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PVA is hiring a Manufacturing Project Manager to join our growing team in robotic automation. We are a five-time Albany Business Review Best Places to Work and Healthiest Employer award winner, recognized for combining cutting-edge technology with a strong, supportive culture. If you’re ready to take the first step in your Project Management career, we would love to connect!

The Manufacturing Project Manager is responsible for managing custom robotic equipment orders. This position ensures that the product is designed and built within customer requirements, budget, and timeframe which ultimately impacts the revenue and long-term profitability of the company.

Job Details:

• 7:00 am – 4:00 pm or 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday-Friday (1st shift)
• Starting pay is $60,000 – $80,000 per year depending on experience
• Onsite 5 days/week in Halfmoon, NY 

Job Responsibilities:

• Reviews sales orders, facilitates project kickoff internal to PVA, participates with Engineering in the customer spec review, and works with the team to ensure machines are designed and delivered in accordance with the sales order and all other project documentation, within the agreed to timeframe.
• Monitors project to ensure that goals and customer expectations are met, and product is developed on schedule.
• Communicates deliverables, delays, and underlying issues that may impact production and shipments.
• Identifies blockers and outlines the who, what, when on projects with risks and/or delays.
• Reports on all project blockers and ensures the issues are escalated accordingly.
• Ensures project kick-off meeting occurs within one week of receipt of sales order.
• Coordinates with Engineering, Sales, Production, and Operations to develop project schedules and milestones for sufficient manufacturing and production time.
• Participates in customer meetings to communicate project status.
• Follows up and facilitates meetings to gain customer approval of all specifications prior to release of engineering documentation, manufacturing or procurement of materials.
• Confirms that milestones have been completed and ensures that projects stays on schedule.
• Answers questions, manages expectations and acceptance criterion, and fosters customer relationships through Project Management.
• Ensures the run-off document is created at least two weeks prior to scheduled run-off or project completion date and post run-off punch list is published and monitored for completion.
• Flags and communicates scheduling concerns for project at any stage of the project.
• Maintains confidentiality of customer information 100% of the time.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Customer centric, committed to supporting the internal and external customer.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills.
• Self-starter who works independently and in a team environment.
• Exhibits sound judgement; anticipates the implications and consequences of situations and takes appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies.
• Maintains a calm, tactful demeanor when dealing with difficult situations.
• Manages multiple projects and timelines with a sense of urgency and follow through.
• Well organized, analytical, and detail oriented.
• Follows direction with focused attention.
• Willing to learn and exhibits initiative.
• Strong computer and excel skills.
• Knowledge of industrial robots, machinery, electrical and fluid mechanics, electronics, and modeling/drawing software, preferred.

Job Location: PVA Global Headquarters | Halfmoon, NY

PVA is hiring a Project Engineer to join our growing team in robotic automation. We are a five-time Albany Business Review Best Places to Work and Healthiest Employer award winner, recognized for combining cutting-edge technology with a strong, supportive culture. If you’re ready to take the next step in your engineering career, we would love to connect!

Job Description: The Project Engineer (Mechanical) is responsible for innovating and designing custom robotic machines sold by PVA. This position follows machines from design through shipment and ensures customer satisfaction via design, requirements and budget alignment, and timeframe.

Job Details:

• 7:00 am – 4:00 pm or 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday-Friday (1st shift)
• Starting pay is $60,000 – $95,000 per year depending on experience
• Onsite 5 days/week in Halfmoon, NY

Job Responsibilities:

• Designs and develops machine documents and submits models to CAD group to create diagrams and generate full bill for parts.
• Review sales orders and interprets engineering needs to deliver an on-time, complete, and accurate design and documentation package.
• Monitors project to ensure that goals and customer expectations are met, and product is developed on schedule.
• Facilitates project kick-off meeting.
• Coordinates with other departments to develop project schedule.
• Answers questions, manages expectations and acceptance criterion, and fosters customer relationships throughout the design process.
• Partners with purchasing and internal shops to order parts for on time delivery.
• Organizes and facilitates Engineering Cross Review to assess and ensure design meets the needs of the customer and company.
• Interprets safety codes so that equipment meets specifications on every design.
• Conducts meetings to gain customer approval of all specifications prior to manufacturing.
• Creates test run-off document, post run-off punch list, and conducts customer run-off acceptance meeting.

