Industrial Tech Project Lead — Manufacturing

Connect-Force; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Force is seeking a Technical Project Manager to oversee customer projects in an industrial manufacturing environment in Metro Detroit, Michigan. You will coordinate engineering, purchasing, production, and customers to keep projects on schedule and commercially sound.

You will lead projects from order handoff through completion, establish schedules, monitor costs, manage changes, and serve as the primary point of contact for updates and issues.

Qualifications

• Experience managing projects involving industrial equipment, engineered products, automation, or manufacturing.
• Track record coordinating multiple departments and keeping competing priorities moving.
• Ability to discuss technical requirements with engineers and production teams.
• Experience with project schedules, budgets, change management, and reporting.
• Ability to read technical drawings and project specifications.
• Clear communication, sound judgment, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects from order handoff through completion and customer acceptance.
• Establish project schedules, milestones, responsibilities, and delivery priorities.
• Coordinate engineering, purchasing, production, and other supporting departments.
• Monitor project costs, track progress against budgets, and flag potential overruns.
• Serve as the primary customer contact for project updates, open issues, and schedule changes.
• Review project requirements to ensure teams understand the agreed scope and deliverables.
• Manage scope changes, documenting their impact on cost, timing, and resources.
• Lead project meetings and maintain clear action items, ownership, and follow-through.
• Identify technical and scheduling risks and coordinate practical solutions.
• Maintain project documentation and support a smooth handoff at completion.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Technical communication

Scheduling & budgeting

Reading technical drawings

Accountability & clarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Business

Job description

Connect Force is seeking a Technical Project Manager to oversee customer projects in an industrial manufacturing environment in Metro Detroit, Michigan. You will coordinate engineering, purchasing, production, and customers to keep projects on schedule and commercially sound.

You will lead projects from order handoff through completion, establish schedules, monitor costs, manage changes, and serve as the primary point of contact for updates and issues.