Retrofit Program Manager (Electrical/ Mechanical)

Position: Retrofit Program Manager (Electrical/ Mechanical) Location: Remote Duration: 7 Months Job Type: Temporary Assignment Work Type: Remote + Onsite Travel Note: This job requires traveling and Onsite work. Expenses will be paid by the client. Pay Rate: $ 77.31-81.00/ Hourly Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a global technology leader that is transforming the way people shop, consume content, and interact with digital services. With a strong presence across e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence, the company is known for its customer-centric approach, innovation-driven culture, and large-scale global impact. It continues to invest in building products and services that improve everyday life while supporting businesses, communities, and economies worldwide. Job Description:

• Responsible for the coordination and completion of project/program.
• Oversees all aspects of projects/program.
• Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project/program.
• Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project/program.
• May require a bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of tasks.
• Leads and directs the work of others.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.
• In this role you will work with some of the most talented engineers in the design, development, and delivery of physical distribution systems around the globe.
• You are responsible for managing a technology or integration project, successfully delivering the solution to meet project goals.
• You may work directly with external equipment vendors, customers, or partners, and you have a solid understanding of the design approaches and industry technologies utilized in fulfillment and distribution center designs.
• To meet timelines and minimize disruption to support teams, you manage the overall schedule, proactively mitigate risks, and keep the scope of engineering deliverables under control

Review of Business Group:

• Ops engineering team, that focuses on REI’s
• Retrofits for conveyors
• Goal is to manage the vendor and complete milestones of the projects

Purpose of the Team and key projects:

• Retrofit
• Going to 12 different sites, and retrofit with new ADPA

Daily schedule:

• Regular FT Standard
• May work during evening 6,7,8,9pm
• But normally 9am-5pm
• Need flexibility on work – some windows may be at night

OT, Weekend, or Holiday schedule:

• Up to 8 hours/week

Task Breakdown and Workflow:

• Travel to site
• Will assign to home base as close as possible
• Manage vendor onsite through deployment phase
• Check on milestone completion, quality of work, etc and repeat each day
• Partner with other stakeholders onsite(RME, operations, etc) , to ensure all are coming together

Interaction Level with team:

• Partner with stakeholders

Top 3 Must Have Hard Skills:

• Program Management skills – a lot of coordination with operations
• Technical skills with engineering experience
• Networking knowledge/testing experience

Nice to haves:

• Engineering experience would be great (electrical/mechanical aspect)
• Experience of retrofits or live operational sites

Leadership Principles:

• Earns Trust
• Bias for action

Years of Experience:

• At least 6+ years of Project/Program Experience

Performance Indicators:

• Strong communication skills
• Reviewing engineering docs/
• Managing temporary systems

Degree/ Certification Requirements:

• May require a bachelor's degree

What background does someone have that is successful in this role?

• Background in material handlers within Client (have seen some contractors have this background and excel in the role)

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