Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with previous automotive project experience to work with our internal assembly leadership to obtain continuous project updates, monitors projects to ensure they are completed in a timely fashion, within scope and budget, while proactively communicating with internal team members and external clients/automotive customers regarding project progress. Maintains detailed project status spreadsheets/reports. Requires regular client interaction to relay detailed and time sensitive project status information to high profile automotive customer clients, including difficult client conversations relaying that projects are delayed or not going to meet customer’s timeline for delivery/completion.

Air Way Automation is one of Northern Michigan’s employers of choice. We are very proud of our 50+ year history as a leading provider of automated parts feeding and assembly equipment to almost every automotive company and supplier in the world from our facilities in Grayling, MI. We have created a professional environment for our employees, offering an unbelievable benefits package and quarterly bonus opportunities.

Come enjoy a big city career while living in an area where you can fully enjoy the beautiful Michigan outdoors. Grayling is known as the city of two rivers – the AuSable and the Manistee, excellent hunting on thousands of acres of state property and immediate access to the best riding trails in lower Michigan.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Schedule and lead weekly project management meetings to ensure that all project members are aware of their deliverables, timing and commitments/falling behind statuses
• Create and maintain project management spreadsheets/tools to capture ongoing statuses of a high volume of projects.
• Input new project details, timelines, etc. in project reporting spreadsheets.
• Assess and communicate the impact of scope changes to internal and external customers.
• Work with customers to ensure all necessary resources are in place to accept delivery.
• Develop timing of projects and insert projects appropriately into the pipeline to meet customer delivery expectations.
• Foster an effective relationship with customer contacts.
• Gather and archive key customer contact correspondence and documents.
• Coordinate customer site visits for project status or project sign-off meetings.
• Act as key team member to ensure customer project deadlines are met.
• Keep current on internal and external project processes, such as - time in testing, engineering design timing, build timing, etc.
• Maintain regular client contact and communicate problems and successes timely.
• Professionally escalate issues and facilitate resolution for project success.

Air Way Automation is proud to offer full-time employees the following COMPANY PAID benefits - most start on day one:

• Three Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan PPO Medical plans (one plan fully company-funded for family coverage)
• Delta Dental
• BCBSM Vision
• Short-term disability
• Basic life/AD&D disability
• GM supplier vehicle discounts
• Quarterly bonus and Year-End profit-sharing opportunities

Additional voluntary buy-up benefits include:

• Long-term disability
• Additional life insurance
• 401k participation (available 1st of the month following hire)

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Previous project management experience required, including monitoring project scope, budget, schedules, resolving issues and reporting statuses. Previous automotive industry/Tier One automotive supplier experience highly desired.
• High school diploma or equivalent; college courses or certificate in engineering or relevant discipline is a plus.
• High attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects under aggressive deadlines and respond to constant change
• Mechanical aptitude and good math skills.
• Excellent client interaction skills – both written and verbal, and a natural ability to form positive relationships even when communicating less than positive updates/statuses.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical documents and drawings.
• Intermediate understanding of computer software.
• Ability and willingness to work overtime.