Project Manager - Mobile Robotics

Company: Oceaneering International
Location: Fort Wayne
Posted on: April 22, 2024

Job Description:

Company Profile

Oceaneering Mobile Robotics (OMR) designs, manufactures, implements, and maintains innovative turnkey logistics solutions based on autonomous mobile robot technology. With over 1,700 mobile robotics deployed worldwide and with over 30 million miles accumulated, OMR delivers best-in-class solutions with the lowest total cost without sacrificing performance. For over 30 years, OMR has been a trusted partner for the automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, and (intra-) logistics industries. www.oceaneering.com/omr

Our Manufactured Products group offers several world-class global manufacturing facilities serving multiple industries including energy, material handling, and entertainment ride systems. We have decades of experience in engineering, design, testing and qualification of hardware for any specification, including subsea umbilicals, junction plates, distribution units, termination assemblies, clamps, flanges, and more. For the material handling industry, we produce safe, reliable, and flexible mobile robotics solutions. For the entertainment industry, we deliver innovative ride systems engineering and automated people mover vehicles.

Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry. We develop products and services for use throughout the lifecycle of an offshore oilfield, from drilling to decommissioning. We operate the world's premier fleet of work class ROVs. Additionally, we are a leader in offshore oilfield maintenance services, umbilicals, subsea hardware, and tooling. We also use applied technology expertise to serve the defense, entertainment, material handling, aerospace, science, and renewable energy industries.

Position Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for managing the successful execution of projects for the delivery of Oceaneering Mobile Robotics (OMR) systems, meeting project requirements within the contracted schedule and budget constraints.
OMR, a division of Oceaneering International Inc. (NASDAQ: OII), produces and maintains commercial autonomous vehicles. Supporting customers worldwide, our robots utilize natural feature navigation and service the healthcare, automotive, warehouse and manufacturing markets.

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties & Responsibilities:

--- Manage projects consistent with Oceaneering values and guidelines with respect to safety, quality, and business ethics.
--- Apply knowledge of project management competencies to manage the core elements of a project's integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, communications, risks, procurement, and stakeholders to meet project requirements, demonstrating proficiency in both the knowledge and application of these skills.
--- Apply knowledge of personal competencies of communication, leadership, management, cognitive abilities, effectiveness, and professionalism to lead the project team in meeting the project objectives, demonstrating proficiency in both the knowledge and application of these skills.
--- Lead a diverse team of engineers (electrical, mechanical, systems, software), drafters, designers, technicians, consultants, administrative and other personnel, and assigns tasks as guided by the project plan, setting, and communicating clear expectations.
--- Autonomously facilitate and operationalize projects to achieve established departmental and organizational goals, while considering all appropriate stakeholders.
--- Develop and lead in project management planning including but not limited to scope identification, budget planning, resource planning, and fiscal accountability, and ongoing communication and collaboration with team members. Independently prepares written documents, delegates tasks as necessary, monitors and analyzes progress.
--- Recommend sequences for actions, procurement and purchases and coordinates necessary meetings to ensure the timely delivery of products and services. Facilitate work across project teams, develop a project schedule, lead meetings to track progress, manages and mitigates project risks, troubleshoots problems as they arise, and directly manages assigned component projects and develop solutions to barriers and challenges to success to deliver projects on time, within budget and scope, and with a keen focus on effective and consistent communication.
--- Support the company's objectives of continuous improvement by reviewing, incorporating, and contributing to lessons learned, and suggesting changes to process and procedure to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of project execution.
--- Work closely with the Project Engineer who is responsible for the technical system design.
--- Manage the contacts and relationship with clients of Manufacturing, Automotive, and Hospital material handling logistics flow. Act as point of contact for the customer for the duration of the project.
--- Coach and motivate other project team members, Lead project meetings and presentations with customers.
--- Monitor the scope agreements and negotiations on additional work.
--- Conduct project Kick Off meeting, communicating project plan to include baseline scope, basis of estimate, baseline budget and baseline schedule to all project team members.
--- Conduct project close out.
--- Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

--- Master's degree in a technical discipline required - mechanical, electrical, or manufacturing preferred.
--- Minimum 5 - 7 years of relevant work experience, preferably as a project manager for logistics projects.
--- Knowledge of logistics, Material Handling, and industrial processes.
--- PMP/CAPM Certification or achieved within 3 years.
--- Strong interpersonal skills.
--- Ability to interact with customer representatives.
--- Ability to support technical reviews of various documentation and other project deliverables.
--- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
--- Ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks and work independently.
--- Strong skills in Excel and other Microsoft Office products

Additional Information

This position is Hybrid - Remote and will require commuting to a designated office. Hybrid work schedules are determined by the hiring manager based on business need.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity,national origin, veteran status,disability, genetic information, or other non-merit factors

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