Skills:

• Demonstrates a customer-centric mindset, dedicated to delivering exceptional support to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong verbal communication and listening skills; ensures that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.
• A self-motivated professional who thrives both independently and collaboratively in team environments.
• Performs effectively in fast-paced, dynamic settings, maintaining focus and adaptability.
• Exhibits sound judgement; anticipates the implications and consequences of situations and takes appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies.
• Maintains a calm, professional demeanor when navigating challenging or high-pressure situations.
• Efficiently manages multiple projects and competing priorities with urgency, accountability, and follow-through.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and analytical, ensuring precision and consistency in work.
• Creates vision and develops direction to ensure focused attention.
• Exhibits a strong sense of initiative and continuous improvement.
• Creates cost-effective solutions.
• Strong computer and excel skills.
• Knowledge of industrial robots, machinery, electrical and fluid mechanics, electronics, and modeling/drawing software. required.
• Minimum three (3)+ years of custom engineering and design required.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, required.

Job Location: PVA Global Headquarters | Halfmoon, NY

Precision Valve & Automation, Inc. (Halfmoon, NY) seeks a Regional Sales Representative who will be responsible for developing new customer relationships in assigned geographic territory. This position is critical to PVA; the Regional Sales Representative increases brand awareness, identifies and fosters customer relationships, and provides excellent service and technical knowledge which ultimately impacts the revenue and long-term profitability of the company. The potential candidate will spend 50% of their time in the office or working remotely, and 50% of their time will be devoted to domestic travel in their assigned sales territories to customer and potential customer sites. The travel will be for the purpose of sales meetings and the duration of these trips will be in the approximate range of 3-5 days. Telecommuting is permitted.

Specifically, duties will include the following responsibilities:

• Conduct cold calls to potential customers and strategic buyers and ask probing questions to identify potential needs or to promote product or service sales;
• Schedule and conduct face-to-face meetings with potential and existing customers to evaluate needs and promote products;
• Prepare quotes for customer requests, including special order requests;
• Input customer data into CRM system on a real-time basis;
• Learn and understand PVA products to successfully communicate product specifications and applications to present solutions to potential and existing customers;
• Translate customer needs into action-oriented deliverables and assess cost over-run risks through careful definition and clarity of scope;
• Interface directly with customers to answer questions relating to the proposals or to refine scope of work content;
• Emphasize product features, based on analyses of customer needs and on technical knowledge of product capabilities and limitations;
• Demonstrate the operation or use of technical products;
• Facilitate contract hand-off to project execution team;
• Maintain confidentiality of customer information, 100% of the time;
• Monitor the competitive landscape, identifies potential products to be developed and offered on an international/regional basis;
• Share information learned from customers with product development, engineering, and sales to create efficiency and improve processes in the operation;
• Travel and attend shows as directed by Manager;
• Meet sales goals by growing revenue, market share, and gross profit for assigned geographic territory by minimum of 5% each year;
• Negotiate prices or terms of sales or service agreements;
• Prepare and submit sales contracts for orders;
• Research and identify potential account targets for assigned geographic territory;
• Review all inquiry communication and identify potential opportunities and issues;
• Partner with outside sales reps, schedules meetings, and conducts quarterly sales calls to new and existing customers and strategic buyers in assigned geographic territory; and
• Develop business and sales plans for assigned geographic territory, and review with manager on a monthly basis.

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field. The successful candidate must also have two (2) years of experience in business development or sales, which includes two (2) years of experience with the following:

• Presenting technical product and service information to customers to increase RFP turnaround;
• Working with distributors across various territories;
• Conducting trials and product placement at customer sites; and
• Improving market shares through strong customer relations.

Salary Amount/Range $99,590/year