Senior Project Manager

• Managing large projects (usually > 5Mio. $) as a Project Manager according to the GEA Project Management Guidelines as defined in the PPP.
• Overall responsible for the execution of a large project being involved through all phases of the project from the initial quotation phase right up to commissioning, handover and project close down - often cross-cultural and sometimes across different GEA companies.
• Overall responsible for the financial performance and result of the large project, ensuring the best outcome for GEA by creating and maintaining the detailed project budget and invoicing plan.
• Coordinates activities of the project organization while being responsible for the project success and providing strong direction for the project team.
• Responsible for ensuring a strong culture of ownership within the project team in meeting the project objectives if applicable beyond their own GEA entity.
• Planning and maintaining project schedule by monitoring project progress including the work breakdown structures and activity lists of all project contributors and margin goals.
• Responsible for completion of phase gate reviews and reporting of the development in the project to multiple stakeholders e.g. steering committee, customer. Manages complex stakeholder relationships.
• Responsible for ensuring that tasks are coordinated and carried out in a manner which is in line with GEA’s standard practice and procedures and meets with the customer expectations as far as commercially possible.
• Responsible for completion of large projects according to scope, cost, quality and schedule – deliver project within budget.
• Responsible for the customer management and satisfaction during the execution of the large project
• Ensure that the site work is managed by the site manager and that H&S is implemented at all times. Attend client meetings on site to facilitate the commissioning of GEA supplied equipment and proving all the KPI’s. Usually High amount of installation hours.
• Responsible for Claim Management & Change order management.
• Perform Risk Management to mitigate and minimize project risks.
• Motivate, capture and evaluate Lessons Learned of a project at a team perspective.
• Create Procurement plan with supply chain to schedule fabrication and component receipt to meet project schedule. Ultimately responsible for the RFQ process for installation, contractor selection, contractor management.
• Creates and maintains the project resource plan and communicates resource needs to relevant line managers.
• Ensures project documentation and correspondence is stored on company servers according to GEA requirements.
• Lead a large team of project engineers without direct line reporting relation.

• Bachelor's Degree within engineering
• More than 5 years of Project Management experience from large technical projects.
• The ideal candidate holds a PMI certification or another relevant project management education
• Background experience in the chemical, dairy, food or beverage projects are highly desirable.
• Experience working on large technical projects.
• Strong in project management methodologies and solid skills in commercial project management.
• Experience in handling legal and contractual matters.
• Experience in negotiation and dispute resolution.
• Successful track record of finishing large projects with regards to results, timing, customer satisfaction and quality.
• Direct people management through influential leadership capabilities. Potentially also through others. Leader of others.
• Demonstrates commercial awareness exploring risks and opportunities of the business. Strives to maximize commercial benefit.
• Breaks down the problem. Takes action to avoid future problems. Solves highly complex problems.
• Wants to do the job well. Strives for higher standards. Improves team performance.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle large teams of project engineers establishing clarity and direction as well as building a good positive team.
• English (fluent written and verbal) language skills are a pre-requisite. The ability to communicate in other languages is a plus.

• 12 Paid Holidays
• PTO – Paid time off
• Medical Plans
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Savings and Spending Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401k with excellent employer match
• Wellness Incentive Program
• Employee Assistance Program

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