Manufacturing Project Manager

Job Title: Manufacturing Project Manager Job Description The Manufacturing Project Manager oversees multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced manufacturing and engineering environment. This role serves as the central point of coordination between customers, engineering, production, operations, and suppliers to ensure custom-engineered projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in full alignment with customer requirements. The position offers long-term ownership of projects from initial planning through final delivery and provides high visibility with direct customer interaction and cross-functional exposure.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple manufacturing and engineering projects simultaneously from kickoff through final delivery, ensuring all objectives are met.
• Define project scope, timelines, milestones, and resource needs, and maintain detailed, accurate project schedules throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate both customer-supplied and company-provided equipment, ensuring proper integration and availability at each project phase.
• Track incoming and outgoing materials, including long lead-time items and critical project dependencies, to prevent delays and disruptions.
• Lead regular project meetings with engineering, production, operations, and supply chain teams to review progress and identify and resolve project risks.
• Monitor project budgets, support cost control efforts, and escalate issues that may impact financial performance or timelines.
• Communicate project status, schedule changes, and potential delays clearly and proactively to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including schedules, reports, and records, to support transparency and accountability.
• Drive and support continuous improvement initiatives related to project execution and delivery, identifying opportunities to enhance processes and outcomes.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience managing projects, coordinating schedules, or supporting project execution in a manufacturing, engineering, industrial, or technical environment.
• Experience coordinating custom equipment, industrial systems, controls, electrical equipment, or capital projects.
• Strong project management and project coordination skills, with the ability to oversee multiple active projects concurrently.
• Solid understanding of engineering or mechanical concepts sufficient to collaborate effectively with technical teams.
• Proficiency with project tracking, scheduling, and documentation tools and methods.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact directly with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, adapt to changing requirements, and maintain focus on key deliverables.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, with a structured approach to identifying and resolving issues.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in project engineering within manufacturing or industrial settings is highly beneficial.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, operations, production, and supply chain.
• Comfort presenting project updates and status reports to stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
• Interest in contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and process optimization.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.

Work Environment This role operates in a fast-paced manufacturing and engineering environment with regular interaction across engineering, operations, production, and supply chain teams. The position is full-time, working Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The work involves coordinating custom-engineered equipment and industrial systems, managing detailed schedules and documentation, and participating in project meetings. The environment emphasizes collaboration, clear communication, and long-term ownership of projects from planning through delivery, offering high visibility and direct customer engagement.

Job Type & Location This is a Contract to Hire position based out of South Bend, IN.

Pay And Benefits The pay range for this position is $36.00 - $48.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic…