Engineering Project Manager

Amtec Staffing; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Amtec Staffing seeks a seasoned PMO professional to support the build-out of a manufacturing facility from planning through commissioning. You will oversee project controls, scheduling, budgeting, and governance, coordinating with internal teams, contractors, and suppliers to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

The role reports to the PMO Manager within a small PMO team and emphasizes end-to-end project performance and audit-ready documentation for leadership reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in PMO, project controls, project coordination, or project management.
• Experience supporting large capital, manufacturing, industrial, engineering, facility, or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of project scheduling, cost tracking, forecasting, risk management, and project reporting.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Ability to translate complex project information into concise, decision-ready reports and presentations for leadership.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow actions through to closure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively across internal and external project teams.
• Experience with greenfield manufacturing facilities, major plant expansions, industrial infrastructure, or logistics facilities.
• Experience working with engineering firms, construction managers, general contractors, equipment suppliers, and other external project partners.
• Experience in EPC, design-build, general contractor, or construction management environments.
• Advanced experience with project controls methodologies, CAPEX governance, construction progress reporting, and schedule recovery planning.
• Experience with Power BI, Smartsheet, Primavera P6, or comparable project controls/reporting tools.
• Ability to independently identify trends, inconsistencies, and emerging project risks and turn them into actionable insights for project leadership.

Responsibilities

• Support the PMO Manager in coordinating project controls, governance, reporting, and overall project execution.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, key milestones, dependencies, critical-path activities, and recovery plans.
• Support project budgeting, CAPEX/OPEX forecasting, cost tracking, commitments, accruals, and variance analysis.
• Consolidate schedule, cost, risk, and progress information into clear project dashboards and executive-level reporting.
• Maintain and drive follow-up of project action items, decisions, risks, issues, and change requests.
• Coordinate project meetings and governance reviews, including agendas, meeting minutes, decisions, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate project information and deliverables across internal teams, contractors, consultants, and suppliers.
• Support construction progress and milestone-readiness reporting, including identification of delays, constraints, and required recovery actions.
• Proactively identify schedule, budget, risk, dependency, and execution concerns and elevate them to the PMO Manager and project leadership as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate, structured, and audit-ready project documentation.

Skills

PMO

Project controls

Scheduling

Budget forecasting

Stakeholder reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Business/Project Management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Contract position for 2 years; possible conversion to FTE

No C2C or Staffing Partnership

This is a rare opportunity to support the build-out of a manufacturing facility from the ground up. The scope is truly end-to-end — from production planning and engineering to HR infrastructure and facilities like the cafeteria. The contractor in this role will need to hold the full picture in mind at all times, making it an unusually complex and high-visibility engagement for someone who thrives in that kind of environment

This role supports the Project Management Office (PMO) for a large-scale manufacturing facility project covering planning, engineering, procurement, construction, equipment installation, commissioning, and operational readiness.

Reporting to the PMO Manager and working as part of a small PMO team, this position provides hands-on project controls, coordination, and reporting support across the project. The role helps maintain transparency and discipline around schedule, budget, risks, actions, decisions, and overall project performance, while working closely with project leadership, cross-functional teams, contractors, consultants, and suppliers.

• Support the PMO Manager in coordinating project controls, governance, reporting, and overall project execution.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, key milestones, dependencies, critical-path activities, and recovery plans.
• Support project budgeting, CAPEX/OPEX forecasting, cost tracking, commitments, accruals, and variance analysis.
• Consolidate schedule, cost, risk, and progress information into clear project dashboards and executive-level reporting.
• Maintain and drive follow-up of project action items, decisions, risks, issues, and change requests.
• Coordinate project meetings and governance reviews, including agendas, meeting minutes, decisions, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate project information and deliverables across internal teams, contractors, consultants, and suppliers.
• Support construction progress and milestone-readiness reporting, including identification of delays, constraints, and required recovery actions.
• Proactively identify schedule, budget, risk, dependency, and execution concerns and elevate them to the PMO Manager and project leadership as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate, structured, and audit-ready project documentation.

Knowledge You Should Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in PMO, project controls, project coordination, or project management.
• Experience supporting large capital, manufacturing, industrial, engineering, facility, or construction projects.
• Strong understanding of project scheduling, cost tracking, forecasting, risk management, and project reporting.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Ability to translate complex project information into concise, decision-ready reports and presentations for leadership.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow actions through to closure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively across internal and external project teams.

Exceptional Candidates Might Have

• Experience with greenfield manufacturing facilities, major plant expansions, industrial infrastructure, or logistics facilities.
• Experience working with engineering firms, construction managers, general contractors, equipment suppliers, and other external project partners.
• Experience in EPC, design-build, general contractor, or construction management environments.
• Advanced experience with project controls methodologies, CAPEX governance, construction progress reporting, and schedule recovery planning.
• Experience with Power BI, Smartsheet, Primavera P6, or comparable project controls/reporting tools.
• Ability to independently identify trends, inconsistencies, and emerging project risks and turn them into actionable insights for project leadership.