Project Planner

1 Year ago • 2 Years + • $54,700 PA - $72,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Wabtec's Digital Intelligence Signaling & Systems team is seeking a Project Planner. As part of the Wireshop Group, this role oversees procurement and inventory control, ensuring alignment with customer needs and company policies. Responsibilities include managing material-related projects, collaborating with the wire shop for timely material availability, streamlining purchasing, maintaining optimal inventory, and supporting cross-functional teams to achieve production and project goals. The company is revolutionizing transportation solutions and seeks individuals ready to contribute to their growth and innovation.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in business administration or equivalent
  • 2+ years of experience in procurement or project management
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Good to have:
  • Strategic sourcing expertise
  • Contract negotiation and implementation
  • Project execution and supplier relationship management
  • Strong leadership and communication skills
  • Track record of driving successful outcomes
Perks:
  • Health benefits
  • Welfare benefits
  • Retirement benefits
  • Annual bonus (if eligible)

Job Details

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who will you be working with?

Wabtec’s Digital Intelligence Signaling & Systems team is a recognized industry leader in the successful delivery of complex integrated system projects. These projects involve signaling, train control, communications, and back-office solutions with a strong focus on project execution, schedule adherence, and customer satisfaction.

How will you make a difference?

As a member of the Wireshop Group, the Procurement Specialist plays a key role in overseeing the full range of procurement and inventory control activities by ensuring alignment with customer requirements and company policies. In this position you will manage material-related projects and collaborate closely with the wire shop to ensure timely availability of materials and supplies. You will be expected to streamline purchasing operations, maintain optimal inventory levels, and support cross-functional teams to meet production and project goals.

What do we want to know about you?

You must have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years of experience in procurement or project management.
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment.

We would love it if you had:

  • Proven expertise in strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, implementation, project execution, and supplier relationship management.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills, with a track record of driving successful outcomes.

What will your typical day look like?

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors, representatives, and manufacturers at all organizational levels.
  • Support material estimating efforts for prospective projects by reviewing RFQ specifications and typical bid plans.
  • Solicit and compile vendor quotes to support accurate material cost estimates.
  • Prepare Purchase Order Requests to assist Project Managers in the procurement approval process
  • Prepare and create Purchase Orders in alignment with procurement requirements, approved purchase order request and project timelines.
  • Generate material take-offs based on circuit and construction plans.
  • Monitor and track the status of all material orders, providing regular updates and forecasts.
  • Contribute to the reporting and analysis of key performance indicators (KPIs) related to material management.
  • Assist the Wiring Shop with receiving and entering materials into Oracle as needed.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between $54,700 – $72,500. The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on benefits offered, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.  

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between

$54,700.00-$72,500.00

The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.  

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life? At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours! Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

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