AS Associate Project Manager Job

Primary location:Lancaster,Pennsylvania
Relocation offered:No
Employment status:Full-Time
Travel:No
Non-compete:No

The estimated base salary range for this role is $67,000 to $82,000 per year.
Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors

What does it mean to work at Armstrong?

It means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and your colleagues across the company.

By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to make the most of your potential. Alongside a competitive remuneration package, you will receive:

A benefits package including: medical, dental, prescription drug, life insurance, 401k match, long-term disability coverage, vacation and sick time, product discount programs and many more.
Personal development to grow your career with us based on your strengths and interests.
A casual work environment where we have a recognition program for our team, and service awards. You will also be able to make the most of our fitness center and lunchtime cafe.
A working culture that balances individual achievement with teamwork and collaboration. We draw on each other's strengths and allow for different work styles to build engagement and satisfaction to deliver results.

AS Associate Project Managers are an integral part of the AS Construction Services Management Team. They partner with Sales, Operations, and vendors to engineer high-quality ceilings solutions for our external customers (architects, contractors, distributors).

The role plans and organizes all phases of small- to medium-sized custom projects (typically under $100K) from order receipt through shipment and invoicing. They provide technical product expertise to ensure that customer requirements are met or exceeded. They also provide technical options to reduce cost, improve performance or shorten lead time. AS Associate Project Managers provide project leadership to the customer, CAD Designers, and AS Project Coordinators to ensure project cost, quality and schedule metrics are achieved.

What's in It for You

• Partner with crossfunctional teams to solve complex quality and manufacturing challenges
• Gain handson exposure to specialized products, systems, and processes
• Build technical expertise and industry knowledge in Architectural Specialties

What You'll Do

• Provides project management for to drive cost/margin, schedule, performance, and quality of assigned projects.
• Manages project risks to ensure customer satisfaction and minimizes claims.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date project files.
• Ensures customer communication process is effective.
• Manages the change order process.
• Provides technical product expertise to ensure that customer requirements are met or exceeded.
• Provides leadership to the project team (project coordinators, order prep, sample coordinator, and CAD designers) to manage the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of the submittal process.
• Responsible for the flow of information from the customer to the project team.
• Identifies and raises issues and risks; recommends action to resolve.
• Proactively works with suppliers to ensure mock-ups are completed prior to production.
• Oversees the preparation and routing of approval packages and signoffs as required.
• Utilizes Newforma project management software to track project flow and organize communications.
• Utilizes Salesforce workflow to manage a high volume of Premium orders that require order clarification, re-quotes, vendor costs, drawing approvals, and sample approvals.

• Support additional projects as business needs require.

What Will Make You Successful

• Superior organizational skills, attention to detail and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with diverse audiences, in both oral and written contexts.
• Strong general mathematical abilities (margin/profit calculations, calculating linear and square areas, currency conversion, etc.)

Qualifications

• Knowledge of AutoCAD - ability to read and understand architectural drawings.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Associate's degree required, ideally in a technical discipline such as Architecture, Engineering, or related field.
• 2-5 years of relevant project management work experience, ideally in construction or a related industry.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Strong preference for candidates with familiarity with the construction business, estimating, reading blueprints and/or understanding of the bidding process.
• Bachelor's degree desired, ideally in a technical discipline such as Architecture, Engineering, or related field.

Physical and Mental Demands

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: sit for prolonged periods; repetitive motion of hands/wrists/fingers; concentrate and repeat the same physical or mental activities over and over; think analytically and be exact or highly accurate; make decisions such as to identify complex problems, develop options and implement solutions; work in a team; ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADAAA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards; pay attention to and remember details; communicate effectively including active listening to understand points being made, and asking appropriate questions and not interrupting inappropriately; speak to convey information effectively; write to communicate effectively as appropriate for the needs of the audience; read to understand work related documents; move between different physical locations within and between buildings; and push, pull, carry and lift in the normal course of travel.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions with standard level of noise common to an office environment including office equipment and co-workers speaking to each other and on phones. Employees are required to wear personal protective equipment when entering the floor of manufacturing facilities based on the specific requirements of each location.

Why should you join Armstrong World Industries?

Armstrong World Industries (AWI) is anAmericas leader in the design and manufacture of innovative interior and exterior architectural applications including ceilings, specialty walls and exterior metal solutions. With approximately $1.4 billion in revenue, AWI has about 3,700 employees and a manufacturing network of 21 facilities in North America.

At home, at work, in healthcare facilities, classrooms, stores, or restaurants, we offer interior solutions that help to enhance comfort, save time, improve building efficiency and overall performance, and create beautiful spaces.

For more than 160 years, we have built our business on trust and integrity. It set us apart then, and it sets us apart now, along with our ability to collaborate with and innovate for the people we're here to serve - our customers, our shareholders, our communities and our employees.

We are committed to developing new and sustainable architectural solutions, with design and performance possibilities that make a positive difference in spaces where we live, work, learn, heal and play. It's an exciting, rewarding business to be in, and we're committed to continue to grow and prosper for the benefit of all of our stakeholders. We hope you join us.

Our Sustainability Ambition

"Bringing our Purpose to Life" - lead a transformation in the design and building of spaces fit for today and tomorrow.
We are committed to:

• Engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce;
• Transforming buildings from structures that shelter into structures that serve and preserve the health and well-being of people and planet;
• Pursuing sustainable, innovative solutions for spaces where we live, work, learn heal and play;
• Being a catalyst for change with all of our stakeholders; and
• Making a positive difference in the environments and communities we impact.

About the location (Lancaster PA)

Lancaster, PA. A great central location in South Central Pennsylvania, Lancaster is ideally situated for easy access to major metropolitan cities such as Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, and New York City. Lancaster offers a vibrant arts and entertainment community with wonderful historic sites, B&Bs, museums, great shopping, entertainment venues and restaurants.

Armstrong is committed to engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce. As part of our dedication to diversity, AWI is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard for race, sex, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at by email at AWI talent acquisitionand let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Come and build your future with us and apply today!