Project Manager

Responsible for overseeing end to end lifecycle and helping guide projects from initial planning through final execution. This role focuses on leading project definition, job tracking, material coordination, and cross discipline execution. The Project Manager serves as a coordination and execution support role ensuring activities are clearly defined, materials are identified and procured to meet shipment schedules.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the complete project lifecycle, including scheduling, material procurement, fabrication tracking, assembly as well as coordinate shipments as per customer requirements.
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Purchasing to ensure schedules are maintained.
• Support material readiness to prevent delays during assembly.
• Act as an execution support resource to Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Operations by helping convert ideas and needs into defined scopes, materials, and work plans.
• Manage overall schedule to reduce execution friction.
• Develops task-level readiness schedules, tracks scopes, material, and department readiness milestones, and identifies risks to the schedule and escalates early.
• Assist with change identification driven by project evolution or discovery.
• Help ensure change requests are tied back to original scope definitions and BOMs.
• Maintain organized project documentation and ensure that the outstanding questions are addressed in a timely manner.
• Oversee that all established procedures and policies are followed in regard to safety and protection of company assets.
• Promotes and protects the good name of Chief Industries within the community and surrounding area.
• Maintains good communication with all departments within the brand in order to have a thorough knowledge of works in process.
• Attends all project meetings and assists with execution of project requirements.
• Maintains confidentiality of proposed projects and costs.
• Ensure that all Change Requests have an approved Change Order prior to proceeding. Adjusts projections, project schedules, and other change order requirements in a timely manner.
• Monitors cost issues daily and adjusts projections as required to ensure projected costs are true and an accurate account of final project costs in relationship to original estimate.
• Assists in the determination of contingency in the event that machines and operations are interrupted.
• Maintains a good relationship with all stakeholders on the project.
• Communicates ideas for improving company processes with a positive and constructive attitude.

Education:

• High School Diploma, preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.

The Company:

Putting the needs of customers first has taken Chief Industries, Inc. from a small construction company in 1954, to a highly diverse company with a reputation for manufacturing quality products and offering unparalleled customer service. Through its many divisions and subsidiaries, Chief Industries employs over 1,400 skilled and dedicated employees who produce a wide variety of products, many of which are used around the world.

A Brand of Chief Industries, Chief Fabrication is one of the leading Midwest providers of custom steel fabrication and powder coating, equipped to make any component. Chief Fabrication is one of the largest operations of its kind between Chicago and Denver, offering such steel fabrication services as stamping, welding, CNC punching, and CNC forming to manufacturers throughout the Midwest. It also offers one of the most state-of-the-art powder coating facilities in the United States.

Our Benefits:

• Paid vacation/time off
• 401(k) retirement plan plus company match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short-term disability benefits
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Financial wellness coaching
• Employee assistance program
• Paid holidays (8)
• Employee discounts
• Education assistance
• And much more.

Behaviors:

Preferred:

Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause

Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them

Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject

Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Experience:

Required: 3-5 years: Experience in Project Management within structural steel, sheet metal or miscellaneous metals fabrication

Preferred: Strong ability to read and interpret mechanical blueprints, structural drawings and weld symbols Familiarity with CAD viewer tools (SolidWorks, BlueBeam) and ERP Systems

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