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Company: Dematic Corporation
Location: USA - MI - Grand Rapids
Req ID: 49478
Position Title: Project Coordinator
Experience Level: Mid Level
Education Required: Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
Travel Required: Yes
Company Description:
Dematic is a global engineering company that provides a comprehensive range of intelligent warehouse logistics and materials handling solutions. With a global knowledge network of more than 4,000 skilled logistics professionals, Dematic is able to provide customers with a unique perspective in world-class materials handling solution design. Our commitment to solution development, combined with engineering centers and manufacturing plants in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, ensures Dematic has the range and capability to provide reliable, flexible, cost-effective solutions globally. Our successful track record has led to the development and implementation of more than 5,000 integrated systems for a customer base that includes small, medium, and large companies doing business in a variety of market sectors. Dematic generates a global business volume of approximately $1.8 billion.
Dematic is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace.
Job Description:
Dematic Corp. has an immediate for a Project Coordinator. This position can be located out of Grand Rapids or Milwaukee offices. Internal candidates located at our offices in Salt Lake City, Charlotte, or in any of our regional offices (Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Newark) will be considered but will need to relocate to the GR office for a 2 year period or until successful completion of 2 projects.
Position Description: The Project Coordinator is an experienced and seasoned mechanical, controls or software engineer who has good general knowledge of both IS and PS project life cycle implementation.
The Project Coordinator will be assigned and report within the NA Project Management Group.
The Project Coordinator shall be assigned and directly involved in the total project life cycle, beginning with assignment within the Solution Development group, reporting to the Solution Development manager. The Project Coordinator shall follow the project into the application/engineering phase reporting within Project Management group, potentially become the project site manager or commissioning coordinator at the project site. The Project Coordinator will transition to the Product Development group for a short period after project acceptance to provide direct product issues and enhancement support derived from project learning’s and customer feedback, reporting to the Product Development/R&D Manager, and finally move back to the Solutions Development group to begin the project life cycle on another assigned project.
Project assignments will be determined by the Project Management and Solutions Development Managers. Projects requiring a Project Coordinator, participation shall include but shall not be limited to projects which are:
* Highly complex, IS or PS projects
* Large IS or PS Projects
* IS or PS projects which incorporate new technologies.
* IS or PS projects with very aggressive schedules.
The Project Coordinator will complete at least two project life cycles, before being considered for potential advancement within or external to Project Management. Project Life Cycle Tasks/Responsibilities
Typical tasks and activities could include, but are not limited to, the following during the project life cycle:
Solutions Development Phase
* Assigned to projects by Solution Development Manager/Project Management System Engineering Manager.
* Attends sales to Concept/Estimating turnover meeting.
* Participate in Concept development, and bring in AE or Development to assist SD in concept definitions.
* Create or provide input in creation of SDO for inclusion in final proposal, and for use by the Solution Development and Estimating group.
* Call concept technical reviews as maybe required with participants from Application Engineering, Solution Development, Installation, Development/R&D and Sales through the course of the solution development/concept life cycle. Validate technical solutions vs. customer specifications including product to be handled vs. equipment utilized, operational rates, equipment rates, etc.
* Work with the assigned Project Manager to develop the proposal project schedule and milestones.
* Evaluate and provide input into the creation of the project cash flow analysis.
* Work with the assigned Project Manager to identify potential project risks, inclusive of mitigation plans.
* Work with Purchasing to indentify resale requirements and evaluate resale quotes received.
* Review proposal documentation for completeness, accuracy and validate that content addresses all customer functional requirements and scope. Compare pricing/estimates to defined scope including SDO to validate completeness and alignment.
* Provide technical support during the customer sales presentation as maybe required.
* With the assigned Project Manager, call the pre-sales Post Mortem review meeting to evaluate the project solution, pricing and proposal phase of the project. Capture lessons learned and document back to the various stakeholders.
* If project sale is successful, summarize all proposal documentation, alternates, etc. in anticipation of the Sales/Project turnover so that the application team will have clear definition of the final as sold scope.
Project Commissioning and Customer Acceptance Phase
+ As required, become on-site commissioning coordinator/manager:
- Conduct daily morning onsite coordination meetings
- Coordinate installation commissioning and engineering commissioning activities, per schedule.
- Monitor commissioning progress, and provide weekly reports to Project Manager
- Validate system functionality against project scope requirements as subsystem commissioning is completed.
- Coordinate internal rate testing and test product, product handlers for supporting this testing
- Coordinate and conduct internal integration testing (WMS, WCS, PLC level, etc.)
- In support of the Project Manager, coordinate and conduct formal customer rate and functional testing by subsystem, and for total system per approved ATP. Secure ATP signoff from the customer
- Document action items resulting from ATP, and validate completion.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against
any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex,
age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity,
status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal,
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