Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of FORTNA's most complex and strategic warehouse automation and material handling projects valued up to $50M+.
• Serve as the primary customer-facing project leader and executive escalation point throughout project execution.
• Direct all phases of project delivery, including engineering, procurement, controls integration, software deployment, installation, commissioning, startup, and customer acceptance.
• Drive project performance across scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction objectives.
• Establish project governance frameworks and lead executive steering committee meetings with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Engineering, Controls, Software, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, and third-party partners.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules, managing critical path activities, dependencies, and milestone achievement.
• Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks while driving resolution of complex technical, operational, and commercial issues.
• Lead project execution during installation, startup, and go-live activities, ensuring successful integration of mechanical, controls, and software systems.
• Manage subcontractors, suppliers, and integration partners to ensure quality, safety, and schedule commitments are achieved.
• Monitor project financial performance, including forecasting, cost control, change management, revenue recognition support, and budget adherence.
• Facilitate communication among customers, contractors, executive leadership, and project stakeholders.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to Project Managers and junior project team members while promoting project management best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, lessons learned reviews, and process enhancements across the project delivery organization.
• Make timely business and operational decisions to maintain project momentum and achieve customer and company objectives.
• Travel to customer sites as required, with approximately 50% travel expected during active project phases.
• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of project management experience delivering warehouse automation, material handling, industrial automation, systems integration, manufacturing, or industrial construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex automation implementations valued between $25M and $50M+.
• Proven success managing multi-disciplinary project tea

Additional Information

FORTNA partners with the world's leading brands to transform omnichannel and parcel distribution operations. Known world-wide for enabling companies to keep pace with digital disruption and growth objectives, we design and deliver solutions, powered by intelligent software, to optimize fast, accurate and cost-effective order fulfillment and last mile delivery. Our people, innovative approach and proprietary algorithms and tools ensure optimal operations design and material and information flow. We deliver exceptional value every day to our customers with comprehensive services and products including network strategy, distribution center operational design and implementation, material handling automated equipment, robotics and a comprehensive suite of lifecycle services. At FORTNA, we believe in fostering a workplace that isn't just a job but a movement - a collective effort to redefine success and transform challenges into opportunities. "Join the Movement" encapsulates our commitment to a workplace culture that thrives on collaboration, celebrates diversity, and empowers every individual to contribute to something greater than themselves. Our Team. Our Passion. Our Approach. FORTNA is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the execution of large-scale warehouse automation and material handling system implementations for some of the world's most sophisticated distribution and fulfillment operations. This role serves as the executive delivery leader for highly complex, multi-disciplinary automation projects involving mechanical systems, controls, software, robotics, and operational integration. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for overall project performance, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, risk management, and customer satisfaction from project kickoff through final acceptance. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience leading greenfield distribution center implementations and large-scale automation deployments, with a proven ability to manage executive-level customer relationships, complex stakeholder environments, and project portfolios valued between $25M and $50M+. This position requires strong customer-facing leadership, executive communication skills, and significant on-site presence during installation, startup, commissioning, and go-live activities.

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