IT Project Manager

Looking for a strategic leader to drive your tech initiatives forward? This IT Project Manager brings a proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within scope. With a strong foundation in both agile and waterfall methodologies, they excel at bridging the gap between technical teams and business goals-ensuring seamless execution, stakeholder alignment, and measurable results.

RK Overview

Responsible for managing cross-functional teams delivering defined project outputs on time, within budget, and meeting quality criteria. The Project Manager plans, organizes, monitors, and oversees one or more projects to meet project objectives. This individual works closely with the Executive Sponsor, Business Analysts, and PMO to guide efforts toward achieving intended business results.

Role Responsibilities

• Work, communicate effectively, and negotiate with senior management in their roles as project sponsor

• Foster relationships, work, negotiate, and communicate effectively with various company resources within and external to the IT department, including boots-on-the-ground construction personnel, corporate staff, business analysts, software developers, and others

• Foster relationships with, work, and appropriately manage vendor resources external to the company

• Collaboratively define and document project requirements and deliverables

• Express project vision across audiences and shepherd that vision throughout the course of the project

• Relay necessary updates, log actions, and provide project artifacts in a timely manner and in the appropriate places, as dictated by PMO processes

• Create, maintain, and report project plans/schedules of varying degrees of complexity and detail, while collaborating with stakeholders

• Create, maintain, and report project budgets

• Identify and address project roadblocks, risks, and issues

• Identify when roadblocks, risks, and issues must be escalated and act to escalate them

• Identify scope change/creep and address appropriately

• Analyze all factors of project performance against baselines, while taking necessary corrective actions to address shortfalls and leverage opportunities

• Empower and motivate project team while arbitrating conflicts and resolving problems

• Collaboratively plan and execute project/solution controls and monitoring processes prior to delivery

• Collaboratively plan project closure criteria and ensure criteria are met, ensuring sign-off/approval provided at time of closure

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 5+ years of PM experience, which includes some high-risk/high-complexity projects, required

• Bachelor's degree required

• Experience in manufacturing, fabrication, or construction industries a plus but is NOT required

• Understanding of and experience delivering against fundamental project management principles/processes

• Experience with standard PM toolset (schedules, logs, plans, etc.)

• Ability to recognize and act to clarify ambiguity in relation to project requirements and deliverables

• Ability to adapt to and manage deadline pressure

• Ability to think strategically, conceptually, and analytically

• Ability to be decisive when determining actions

• Ability to plan and facilitate large meetings

• Ability to convey concepts across audiences of varying technical acumen

• Ability to communicate effectively whether speaking or writing

• Ability to negotiate consensus amongst diverse groups

What Sets RK Industries Apart

• Safety: Our unmatched culture of safety is our foremost core value, guiding everything we do each day: Health, Safety, & Environmental

• Awards: Whether in Construction, Manufacturing, Fabrication, or Service, RK Industries is highly recognized and accredited throughout the industry: Accreditations & Recognition

• Benefits: RK Industries offers competitive benefits to support your growth and well-being: Benefits & Rewards

• Philanthropy: RK Industries not only builds our community through our projects, but also invests in it by supporting local services for over a decade through the RK Foundation: RK Foundation

• Development: Through RK University, we provide hands-on training and development opportunities that empower employees to advance their careers and grow within the company, to include leadership and technical learning opportunities, we well as our accredited apprentice program: RK University & RK Apprenticeship Program

RK Industries, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law