Project Manager

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

The Project Manager oversees the full lifecycle of projects, ensuring delivery is on time and within budget.  The role involves developing and executing detailed project plans, clearly communicating objectives and coordinating resources to achieve desired outcomes.  The Project Manager monitors progress against established goals, proactively addresses challenges, and implements solutions to keep project on track and minimize delays.

What you will experience in this position:

• Lead a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from short-term initiatives to multi-year efforts.

• Coordinate all aspects of project management from initiation through post-delivery, ensuring execution within scope, timeline, and budget.

• Primarily support the Fulton site, with occasional collaboration on overflow work tied to other locations.

• Process and implement feedback from customers, professional engineers, and state approval bodies.

• Facilitate quality control checklists and readiness reviews to ensure compliance and accuracy prior to production start.

• Develop and maintain project schedules using ERP and scheduling tools.

• Monitor lead times and proactively address potential delays.

• Communicate regular project timeline updates to customers.

• Partner closely with shop supervisors and production teams to ensure high-quality manufacturing outcomes.

• Collaborate with Site and Delivery Coordinators to ensure safe and timely delivery to customer sites.

• Spend time on the production floor to build relationships and support execution.

• Serve as the primary customer contact throughout the project lifecycle.

• Communicate project status, manage expectations, and navigate complex or fast-paced situations.

• Prepare and issue change orders and support Finance with account balancing and project financials.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality, execution, and customer experience.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Business Management, or a related field, preferred.

• Project Management experience in a manufacturing, commercial, industrial, or construction environment, preferred.

• Working knowledge of ERP systems, strong Excel skills, and solid understanding of project financials, preferred.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational, problem-solving, and time-management skills.

• High level of integrity, work ethic, and accountability; previous manufacturing experience preferred.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being.  We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.