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Senior Project Leader

Crane CompanyShannon, Clare3 days ago
🏢 On-site
Clare

Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as the senior point of contact for assigned key customers or strategic regions, building strong relationships and ensuring consistent, high‑quality project delivery.
  • Represent the company in customer meetings, escalations, and strategic discussions, ensuring clarity of scope, expectations, and commitments.
  • Resolve specification issues, manage all project correspondence, and provide structured, periodic updates to customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Negotiate and coordinate customer‑requested changes (pricing, delivery, scope) in partnership with Sales and Commercial teams.
  • Arrange and oversee customer witness tests and ensure a professional, well‑prepared experience.
  • Coordinate field service activities with the appropriate Service Manager to ensure seamless execution.
  • Provide accurate financial reporting and forecasting, proactively addressing risks and variances.
  • Drive commercial discipline and ensure all project decisions align with financial targets.
  • Lead project risk management, identifying issues early and implementing mitigation strategies.
  • Provide leadership, direction, and support to project teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
  • Mentor junior project managers and contribute to developing project management best practices across the organization.
  • Participate in the ITO/ITR proposal process for large or strategic opportunities, providing execution insights, risk assessments, and schedule input.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related technical field.
  • Extensive experience managing complex engineering or industrial projects.
  • Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget while maintaining strong customer satisfaction.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder‑management skills.
  • Demonstrated leadership capability, including mentoring and guiding project teams.

Desired Characteristics:

  • Enterprise Software experience in Oracle or SAP
  • Project management software experience
  • Contract management experience.
  • High energy level - self-starter.
  • Technical knowledge of product lines and associated systems.
  • Microsoft suite proficiency.

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