Job Information
Automation and Control Strategies Group, INC. dba ACS Professional Staffing Project Manager in Vancouver, Washington
- Location: Vancouver, Washington
- Type: Contract
- Job #7836 Overview: ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Project Manager position will plan, execute, and finalize projects within deadlines and budget, coordinate team efforts and third-party contractors, and oversee project objectives and quality control throughout the project life cycle. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA. Pay Rate: $41.71 - $59.59 Benefits:
- Paid holidays: 11
- PTO: Starting at 10 days
- Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
- EAP: Employee Assistance Program
- Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
- Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Transmission's continuous process improvement efforts, working through the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA), requirements gathering process.
- Help facilitate and coordinate the completion of training and change management efforts supporting the process changes implementation and adoption.
- Provide project management skills to support Transmission's planning and process project, providing guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology and best practices, including:
- Investigate ways to integrate project constraints into the business portfolio decision-making process.
- Identify and request necessary subject matter experts needed during the project.
- Recommend/request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs. (Note: resource requests must be submitted to, coordinated with, and provided by appropriate performance managers.)
- Collaborate with business units and performance managers to identify any resource allocation issues and make suggestions to resolve.
- Schedule and lead project team meetings ranging from recurring working meetings to requirements gathering across organizational units to varying levels of program/project management stakeholders.
- Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives.
- Suggest improvement(s) to project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables, and goals.
- Draft project plans, suggest resource strategies, and help with funding estimates required to advance each assigned project / defined effort.
- Alert manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project cost, schedule, or performance.
- Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, including recommending project stages and assessing business potential risks for each stage.
- Organize, coordinate, and help monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards, and targets, alerting personnel of any obstacles / potential delay to project timelines, targets, or success. Provide corrective action recommendations for consideration.
- Coordinate activities for assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate manager / personnel.
- Collaborate with manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) and to properly understand related business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and how best to effectively deploy end products.
- Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations for