Factory Design Program Lead

Wipro Ltd.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Job summary

Wipro Limited is seeking a seasoned Technical Project/Program Manager to lead factory design initiatives in a large-scale manufacturing environment. You will drive concept to realization, manage schedules and resources, and coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, facilities, and operations.

Candidates should have 5+ years of technical PM experience, strong coordination skills, and familiarity with MaintainX/Quickbase; PMP is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of technical project or program management experience in manufacturing, factory design, industrial engineering, or construction.
• Understanding of factory layouts, equipment integration, material flow, and infrastructure requirements.
• Experience with MaintainX, Quickbase, or similar change management and ticketing systems.
• Proficiency in project scheduling, stakeholder management, risk assessment, and progress reporting.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Navisworks, ACC, and Bluebeam.
• Strong technical coordination, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee factory design projects from concept development through engineering reviews, construction readiness, and final implementation.
• Establish integrated project schedules, milestones, resource requirements, and deliverable commitments, ensuring forecasted completion dates align with operational deadlines.
• Coordinate with Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Construction, EHS, and Operations to establish clear project scopes, technical requirements, responsibilities, and execution priorities.
• Own the end-to-end change request ticketing process in MaintainX or Quickbase, including request initiation, scope documentation, stakeholder assignments, approval tracking, execution follow-up, and closure.
• Coordinate factory master layout updates, equipment placement reviews, space allocation decisions, and design approvals to maintain alignment with manufacturing requirements.
• Identify and initiate factory design change requests, represent Industrial Engineering priorities, and drive cross-functional decisions to support successful project delivery.
• Identify design conflicts, infrastructure constraints, and execution dependencies; proactively follow up with stakeholders to maintain schedule commitments, resolve delays, and protect operational milestones.
• Maintain project dashboards, milestone trackers, decision logs, and progress reports to communicate schedule trends, stakeholder commitments, outstanding issues, and execution status.
• Standardize design review, approval, and documentation workflows while coordinating engineering deliverables with construction schedules, equipment installations, and operational readiness.
• Integrated factory design schedules, milestones, and program dashboards.
• MaintainX/Quickbase change request records, including scope, ownership, approvals, and closure.
• Stakeholder commitment trackers, action logs, and schedule variance reports.
• Factory layout review, approval, and revision-control records.
• Risk registers, decision logs, and weekly program status reports.
• Construction handoff packages and operational readiness documentation.

Skills

Technical PM

Project scheduling

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Communication

Organizational skills

PMP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MaintainX

Quickbase

AutoCAD

Navisworks

ACC

Bluebeam

Job description

Wipro Limited is seeking a seasoned Technical Project/Program Manager to lead factory design initiatives in a large-scale manufacturing environment. You will drive concept to realization, manage schedules and resources, and coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, facilities, and operations.

Candidates should have 5+ years of technical PM experience, strong coordination skills, and familiarity with MaintainX/Quickbase; PMP is preferred.