Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its AI-powered robotic platform. The Project Manager, Layout Engineering will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement automation solutions at client sites, focusing on project management and process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage project charters, baseline metrics, data collection plans, and proof-of-concepts to validate project deliverables
- Ensure successful planning, development, execution, acceptance, and post-implementation in accordance with project objectives
- Develop KPIs for each assigned initiative, focusing on scope, schedule, cost, delivery, service, and quality
- Facilitate the resolution of issues, risks, and challenges that surface in the deployment process
- Identify opportunities for process automation, improved scalability, and efficiency within the installation team
- Lead weekly cross-functional meetings to review project progress, issues, and risks
- Provide regular updates to business stakeholders and leadership on project progress and impact
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure CI-driven ideas are integrated into design and documentation through engineering changes
- Ensure timely execution of approved engineering changes across all installation sites, including retroactive implementation at past sites
- Provide ongoing support and guidance to installation teams, troubleshooting design and material delivery issues as needed
- Document and share best practices, process improvements, and innovative approaches across the installation organization
- Foster a culture focused on transparency, speed of decision-making, and a synchronized partnership within cross-functional team
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering discipline, Construction Management, or equivalent years of experience
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in industrial/robotic automation installation projects
- Ability to implement creative solutions, deliver projects to scope, schedule, and budget
- Skills to identify problems, potential risks, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to successfully implement change initiatives with minimal disruption and maximum adoption
- Good negotiation and relationship skills, both in directing the technical team and ability to manage and reach solutions to competing priorities
- Experience leveraging business intelligence tools to provide insightful metrics
- Process oriented, lean focused, methodical, detail-oriented, and proactive
- Ability to travel up to 60% of the time to respective site location
- A valid driver's license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations
- PMP cert
- Lean/Six Sigma/Kaizen cert
- Working knowledge of Jira
- Working knowledge of Smartsheet
- Working knowledge of SAP
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Disability
- 401K
- PTO
- Other benefits
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