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Kansas State Job Bank Manager- Project Manager in Chanute, Kansas
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Job Description - Manager, Project Management (2500001X)
Job Description
Manager, Project Management-(2500001X)
Description
Under the direction of the Director of Operations for B&W Chanute, the position is responsible for providing leadership to the Project Managers and for directing and managing the execution of the all equipment contract efforts and developing improvement programs to increase B&W Chanutes competitive position.Develops departmental plans, including business, production and organizational priorities based on the Project Schedule demands.
- Manages the execution of the B&W Chanute project management team.The team has overall responsibility to manage equipment contracts from order booking through warranty.Note that the team has members at the Chanute, Tulsa and West Point locations.
- Directs, plans and monitors project managementresources for project completion, assessing manpower and material requirements.
- Conducts regular project review meetings to follow contract performance status including both financial, schedule and contingency/risk/opportunity management.
- Assists in managing disputes/changes with customers when it must be ellivated above the Project Manager level.
- Develops strategies for project margin improvement through order changes and reduction in costs.
- Collaborates with sales and operations departments to obtain information needed to engineer and manufacture orders.
- Provides support to sales through advisory input to proposals and presentations.
- Works with sales departmentin negotiation of terms and conditions, order changes and potential warranty or back-charge items.
- Communicates with operations department to understand manufacturing schedules to fulfill order commitments.
- Assesses available technology for project management improvement.
- Provides supervision for the project management, bill of material and drafting functions.