful execution of projects, from project initiation through final closeout. You will work in a matrix style organization requiring excellent coordination skills and the ability to manage competing priorities. Headquartered in Wendell, NC, the EA PMO executes a diverse portfolio of projects; including photovoltaic inverters, medium-voltage power distribution equipment including packaging and services, and solutions, including automation. The PM role comes with ample opportunities for growth, reflective of Siemens mission to empower people with a growth mindset. As a customer facing team, we keep customer satisfaction at the forefront as we manage large projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the project manager during all phases of the project including milestone deliverables, documentation, case management and financial aspects.
• Drive support with the Customer Care team in creating use cases to assure project acceptance and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and deliver monthly status reports, customer progress reports, customer change proposals, and presentations to management and internal / external stakeholders on an as needed basis.
• Drive final customer acceptance milestone including completion of all documentation requirements, gear acceptance and closing financial documentation requirements.
• 10% Travel required (national and international)
• Coordinate to develop and maintain a project schedule and coordinate needs with the project and site teams as required. Identify time-sensitive project needs.
• Manage factory ship shorts cases and subsequent ship short cases as required with the global care team.
• Track resources and project progress. Participate in customer meetings, drive them on behalf of project managers as needed and capture notes during all phases of the project: from project start to close and punch list meetings.
• Capture punch list from site commissioning and drive closure through close coordination with Siemens field service technicians, customer care team, project managers, factory personnel and vendors. Attend meetings with customer and Siemens site team to update on progress site punch list.
• Document project events that impact the acceptance schedule, scope of work, and project efficiency, identify solutions and review with project manager to drive actions to minimize schedule and cost impact to the project.
• Orientate for project field service technicians in coordination with Customer Care and provide all necessary project documentation, including scope of work, drawings, applicable specifications, application-engineered drawings, project contacts, etc.
• Work with global care team to schedule project-specific commissioning resources and provide commissioning documentation. Ensure field service personnel scheduled to visit project sites have reviewed project documentation ahead of site visit
• Expedite the return of project-specific mark-ups during project development.
• Support completion of project-specific close-out documentation. Own and drive all aspects of the close milestone processing to achieve timely and clean project quality gates.

You’ll win us over by having the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum education: Bachelor of Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree preferred, or Bachelor of Business Administration.
• 1+ years of Project management or engineering internship or related work experience
• Basic knowledge and understanding of power distribution; ability to read and understand basic electrical drawings and customer specifications.
• Ability to work in a team environment providing dedicated support to our customers
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• PMP certification is required within 1 year of employment
• Qualified applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP certification as a plus
• PMP certification is required within 1 year of employment

You’ll benefit from:

• Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
• The pay range for this position is $59,430 – $101,880 and the annual incentive target is 10% of the base salary – if you have a PMI certification. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.