Senior Project Manager

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:

• 100% employee-owned with 40+ years of industry history
• A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant
• ENR Top 500 Firm

We have a Senior Project Manager opportunity in our Eden Prairie, MN office. This person is responsible for independently managing small to large-scale projects for clients, ensuring successful delivery from initiation through completion. This role focuses on controlling project costs, schedules, and resources while fostering strong relationships with clients and vendors. The Project Manager guides clients in decision-making, ensures solutions align with business needs, and delivers projects that meet or exceed expectations.

This position requires proactive leadership, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

The following responsibilities are essential to the satisfactory performance of this role. Reasonable accommodation may be made as needed.

• End-to-end responsibility (financial, quality, schedule, safety) on projects of small to large-scale for clients independently with minimal oversight
• Prepares and approves Project Execution Plans (PEP)
• Acquires appropriate resources at the right time;
  Supervises project staff necessary to complete assignments
• Builds complex level 3 project schedules, manages critical path, float, and can demonstrate project “health” via schedule
• Develops earned value analysis and estimates at completion for internal review
• Presents project status reports to client and business unit leadership
• Understands and documents risk analysis and mitigation planning
• Manages other WM team tasks/schedules, procurement, and subcontractor execution
• Manages WM accounting system budgets, effort, variances, change orders, and invoices
• Develops complete change orders
• Prepares and manages project quality plans within the PEP
• Independently identifies opportunities at existing and new customers
• Fully prepares small to medium proposals
• Participates in aspects of large/complex proposals
• Participates in customer sales meetings
• Develops working relationship with customer project team and client-peer relationships
• Develops relationships with channel partners and other service providers including contractors and engineering firms
• Demonstrates ability to communicate clearly and effectively

Proficiency in MS Project and/or Primavera, MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint

• Understands automation scope delivery tasks at a detail to evaluate team progress independently
• Ability to work collaboratively on complex automation projects in industrial and manufacturing environments
• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for quality craftmanship, innovation and problem-solving in mission-critical environments.
• Forward looking, proactive, and focused on the best resolution
• Consistently maintains positive and encouraging attitude in a high stress environment

Professional degree in Construction Management and/or Engineering

• 6-10 years of experience as a Project Manager and/or Project Engineer
• Working experience including construction in the Datacenter and/or Semiconductor industry is strongly preferred
• PMP Certification beneficial

The physical demands and work-environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Willingness to relocate to sites in the US to support construction and startups for 12-18 month duration. Locations will primarily be in Cedar Rapids, IA / Tulsa, OK / Louisiana
• Outside of construction periods, travel expectations are 25% for customer and design team support
• Valid US driver’s license and international passport (or ability to obtain quickly)
• Financial support will be provided for employee and family relocation
• Lodging,…