Site Service Manager

About the role

BW Packaging is driving performance at the intersection of people, technology, and customer care. As part of the privately held Barry-Wehmiller family, we unite a global team of packaging experts with a clear purpose: People Who Care, Building Solutions that Perform. We take on our customers' toughest challenges as our own - delivering both innovative and enduring solutions that set the standard for value and performance. Our strength comes from our people and the power of our brands - trusted names in packaging that are known worldwide for engineering excellence, application expertise, and lifetime commitment to customer success. Truly Human Leadership guides our belief that exceptional business results and profound respect for people together provide the foundation of enduring success. We are committed to forging lasting partnerships with our customers, earning their trust through integrity, expertise, and execution. With our full range of packaging solutions and long term partnership and service, we help customers achieve operational excellence today while building the future of packaging together. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world. Job Description: The Site Services Manager leads onsite execution for complex, high-value BW Packaging projects, serving as the primary onsite extension of the assigned Project Manager during installation, commissioning, and acceptance. Owns daily field coordination, execution discipline, and onsite communication to ensure delivery aligns with approved scope, schedule, cost, safety, and customer commitments. Acts as the central onsite coordinator for BW field service resources, installation contractors, OEM partners, and customer stakeholders. Maintains a strong customer focus while proactively identifying execution risks, scope exposure, and conditions that could erode schedule, cost, or margin outcomes. Operates within established project governance and escalation structures, partnering closely with the Project Manager to translate what was sold into disciplined, predictable onsite execution and consistent customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Onsite Execution & Field Leadership
• Enable effective onsite performance by clarifying priorities, sequencing work, removing execution obstacles, and ensuring teams have the information needed to execute safely and efficiently.
• Lead all onsite service, installation, and commissioning activity during project execution.
• Direct and coordinate BW service technicians, installation supervision, contractors, and OEM partners onsite.
• Maintain daily control of onsite priorities, sequencing, and issue resolution.
• Conduct daily onsite coordination meetings with BW, contractor, and OEM teams.
• Ensure onsite execution aligns with safety expectations, scope commitments, and installation standards.
• Participate in SAT execution with a clear understanding of acceptance criteria and contractual commitments.
• Project Manager Partnership & Governance
• Operate as the onsite execution lead in direct support of the assigned Project Manager.
• Provide daily status, activity, and issue updates with clear articulation of risks, decisions, and recommended actions.
• Support final acceptance activities through close coordination with the Project Manager and customer.
• Identify execution risks, constraints, and scope exposure early and escalate through defined project channels.
• Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
• Serve as the primary onsite liaison between the customer and BW execution teams.
• Maintain clear, professional, and proactive communication with customer stakeholders throughout installation and commissioning.
• Attend and lead onsite customer meetings, reinforcing confidence through transparency and follow-through.
• Balance strong customer advocacy with disciplined alignment to contractual and project commitments.
• Scope, Change & Warranty Coordination
• Identify scope changes and execution impacts; document and communicate implications to the Project Manager and customer.
• Coordinate warranty communication and action tracking with the Project Manager and Operations teams.
• Ensure onsite issues, decisions, and actions are documented clearly and consistently.
• Resource, Schedule & Financial Coordination
• Coordinate BW and OEM resource and staffing requirements and schedule changes with Field Service leadership.
• Support weekly review of service purchase orders, warranty status, and financial visibility using D365 and related systems.
• Apply execution judgment to protect schedule adherence, utilization efficiency, and cost outcomes.
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