Project Manager – Novi, MI DISHER is currently partnering with a world leading automation company that specializes in groundbreaking technologies for flawlessly manufacturing millions of products. They have been awarded year after year as a great place to work and one of the "World's Most Admired Companies". What it's like to work here: Their team is the secret to their success. They are empowered, inventive, and inclusive. This company champions their teams, foster collaborations, inclusion, respect, and excellence. Working with this company, you will drive innovation with new advancements in industry. You will have opportunity for future training to broaden skills and be a part of a team of experts to drive solutions that improve efficiencies, safety, and quality. You will work with multiple assembly plants and integrator. If you are passionate about your craft and are driven to succeed, this could be the place for you! What you will get to do:

You will provide leadership for projects including scope, risk, timing, cost, and quality.

As the customer main point of contact, you will spend most of your time communicating and facilitating the design and build process and ensuring customer satisfaction. This will include weekly updates and direct communication with the customer to resolve open issues.

During the project you will report status updates, to both the customer and in house teams. After project completion you will share best practices and lessons learned in monthly BP review.

Act as the driving force for the team, promoting cooperation, conflict resolution & negotiation.

Understand the financial details and budget of each assigned project. Ensure that the projects stay within budget and alert management when the job approaches 80% of budget.

What will make you successful:

Comprehensive understanding of Project Management best practices and processes, including but not limited to MS Project, Excel, critical path analysis and change management.

History of managing customer contracts and relationships as well as indirectly managing teams.

Actively listen, probe, and identify concerns. Develop credibility, loyalty, trust, & commitment.

Ability to negotiate, resolve conflict and proactive decision analysis.

Travel to Lear sites up to 20% of the time. This may include domestic and international travel depending on the project.

Lead/Manage engineers and technical trades on project teams.

Hands on experience working for an integrator is preferred.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent combination of experience and education.

7+ years of experience in industrial automation or engineering services industry.

4+ years of experience in Project Management.