Associate Project Manager Jobs in Ames, IA (NOW HIRING)

 Job Description 

JOB TITLE:             Project Manager

REPORTS TO:         Director of Engineering

FLSA:                        Exempt 

Summary of Responsibilities:

The Project Manager leads, motivates and develops objectives for new tooling and automation projects through qualification for customer project functions.  This role ensures production objectives are met in the areas of quality, scheduling, budget and customer satisfaction.  Primary point of contact for assigned projects.   Provides daily information to customers and sales staff on the status of assigned projects.  Prepare reports for management showing progress and performance of projects.

Working Relationships:

The Project Manager reports to the Director of Engineering.  This role collaborates with the customer, internal sales team, project engineering team, quality engineering team and all other support areas to ensure accomplishment of new tooling and automation project through qualification.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Coordinates progress and planning with Engineering, Sales, Production and Quality Departments to achieve on time tooling, unqualified part orders and qualifications to customers.
• Prepares and delivers comprehensive and understandable project status reports to management and leadership.
• Proactively identify project risks and implement contingency plans when issues arise.
• Ensure problems or obstacles are resolved quickly to minimize impacts to timeline.
• Coordinate with specific areas of production, ensuring objectives for quality, scheduling, budget and customer satisfaction are achieved.
• Develop partner relationships with customers.
• Responsible for the creation of project proposals that establish technical requirements.
• Lead Accumold’s development of new technical advances working with customers and the Accumold team.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining team standards, practices and procedures in accordance with company policy.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES: 

1. Education/Experience.        Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business preferred or suitable combination of education and experience of its equal. Experience working within the plastics molding industry preferred with a strong background in any or all of the following: plastic injection molding, mold building or mold design.  
2. Computer Skills.        Ability to operate personal computer.  Knowledge of Windows based programs such as Outlook, Excel, Access, MS Project, Word, AutoCAD and Solid Works.
3. Language Skills. Read, comprehend, and utilize instructions and correspondence with professionals.  Effectively present directions and information in one-on-one and small group situation to other employees.  
4. Mathematical Skills.        Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Knowledge of rate, ratios, percent and use trigonometry. Ability to read and understand complicated designs and drawings.
5. Reasoning Ability.        Knowledge to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.        Use experience to understand cause and effect as it relates to mold making to trouble shoot and problem solve.
6. Other Skills and Abilities. Ability to work with various personnel in departments to reach consensus on work related issues.  Must be able to maintain confidentiality and a professional relationship with fellow workers and the general public.  Willingness to attend conferences, classes or training to enhance and update knowledge and skills. Occasional travel may be requested for company business.  
7. Supervisory Responsibilities.        Direct work task to others to complete project.  
8. Physical Demands.        While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is required to stand and use hand to manipulate very small parts or tweezers.  Sense of touch may be used to detect texture, burs and edges.  Frequent movement throughout the facility is required.  Normal or corrected to normal vision is required with good color vision, close vision, and ability to use microscope and adjust focus.   May be required to occasionally move or transport up to 55 lbs.
9. Work Environment.  The duties of this job are executed in a climate-controlled environment with few temperature or humidity extremes.  Noise levels will vary from very low in the office area to moderate within the manufacturing facility. Employee may have contact with machining residues such as steel chips, grinding dust, EDM smoke, cutting oils and coolants.        Safety glasses are required in manufacturing areas.

The description given is intended only to provide information about the general nature of the job and is not an all-inclusive list of the job duties, skills or abilities. 

Employment with Accumold is “at will”, meaning that either the employee or the company may terminate employment at any time and for any or no reason. 

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