Project Manager 1

Tekwissen

Lansing, MI

Expired: May 05, 2024 Applications are no longer accepted.

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Company Info

Overview:

Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. The below Client runs through fifteen executive departments which carry out the day-to-day administration of the federal government. Popular departments like Agriculture and Rural Development, Civil Rights, Environment, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources, Secretary of State. This Client has opportunities in a number of career pathways, including, but not limited to, business and administrative support, education and human services, IT and computers, medical and healthcare, natural resources, law enforcement and public safety, skilled trades and more. With positions in over 18 state departments, your perfect career fit is waiting for you at the client. This client is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Title: Project Manager 1

Location: Lansing, MI, 48917

Duration: 12 Months

Job Type: Hybrid

Work Type: Contract

Job Description:

Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.
May work under supervision of Senior Project or Program Manager, assisting with larger, more complex initiatives.
This PMO area supports the Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity, including client Housing Development Corporation and Unemployment Insurance Agency, in addition to the Attorney General's office.
Project and program work may be assigned in any of these areas according to work demands.
Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams.
Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework.
Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor.
Creates project charter and work plan and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics.
Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans.
Manages scope.
Creates and implements a communication plan.
Builds an effective team, assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes. Negotiates resources.
Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsor.
Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers.
Provides technical support to project team members.
Handles complex application features and technical designs.
Designs and implements the components required for complex application features.
Generally, manages a group of applications system analysts.
Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Professional certification is highly desirable.
May require specific PC, workstation, operating system, application, or platform skills.
Provides overall direction to the formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of a project.
Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance, revenue, and profit objectives of a project and its contracts.
Ensures that the project plan maintains tasks, schedules, estimates, and status, and disseminates information to team members and customers.
Creates a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment with emphasis on quality, productivity, and consistency.
Directs corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives.
Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other supporting facilities, business areas, and support functions, and monitors their performance.
Self-directed and independent.
Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects.
Oversees all aspects of projects.
Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project.
Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.