What are the responsibilities and job description for the Traveling Project Specialist position at Actalent?
Actalent is hiring Project Specialists to travel 100% to project sites all over the country. These sites are large distribution centers for a well known online retailer so we are looking for background in the installation of material handling systems, conveyors, and automation systems.
Description:
As a Project Specialist this individual will be responsible for design planning and approval, vendor and other stakeholder group coordination, quality assurance, and customer harmonization while managing individual project budgets of up to $2M. Primarily responsible for the deployment, implementation, and launch of delivery stations and tactical programs that make up some of client’s initiatives.
Skills & Qualifications:
• Ability to read site plans
• Drive Customer Obsession through all activities and teams
• Earn Trust operations customers through clear and timely communication, gathering of feedback, and driving all action items to completion
• Take end-to-end ownership of everything within your grasp or scope of influence
• Assess, escalate, and eliminate project risks to safely deliver projects on-time, under budget, and within all design standards
• Follow project specific action plans maintaining and ensuring the quality of all project tasks
• Escalate and identify opportunities for new standard work and mechanisms to close gaps where guidance in action plans is unclear or incomplete
• Create and implement improvements to our transportation network that deliver flexible and efficient products on behalf of our customers
• Manage on-site deployment of third party logistics vendors, managing daily workflow, budgets, inventory control and quality assurance for equipment deployment
• Lead meetings including Senior Leaders from up to 30 cross functional teams
• Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs
Requirements:
- AS degree in a relevant discipline
- 3 years of Project Management experience with managing vendor teams in a manufacturing, distribution center or automation environment
- Ability to deploy for days and up to several weeks to various geographies within North America in order to launch the most innovative delivery solutions in the world.
- Travel requirement is 100%, you will travel Monday to Friday and will be home on the weekends.
- Travel is expensed/reimbursed.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:
- Hiring diverse talent
- Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
- Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
- Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
Salary : $35 - $45
