Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Maptek - Project Manager

Project Manager, Maptek, Lakewood Colorado
Posted by: "maptekopportunities" maptekopportunities@yahoo.com

About Maptek:
Located in Lakewood, Maptek is the premier provider of software solutions to the worldwide mining industry through our product Vulcan 3-D Mine Modeling Software. For nearly 30 years, Vulcan Software offers the best solutions in mine design, modeling, and operations. Vulcan modules include block modeling, open pit and underground features, Vulcan CAD, and geostatistics.

Our clients are among the biggest mining companies in the global economy.

More information about Vulcan Software: http://www.maptek.com/products/vulcan/

We are a small and profitable company that offers world-class 100% premium paid benefits, the safety and comfort of an office environment, competitive salaries, family friendly travel, a pro-employee atmosphere, and a challenging career that rewards creativity and self starters.

Project Manager Position
We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Project Manager for off-site Software Installations and Internal Projects to join our Technical Services group. This is a mid to senior level position. If you are the type of person interested in defining your own project management standards, this is the right job for you. You continue to develop excellent project management archetypes as you manage multiple installations for 2011. Like all leaders at Maptek, we desire a self-starter capable of outstanding results who will collaborate successfully with multiple work groups.

The right candidate will possess:
Demonstrated and recent experience in large scale, off-site software implementations.
Solid experience with project management methodologies, including:
-Planning and scheduling of project deliverables, goals, and milestones.
-Contract scope review.
-Tracking project hours.
-Stakeholder milestone meetings.
-Client communication.
-Managing project budgets.
-Project recovery / contingency plans.
-Defining requirements.
-Full project lifecycle deployments.
-Design and review meetings.
-Post project QA follow-up.
Knowledge of project / scheduling software required.
PMI/PMP certification preferred.
Budgeting experience required.
Highly customer focused.
Excellent presentation and communication skills.
Problem solver capable of independent decision making.
Prefer university degree of Bachelors level or above in computer science, engineering (civil, mechanical, mining), or other relevant discipline.
Willingness to travel within the United States, Canada and Mexico up to 10% (milestone meetings).

Sorry, we are unable to provide Visas or other immigration assistance for this position.

For more information and to apply, please visit:

http://www.maptek.com/careers/usa/

Background check required. EOE.