When you join the Sandalwood team, you'll join an engaging and inclusive group with a mission to help our customers identify, assess, and reduce work-related risks to quality, productivity, and employee health.

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 Injury Prevention, Systems Engineering & Systems Integration. You'll help customers innovate, solve their current struggles and guide them with the power of Sandalwood's deeply ingrained subject matter expertise.

You will have opportunities to help lead your own individual development with programs designed to guide you. Feeling you haven't been recognized lately? You will have the chance to consistently appreciate your coworkers and be appreciated by your coworkers for continued distinction using our peer to peer appreciation and feedback software.

You will be encouraged to participate in Sandalwood's multitude of extra-curricular activities including:

An innovative health, safety and wellness program

An internal innovation forum to guide and develop innovation initiatives

The all-team meeting and staff day planning committee, dedicated to fostering team dynamics, collaboration and cross-functional interactions

Participating in on-campus and virtual recruiting

The social committee plans various get-togethers for the team outside of work

Our cross-line of business marketing committee assists with marketing planning, ideas and collaboration

The mentorship program provides a forum for mentors/mentees to connect and provide feedback, make connections and offer encouragement

Community involvement opportunities driven by our team's background, our companies' core values and community need

Sandalwood's people are its greatest and most treasured asset. Learn more about our focus on our people on our YouTube Channel, Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfdMoOzgAZA&ab_channel=SandalwoodEngineering%26Ergonomics)

The Manufacturing IT Project Manager will join a growing team of 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

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

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

Requirements

2+ experience managing system integration projects

Experience in manufacturing environments

Bachelor's degree in Management, 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 occasionally

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

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Manufacturing IT Project Manager