Field Project Manager

Eaton's North American Sales division is currently seeking a Field Project Manager. This hybrid role will be strategically based in our Glendale Heights, IL Indianapolis, IN, Fenton, MO, Southfield, MI, West Chester, OH, Westerville, OH or Menomonee Falls, WI location and will be supporting customers throught the central region of the US. Relocation assistance within the US is available to candidates living outside a 50-mile radius of these locations.

What you'll do:

Our Field Project Managers play a crucial role in setting us apart from our competitors. They immerse themselves in the intricate electrical and mechanical aspects of significant strategic project orders, with a focus on diverse sectors such as heavy multitenant high rise, hospital, university, commercial construction, data center, utility, and industrial projects.

They involve meticulously managing the technical facets of major electrical assembly project orders. This includes ensuring that customer specifications are met, adhering to tight timelines for product delivery, documentation, and maintaining top-notch quality. they prioritize exceptional customer service, ensuring that clients receive personalized attention and support throughout the project lifecycle.

In this role, you will:

• Be working directly with end clients, sales, and contractors in details of major strategic data center project orders

• Effectively engage with and coordinate internal resources to enable the implementation of the Eaton Business System with our factories

• Work to improve performance on logistics and financial management for Eaton and the customer

• Mitigate, track, and communicate financial and schedule risks to internal stakeholders

• Seek to collect and communicate lessons learned on the individual customer projects for communication to other project teams engaged with products, both with the project management organization and the sales teams

• Seek and communicate to sales potential opportunities for increasing product utilization within a customer's electrical system design through a recognition of available Eaton products

• Create value in the order management process and demonstrate Eaton's project execution as a key differentiator to separate us from our competitors

• Negotiate internally for resources and priorities needed for customers

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

• Minimum five (5) years of project management experience

• Sponsorship is not available. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without requiring company sponsorship.

• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver's license

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other technical field

• Electrical industry experience

• Electrical industry experience and product knowledge with focus on the following customer bases: Wastewater treatment, Government, Utility, Commercial Construction, etc.

• PMP certification

• Experience working with and managing projects for multiple large industrial and institutional customers

Skills:

Position Criteria:

• Ability to present information to others in a persuasive way, professionally and diplomatically assert the leadership role that the title project manager conveys.

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of an assignment and customer satisfaction

• Ability to apply project management methodologies and strategies to reduce potential project risk throughout the duration of the project lifecycle

• Capable of planning and executing presentations on specific products and services to internal and external customers in order to gain recognition and customer acceptance

• Knowledge of major competitors in the market and their alignment with distributors and major customers

• Knowledge on plant front-end scheduling, engineering, and manufacturing process and equipment cycle times

• Poses advanced computer skills in advanced word processing, spreadsheet, and internal software programs with strong ability to learn and use new software programs

• Consistent demonstration of planning, leading, and communication results from executive changes

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and situations to achieve superior proactive project order management and customer service

The expected annual salary range for this role is $92999.97 - $136399.96 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.