About this role
<p><img alt="Weltklasse" src="https://www.salzgitter-ag.com/fileadmin/footage/MEDIA/SZAG/jobs_und_karriere/khs_Header_SuccessF_EN.jpg " style="width:100%;height:auto"></p> <p>KHS is a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG. As one of the world's leading manufacturers of filling and packaging systems for beverages and liquid food we are a world-class player. Our customers have trusted in our passionate pioneering spirit and first-class technologies for over 150 years. However, we can only remain world class if we continue to find new employees who make just as high demands of themselves and the quality of their work as our customers make of us at KHS. Are you one of them?</p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Senior Project Manager plans, directs, and coordinates activities of new equipment, upgrade and change part projects for KHS products to ensure that resources are available, goals of project are accomplished on time and within budget. We are open to a local or remote talent. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Your Responsibilities: </strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Reviews project proposal to determine schedule, cost estimates, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of major long-term machine projects. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Prepares and manages project budgets and performs periodic cost and productivity analyses.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Prepares the Project Scope whereby the goals, objectives, risks, assumptions, team member’s roles and responsibilities, work breakdown structure, and deliverables are identified, defined, and communicated effectively.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Communicates regularly with management and administration regarding the status of current project initiatives; Lobbies for and obtains peer and upper management support, guidance, and approvals as required to advance project initiatives</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Coordinates with appropriate project team groups such as, Customers, Sales, Finance, Product Management, Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Service, and Documentation to guide project and produce customer deliverables within specified time frames and budgets.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Communicates internally and externally to keep all project participants informed about all aspects of the project; Mediates between project participants in cases of disputes to reach win-win outcomes whenever possible; Leads project meetings.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Monitors project milestones and works with project team to maintain schedule and honor commitments</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Integrates specification requirements established by customer, KHS GmbH, other KHS global partners and equipment suppliers.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ensure that change requests with a significant impact on the project scope, cost, or delivery are brought forward and communicated to appropriate personnel.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Travel to field locations as necessary to deliver and complete the project</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">May support Inside Sales activities such as providing new machine quotation support, hosting customers on sales visits and helping to upkeep product cost forms.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Your Profile:</strong></span></p> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university in a technical or engineering discipline</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">7 - 10 years engineering or technical experience involving packaging machinery; or equivalent combination of education and experience.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to read and interpret AutoCAD or other CAD drawing layouts.</span></li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Benefits:</strong></span></p> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Medical, Dental, Vision insurance offered at 30 days of employment</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Generous Educational Reimbursement program</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Company sponsored Life and Disability Insurance</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Paid Time Off</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">401K with Company Match</span></li> </ul> </div> <p> </p><p>In order to ensure our success in the future, too, we need first-class employees – and we also have plenty to offer them.</p>