Engineering Program Manager

FITS, LLC; Ponce (PR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

FITS, LLC seeks a senior Program Manager to lead MES initiatives in the Engineering area for Pharma and Medical Devices projects. The role requires directing cross‑functional teams, managing schedules, budgets, and risk, while ensuring quality and regulatory alignment.

The candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in engineering and strong communication skills in both Spanish and English, with a customer-service oriented mindset and a collaborative approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• Bilingual: Spanish and English.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills and a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall program leadership and governance for MES initiatives, defining objectives, success metrics, operating cadence, and escalation paths.
• Plan, execute, and monitor MES projects from initiation through delivery, owning integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and outcomes across cross-functional teams.
• Serve as the primary liaison between project teams, site leadership, functional partners, and vendors to ensure alignment and timely decision-making.
• Manage financial and resource aspects of the program, including budgets, forecasts, SOW execution, vendor performance, and internal resource allocation.
• Assess complex project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction goals.
• Lead risk, issue, and change management activities, ensuring adoption readiness and standards compliance.
• Provide clear project status reporting and executive-level insights on progress, risks, and financials.
• Drive continuous improvement by strengthening delivery processes and capturing lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Program management

MES experience

BPCS

SAP

Bilingual Spanish/English

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

BPCS

SAP

Job description

For Program Management services in the Engineering area.

WHAT MAKES YOU A FIT:

The Technical Part:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field and at least ten (10) years of previousexperiencewithin the Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Industry.
• Bilingual: Spanish and English
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication skillsand a positive attitude.
• Shift: 1st and according to business needs.
• Experience in:
  • Leading and managing the execution of projects and operational initiatives within a technical or professional discipline.
  • Project or program management with an understanding of downstream impacts across the organization.
  • Manufacturing Execution System experience (Critical Manufacturing preferred)
  • BPCS and SAP experience

The Personality Part:

• Our Next Piece is someone who treats everyone they meet like family, especially our resources, clients, and team members. In other words, being a customer service pro is one of your (many) talents. Being the Piece means you're full of bright ideas and eager to innovate, always bringing top-quality results to the table. Are you ready to Be The Piece?

AS A PIECE OF FITS, YOU WILL:

(The day-to-day on the job)

• Provide overall program leadership and governance for MES initiatives, defining objectives, success metrics, operating cadence, and escalation paths.
• Plan, execute, and monitor MES projects from initiation through delivery, owning integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and outcomes across cross‑functional and departmental teams.
• Serve as the primary liaison between project teams, site leadership, functional partners, and vendors to ensure alignment, transparency, and timely decision‑making.
• Manage financial and resource aspects of the program, including budgets, forecasts, SOW execution, vendor performance, and efficient allocation of internal resources.
• Assess complex, ambiguous project issues and develop effective resolutions to meet productivity, quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction objectives.
• Lead risk, issue, and change management activities, ensuring adoption readiness and adherence to PMO, quality, and enterprise standards.
• Provide clear, concise project status reporting and executive‑level insights on progress, risks, and financials.
• Drive continuous improvement by strengthening delivery processes, tools, and consistency of execution, capturing lessons learned to improve future initiatives.

WHO WE ARE:

We are a Service Provider companydifferent from the rest. We pride ourselves in how we treat the most important piece of our company's puzzle: you! We integrate Engineering, Construction, Maintenance, Utilities and Specialized Technical services across the Island (and in the US as well!). Our company is flexible, family-oriented and focused on our resources' well-being, while providing our Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Manufacturing industryclients with top-notch quality talent.We're FITS!