When you join the Sandalwood team, you’ll join an engaging and inclusive group. In your day to day activities, you’ll work with multiple customers, as a consultant and trusted partner in Sandalwood’s areas of expertise of Systems Integration, Systems Engineering & Injury Prevention. You’ll help customers innovate, solve their current struggles and guide them with the power of Sandalwood’s deeply ingrained subject matter expertise.

　　The Manufacturing IT Project Manager will join a growing team of IT, Engineering and Health & Safety professionals helping our customers reduce their work-related risk to quality, productivity and employee health.

　　Responsibilities will include oversight and proactively ensuring the successful implementation of plant floor IT projects within manufacturing environments. The Project Manager will coordinate teams of technical resources and must organize, manage, control, and direct activities for the assigned projects. This role will lead status meetings with the project team and maintain project documentation such as project timelines, dashboards, punch lists, and meeting minutes. The Project Manager will also be expected to provide status reports and present status to management as applicable.

　　Successful candidates will have the following attributes:

　　Background in project management.

　　Familiarity with the integration of plant floor systems such as MES, SCADA, Etc.

　　Understanding of the plant floor environment.

　　Working knowledge of project management methodologies, such as: scope management, schedule development & integration, risk management, status & control planning, issue & action item management

　　Experience with both agile and waterfall methodologies

　　Strong sense of drive, initiative, work ethic and ability to multi-task and meet deadlines

　　Good sense of judgement, analytical and problem solving skills

　　Excellent oral and written communication skills, well-organized, detail oriented team player

　　Any experience or interest around OT cyber security is beneficial

　　Requirements

　　2+ experience in IT project management

　　Experience in manufacturing environments

　　Bachelor's degree in Management, IT, Engineering or equivalent experience

　　Legally authorized to work in the United States

　　Local or the ability to self-relocate to Metro Detroit for onsite visits to customer sites when needed

　　Benefits

　　Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

　　Retirement Plan (401k)

　　Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

　　Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

　　Short Term & Long Term Disability

　　Training & Development

　　Support to grow in multiple areas