Position Details
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Overview
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. We are a community of 50 million who think-and feel-differently about investing. Together, we're changing the way the world invests. Since our founding in 1975, helping investors achieve their goals has been our main reason for existence. At Client, we're built differently. Our client is investor-owned, meaning that we're owned by our funds, which are owned by our fund shareholder clients. Therefore, your success adds to ours, so you're surrounded by people who care about the same things. With no other parties to answer to, we make decisions-including keeping investing costs as low as possible-with your needs in mind. Because of our unique structure, your goals align with our goals.
Position: Project/Program Manager I
Location: West Chester, OH 45216
Duration: 4 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite/Remote
Night Shift: 07:00 PM to 04:00 AM
Note: This role requires 75% of Travel and prefer candidates who live close to a major airport for easier travel arrangements.
Location: West Chester, OH 45216
Duration: 4 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite/Remote
Night Shift: 07:00 PM to 04:00 AM
Note: This role requires 75% of Travel and prefer candidates who live close to a major airport for easier travel arrangements.
Job Description
- The project manager will be responsible for overseeing on-site execution, working night shifts (7 PM to 4 AM)
- Managing third-party labor teams.
- Executing a specific phasing plan. Ensuring the phasing plan is completed entirely for each night.
- Escalating any issues that arise during the night's work or forecasting potential issues.
- Maintaining in-depth communication between site operations and senior leadership.
- Candidates need to live close to a major airport for easier travel arrangements.
- The job requires being prepared to travel Monday through Friday for the duration of the 9-month assignment, minus major federal holidays. - The goal is to assign one project at a time, so travel would likely be to a consistent location for about 5-6 months. There's a possibility that midway through the assignment (around the 5-6 month mark), they might have to travel to different locations week over week if assigned to two projects.
- The work involves retrofitting existing client grocery buildings, modifying them to meet new design requirements and customer needs.
- Responsibilities include design review, ordering shelving, overseeing installation of new shelving through third-party contractors, and ensuring all work meets permitted standards and food health safety standards.
- The project manager needs to be able to work in a live operational environment, making changes to buildings while they're still running without impacting customer or associate experience.
- The role requires strong communication skills, technological proficiency (including use of computers, email, Microsoft software, and potentially CAD or other specialized software), and the ability to travel continuously.
- The HM emphasized that this is a travel-intensive role with night work, requiring flexibility and the ability to work in various locations across the client location.
Current responsibilities include:
- Design review
- Ordering shelving
- Installing/overseeing installation of new shelving through third-party contractors
- Ensuring work meets permitted standards
- Ensuring work meets food health safety standards
- Preparing buildings to be turned over to operations for live pickup products
Role interesting:
- Travel around the client locations.
- This is an experience that you won't get anywhere else in terms of interacting in a live operational environment with complexities that you don't see at your major grocery stores or retailers
- Get to learn a lot about the different brands of shelving and manufacturers throughout the country, that support and supply of both client but other companies with the country.
Leadership principles:
- Bias for action
- Earns trust
Yrs Exp:
- 4-7 years of project management experience
Industry Preference:
- Preference for candidates with construction, grocery, or major retail, major retail construction
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Must live near a major airport/metropolitan city
- Read Composite / Drawings
- Understand / know how to use a computer, Microsoft products, smart sheets, BIM360, Bluebeam and CAD
- Strong communication and ability to make decision in high pressure situations.
- Experienced Projects before.
- Travel: Willingness to travel 75%
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Prior client employee experience would be beneficial
- Financial Acumen: Experience with financial analysis is a plus.
- PMP certified
- Engineering or Construction Background
- Disqualifiers / red flags:
- Unwillingness to work nights
- Unwillingness to travel consistently
- Lack of access to reliable communication platforms
- Living too far from major airports/metropolitan area
Top 3 must-have hard skills
- Communication: "Clear and effective" communication skills
- Computer proficiency, Experience with email, Microsoft software, Ability to use Blue beam software, CAD
- Ability to travel (night work)
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
