Project Manager

Job Highlights

Company Profile

Arcosa provides infrastructure-related products and solutions with leading brands serving engineered structures, construction, and transportation markets.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Project Manager who will work with all members of the Value Stream team in developing and executing plans to deliver designs, drawings, pricing, and the end product to customers.

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience with a minimum of 5 years of technical and customer account administration experience

Work Experience

• More than 1 year of managing large projects (preferred)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between the customer and Meyer Utility Structures, providing schedule updates and change order management coordination to the customer, including providing the customer’s feedback to the internal team
• Build and maintain Standard Work Procedures for each alliance customer
• Coordinate closely with the Value Stream Manager and the Market Development Manager to ensure customer expectations are met while maximizing profits for Meyer Utility Structures.
• Develop pricing in compliance with existing contracts and is optimized to capture/maintain business and achieve maximum margins with support from the Market Development Manager
• Develop project schedules and manage projects to the schedule daily using Visual Management Capabilities
• Develop winning tactics for bid projects through innovation, engineering, scheduling, and cost management
• Ensure change orders are managed properly, pricing revisions are captured and optimized, and schedules are modified to the customer’s satisfaction (where possible) and can be supported by all functions
• Identify potential project issues, work with appropriate parties to develop mutually agreed upon mitigation actions, and report on project status/issues and key actions to the Value Stream Manager
• Interface with customers, sales, quality, and field service managers to coordinate a variety of post-sales service functions with support from the Market Development Manager and the Value Stream Manager
• Lead all functions to support expedited delivery requests and establish appropriate pricing and schedule with support from the Value Stream Manager and fellow Project Managers
• Monitor and report on quality issues, rework levels, and productivity
• Work with the Value Stream Manager and the plants to meet customer expectations
• Other duties as assigned

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Excellent communication skills with employees and external customers
• Knowledge of commodities markets and how they pertain to pricing and supply contracts (preferred)
• Understanding of legal terms and language about supply contracts (preferred)
• Working knowledge of the utility structures industry (preferred)

Work Environment

• Deadline-driven and multitasking (required)
• Frequent meetings and coordination
• Full-time with possible overtime
• High responsibility and decision-making
• Office and on-site work environments

Employer’s Statement

Arcosa is an Equal Opportunity Employer.