Automation Project Manager Jobs in New Jersey

INTRODUCTION

Schneider Electric is looking for a Building Automation Project Manager in the Lyndhurst, NJ area.

You'll manage everything from planning through execution, ensuring every project is delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest standards.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- Lead end-to-end project execution, managing budgets, timelines, risks, and compliance for both Capex and Opex initiatives
- Coordinate local and global teams to deliver mono-technology and multi-system integration projects safely and efficiently
- Foster strong customer relationships through clear communication and a commitment to exceptional service
- Identify and implement efficiency improvements that reduce costs while maintaining or enhancing delivery quality

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Project Management — intermediate level; coordinating resources, timelines, and deliverables across complex customer projects
- Analytical Thinking — intermediate level; assessing project data to inform decisions and identify improvement opportunities
- Communication — intermediate level; facilitating clear dialogue with customers, teams, and stakeholders throughout project lifecycles
- Customer Orientation — intermediate level; ensuring project outcomes align with customer expectations and business goals
- Decision Making — intermediate level; making informed choices within established policies to keep projects on track
- Operational Efficiency — intermediate level; streamlining processes to reduce costs while maintaining quality standards
- Prioritization — intermediate level; balancing competing demands across multiple projects and stakeholder needs
- Risk Management — intermediate level; identifying and mitigating project risks to protect timelines and budgets

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Ability to coach and guide team members through complex challenges and escalated issues
- Comfort working independently while maintaining adherence to quality and compliance standards
- Strategic thinking that connects project execution with broader business objectives
- Strong relationship-building skills that create trust with customers and internal partners

- Lead meaningful projects that directly impact customer success and organizational performance
- Work with diverse teams across technologies and geographies in a collaborative environment
- Grow your career with opportunities to expand your expertise and leadership capabilities
- Be part of a team that values quality, innovation, and continuous improvement

Ready to drive project excellence? We'd love to hear from you!

COMPENSATION

- Expected pay range is USD 101,600 - USD 152,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

LOCAL BENEFITS

At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.

Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits - it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.

Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:

Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.

Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.

Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.

Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.

Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.

EEO STATEMENT

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled. Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders.

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.