Project Lead

Description

The P.L. acts as the main point of contact for customers and vendors on assigned sales orders and is directly responsible for monitoring the project costs and compliance with contract documents, attending job meetings and balancing the customer and OI interests throughout the entire process.

The P.L is the “voice of the customer” in our OI facilities. The P.L. is responsible for the customer experience from the point of sale to on-site delivery. To achieve OI’s goal to enhance “ease of doing business,” a role to represent the customer’s voice in our facilities has been developed to ensure 100% customer satisfaction on ALL sales orders. Once an opportunity becomes a sales order, the P.L. drives all activities from the point of sale to on-site delivery including coordinating with engineering, approval of submittals, scheduling with production and on-site delivery with the customer and transportation.

• If needed, coordinate site visits and work with the customer to ensure that all issues that arise from the point of sale to completion of the project are resolved promptly, including but not limited to change orders, adjustments to schedule and collect information as appropriate to each assigned project. Identify and requisition special purchase items as required.
• Working with other project managers and the plant manager to manage the long-term schedule to minimize conflicts with operational restrictions.
• Ensures a mentality of continuous improvement of processes and systems.
• Monitors the progress and status from the point of sales as it moves through the process, and acts to problem solve proactively, offers technical advice, and assists other staff to expedite assigned projects, removes obstacles which may cause a project to fall behind schedule.
• Responsible for managing multiple sales orders concurrently.
• Communicate with the Transportation department on the initial delivery needs of the customer and follow up when required.
• Managing the required submittals/approvals with customer as required.
• Provide direction and oversight to all aspects of the project team: engineering, production planning, transportation, procurement and accounting.
• Upon sales order assignment by the C.O.M, share responsibility with the O.S.R and Est. to hold a Turnover/Kick Off meeting at the point of sale to ensure all needed information and paperwork are complete; that the scope of work is clear; review the estimate and confirm values for all items; and begins the process of scheduling the project with production to align with “Customer Ship Date” in AX.
• Primary responsibility is being the “voice of the customer” in OI facilities.
• Prepare any applicable change order proposals in a timely manner, whether owner/ client/ engineer request or by generation from OI.
• From point of sales order assignment, the P.L. becomes the point of contact for the customer. They must ensure the customer is kept up-to-date from production schedule to on-site delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required. *Civil Engineering preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage several large to small, complex projects simultaneously.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• 3+ years Project Management experience.
• Experience within the construction or precast concrete industry.
• Ability to review and work from production schematics and engineering drawings.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Benefits

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

• Yearly bonus eligible.
• Life insurance
• 401(k) plan / group retirement savings program
• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Target Salary is $75,000.00 to $85,000.00.
• Paid time off
• Group retirement savings program
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid holidays
• Health and wellness programs

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance