Project Manager at voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC in Cheyenne, Wyoming

Job Description:

voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC

 

Join Our Team at voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak!

 

Embark on a rewarding career journey with voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak, North America's premier designer and manufacturer of special trackwork. With a legacy spanning 160 years, we lead the industry in shaping the future of rail solutions. As part of the voestalpine Railway Systems global network, we are committed to delivering quality products and services, including rails, turnouts, fastening systems, signaling technologies, and monitoring solutions. Operating with a presence across Canada, the US, and Mexico, we prioritize the well-being of our people, global mobility, and sustainability and innovation.

Our people are the foundation of our success. Skilled, motivated, and results-driven individuals shape our culture demonstrating our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Curiosity, Courage, Passion, and Diversity each day. This commitment is more than shared values; it extends to shared responsibilities for safety and quality, showing genuine care for one another's growth and development, a commitment to our customers, and fostering strong relationships within the Nortrak Team and with our customers.

We are currently looking for a Project Management to join our team in Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

PURPOSE OF POSITION  

Reporting directly to the Senior Project Manager, the Project manager is responsible for maintaining the relationship between the customer and Nortrak. 

 

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

SAFETY:  

• Safely interacts with plant employees when in the plants and with customers when in the field.
• Follows all safety requirements and procedures.

 

QUALITY:  

• Organizes and leads kick-off meetings once projects are awarded to Nortrak.
• Managing external project portfolios across our Plants including understanding and managing contracts, scope, budget, timelines, risks, issues, and project resources.
• Analyses project goals, establishes a schedule of milestones and deadlines for project completion.
• Documents, tracks, and follows up on milestones, maintains information packages, submittals and other documentation.
• Anticipates and manages risks by developing action plans to execute on the project plan.
• Communicates accurate project information detailing project progress during weekly project meetings and all customer communication.
• Supports QA in supplying information regarding customer complaints.
• Communicates "lessons learned" as they arise on projects closing the loop with relevant Nortrak teams to ensure that ongoing learning is applied to future projects.
• Facilitates coordination between departments on project issues.

 

ON-TIME DELIVERY:  

• Establishes project schedules for company-wide projects with appropriate personnel to prioritize projects, consider creative, but realistic solutions to reduce project lead times where possible.
• Acts as the primary contact for customers and engineering once a project is awarded.
• Communicates and provides status updates proactively; following up on project variances from inception through completion and evaluation, including budget, timeline, and resource allocation.
• Meets with customers regularly to proactively inform them of project status and keep customers accountable for their commitments.
• Manages, coordinates, and proactively communicates efforts between various stakeholders to execute on project goals; coordinates project activities; assigns tasks to appropriate stakeholders for completion.
• Identifies potential causes of delay, documents these delays on the Change Order Master Summary, and communicates these delays or changes to the Project Liaisons.
• Identifies, documents on the Change Order Master Summary, and communicates any and all scope changes to the Project Liaisons.

 

COST:  

• Tracks and understands the financial implications of decisions on overall project budgets, develops cost recovery plans with stakeholders when costs are higher than expected.
• Initiates project change orders where scope, budgets, or timelines are impacted.
• Communicates a description of the contract changes identified to Project Liaisons.
• Holds regular status meetings with project team.
• Participates in daily production meetings to remain apprised of overall schedule and any issues that could affect cost or timely delivery.

 

PEOPLE:  

• Works with customers to obtain approvals timely.
• Builds relationships with customers, internal functions, and shop floor teams.
• Influences cross-functional teams and manages customer expectations to deliver projects within scope, on-time, and on budget.
• Communicates respectfully, proactively, and influences stakeholders to achieve project goals and objectives.
• Resolves or escalates issues in a timely manner.
• Effectively communicates relevant project information to project stakeholders.
• Works with the project team to make sure that all project priority conflicts are resolved.

Other Duties as Assigned

ENVIRONMENTAL:  

• Adhere to Nortrak's Environmental Procedures, Practices and Policies.  

 

QUALITIFCATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Secondary School Graduation or equivalent.
• Professional certifications in project management preferred.

 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a project management role in a similar environment –preferably within the manufacturing industry.
• Demonstrated Project Management expertise, including management of budgets, timelines, and scope.
• Ability to persuade without direct influence. 
• Well organized and maintains excellent time management.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment is an asset.

 

PHYSCIAL DEMANDS:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Occasional standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or climbing.
• Must be able to lift or handle up to 25 pounds at times. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasional travel may be required which includes walking, standing, sitting and driving from short to long periods of time.

 

BENEFITS:

• A supportive, family oriented Nortrak Blue culture.
• We provide an environment where Health and Safety is our #1 priority.
• Career development opportunities and competitive pay progression.
• Competitive medical, dental & vision benefits.
• Company paid life and disability insurance.
• Paid holidays and vacation.
• Retirement plan with matching contributions.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Wellness Program. 
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Recognition Programs.

 

If you think you have the necessary qualifications and drive to excel in our team, we invite you to apply now and join us at voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak. Apply today!

voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak (“Nortrak”) is a subsidiary of voestalpine AG (www.voestalpine.com) one of Europe’s premier steel producers with over 50,000 employees worldwide.  Nortrak is closely affiliated with voestalpine’s Railway Systems group which operates in 21 countries across the globe to provide cutting edge system-based solutions to railroads and transits.  Our website is https://www.voestalpine.com/nortrak/en/

voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, and any other federal, state, or locally protected classifications.  

 

 

 

 

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