ATS Startup Project Manager

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Description

As a Project Manager on this team, you plan, implement, coordinate and track to completion all activities necessary for partner execution teams to successfully launch new builds, retrofits and expansions in support of the Sort Center network. Generally speaking, this role is responsible for ensuring the installation of all finishing aspects that make a building functional to process volume for our customers.

We are seeking a highly motivated Project Manager who can drive project execution, standardization and process improvement. Critical to this role is the ability to build partnerships and lead through influence with contractors, installation vendors, construction and engineering teams along with other stakeholders to meet project milestones. You collaborate with all project teams to meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

You support program initiative goals by delivering projects of varying complexity. Projects may overlap into different regions and may require you to travel across applicable regions for this role. The amount of travel may vary based on the project type and the time of the year. The ability to travel is needed throughout the year and should be expected to reach up to 80% at peak times to support our customers.

Key competencies of this position include controllership to ensure your contracted resources deliver work on time and within safety, quality and budget requirements. Additionally, you may be asked to participate in process improvement initiatives. This opportunity combines project management, process improvement, vendor and contractor management. This role can be remote or office-based when you are not traveling.

Description

As a Project Manager on this team, you plan, implement, coordinate and track to completion all activities necessary for partner execution teams to successfully launch new builds, retrofits and expansions in support of the Sort Center network. Generally speaking, this role is responsible for ensuring the installation of all finishing aspects that make a building functional to process volume for our customers.

We are seeking a highly motivated Project Manager who can drive project execution, standardization and process improvement. Critical to this role is the ability to build partnerships and lead through influence with contractors, installation vendors, construction and engineering teams along with other stakeholders to meet project milestones. You collaborate with all project teams to meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

You support program initiative goals by delivering projects of varying complexity. Projects may overlap into different regions and may require you to travel across applicable regions for this role. The amount of travel may vary based on the project type and the time of the year. The ability to travel is needed throughout the year and should be expected to reach up to 80% at peak times to support our customers.

Key competencies of this position include controllership to ensure your contracted resources deliver work on time and within safety, quality and budget requirements. Additionally, you may be asked to participate in process improvement initiatives. This opportunity combines project management, process improvement, vendor and contractor management. This role can be remote or office-based when you are not traveling.

Employees must live within a commutable distance of their designated office hub and be available to work on-site when not traveling for business purposes

Key job responsibilities

• Own a project from the kickoff and mobilization to deploying items for testing; coordinating execution activities through project closure.
• Receive, track, and deploy the standard bill of materials required for the end user, to safely operate building spaces after the building/project launches. These items can include but are not limited to: equipment, tables, chairs, desks, 5S labeling, interior way finding signage, trailer truck yard safety, jam clearing equipment for material handling, racking, maintenance tools, powered industrial trucks (PIT), food and beverage vending, office cubicles and audio/visual equipment.
  
  The type and quantity of items can vary based on the design and scope of a project.
• Execute with Customer Obsession to ensure a timely and to-standard project handover to Amazon Transportation Services (ATS) operational teams.
• Partner directly with internal and external stakeholders to Earn Trust and facilitate planning meetings, scope efforts, set project priorities, achieve milestones and ultimately drive delivery.
• Escalate safety callouts when on site. If you see something, say something.
• Assess issues that may impede a successful project handover to Amazon stakeholders and escalate through leadership, proposing actionable resolutions.
• Coordinate and control Operational Readiness Testing…