Industrial Project Manager: Cross-Functional Delivery

AKG of America Inc; Mebane (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay based on experience

Shift differential opportunities

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Company-paid life insurance

STD/LTD insurance

PTO and paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Training and advancement opportunities

Job summary

AKG, a leading maker of heat exchangers and cooling technologies, is seeking a Project Manager for its Industrial Division in the United States. You will lead planning, execution, and on-time delivery of cross-functional projects, integrating new technologies and processes while staying within scope and budget.

You'll establish project-management frameworks, coordinate with Engineering, Production, Quality, and Supply Chain, and communicate progress to leadership and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project-management experience in automotive, industrial, or manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience aligning project execution with business objectives and customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects across the Industrial Division with clear objectives, timelines, resources, milestones, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including scope, schedule, resource allocation, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Align project execution with AKG strategic goals and applicable customer requirements.
• Create the initial project framework and facilitate ownership decisions at each project kickoff through APQP.
• Clarify activities led by the Project Manager vs. other functions; define interfaces, responsibilities and handoffs.
• Coordinate with Engineering, R&D, Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales and customers to support effective project execution.
• Identify risks, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies early and implement mitigation actions.
• Provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders; prepare reports and dashboards.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Communication

Multi-project handling

MS Project/Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

AKG, a leading maker of heat exchangers and cooling technologies, is seeking a Project Manager for its Industrial Division in the United States. You will lead planning, execution, and on-time delivery of cross-functional projects, integrating new technologies and processes while staying within scope and budget.

You'll establish project-management frameworks, coordinate with Engineering, Production, Quality, and Supply Chain, and communicate progress to leadership and customers.