[Hiring] Consulting Engineering Customer Project Manager @Schneider Electric

Role Description

Join us as a Consulting Engineering Customer Project Manager and take the lead on delivering customer projects that make a real difference. You'll manage everything from planning through execution, ensuring every project is delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest standards.

The Project Manager is accountable for managing moderate size and complexity project orders (customer, affiliate, recall, etc), from start to finish, so that it is completed on time and within budget. This includes initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing of customer projects. Individual in this position confirms customer requirements, which includes:

• Drawings
• Specifications
• Job site requirements
• Bill of material alignment with specifications
• Clarifying exceptions

Manages complete project process from order preparation, through manufacturing release, product shipment, post shipment support and financial reconciliation utilizing a base knowledge of Schneider Electric products and their use. Documentation, communication, and customer facing skills are critical to this position.

What will you do?

• Ensure all Schneider Electric safety policies and requirements are met at any onsite project locations.
• Provide upfront sales support during project quotation and preparation phase to ensure specification compliance from an execution standpoint.
• Take ownership for validating the project’s statement of work and contract terms with the customer, including both technical and commercial elements.
• Develop a project schedule and communicate with the customer to ensure expectations are being met.
• Monitor the execution of the customer’s project order, verifying execution of the project through kick-off meetings, communication to all parties and exchange of technical requirements and project plan information.
• Lead the monitor and control of the performance of the customer’s project through its lifecycle.
• Lead the closeout of the customer’s project to include financial reconciliation, verification of job site equipment arrival, installation, start-up, and training support completion.
• Compare/differentiate/propose alternate products/value engineering.
• Solve problems with customer interaction that results in positive feedback and improved relationship.
• Utilize a base knowledge of Schneider Electric products and their use and demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental knowledge, processes and terminology needed for effective project management.
• Ensure each project is executed to meet or exceed the customer’s requirements while also ensuring the project is executed within the financial boundaries of cost and margin.
• Communicate project risk (technical & financial) and mitigation plans once an issue is identified.
• Utilize and offer improvements to the Project execution teams standard process, documentation and tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Construction Management, Business or equivalent experience.
• PMP preferred.
• At least 3-5 years of project management experience involving construction management, electrical power distribution equipment, or mechanical systems.
• In-depth understanding of subcontractor management, project financials, and risk mitigation.
• Technical knowledge of a variety of facility/building systems or IT infrastructure systems.
• Experience leading a project team to achieve improved results, measured through increased customer satisfaction and project profitability.
• Experience supervising a technical staff.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office programs: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Project.

Requirements

• Project Management — coordinating resources, timelines, and deliverables across complex customer projects.
• Analytical Thinking — assessing project data to inform decisions and identify improvement opportunities.
• Communication — facilitating clear dialogue with customers, teams, and stakeholders throughout project lifecycles.
• Customer Orientation — ensuring project outcomes align with customer expectations and business goals.
• Decision Making — making informed choices within established policies to keep projects on track.
• Operational Efficiency — streamlining processes to reduce costs while maintaining quality standards.
• Prioritization — balancing competing demands across multiple projects and stakeholder needs.
• Risk Management — identifying and mitigating project risks to protect timelines and budgets.

Benefits

• Care for Yourself and Your Family: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
• Invest and Plan Your Future: competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
• Grow Your Skills and Career: support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, and learning platforms.
• Team Up in the Workplace: encourage collaboration, recognition, and an inclusive workplace.
• Support Your Community: volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, and military leave benefits.