Manager of Projects

TriVista Recruitment; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TriVista Recruitment seeks a seasoned leader to head the Project Management function in Milpitas, CA. You will mentor a small PM team, oversee complex, multi-year projects from submittal to startup, and ensure adherence to scope, schedule, budget, quality, and margins.

You will resolve engineering challenges, customer concerns, and roadblocks while establishing standardized PM processes and tools. A collaborative, growing environment awaits leadership with OEM or custom-engineered capital

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• At least five years of engineering project-management experience involving construction.
• At least five years of experience leading a department or project team.
• Experience reviewing mechanical, process, or electrical drawings and specifications.
• Experience with OEM or custom-engineered capital equipment.
• Water or wastewater experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Project Management team.
• Oversee a portfolio of complex, multiyear projects from submittal through delivery, startup, and completion.
• Ensure projects meet scope, schedule, budget, quality, and margin expectations.
• Help resolve engineering challenges, customer concerns, and execution roadblocks.
• Establish consistent project-management processes, tools, reporting, and accountability.
• Partner with Engineering, Applications Engineering, Operations, Service, Legal, and customers.

Skills

Project leadership

Mentoring teams

Process improvement

Budget and margins

Drawing interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or related field

Job description

• Work Arrangement: Initially onsite converting to hybrid
• Reports To: Director of Operations
• Team: Approximately five Project Managers
• Travel: Limited travel to customer and project sites

This Role Is for You If:

• You have led Project Managers or technical project teams.
• You understand engineered-to-order capital equipment and engineering project delivery.
• You can interpret drawings, specifications, schematics, and customer requirements.
• You understand project schedules, budgets, costs, revenue, and margins.
• You are a collaborative leader who enjoys mentoring teams and improving processes.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Project Management team.
• Oversee a portfolio of complex, multiyear projects from submittal through delivery, startup, and completion.
• Ensure projects meet scope, schedule, budget, quality, and margin expectations.
• Help resolve engineering challenges, customer concerns, and execution roadblocks.
• Establish consistent project-management processes, tools, reporting, and accountability.
• Partner with Engineering, Applications Engineering, Operations, Service, Legal, and customers.

This is primarily a leadership and project-governance role rather than an individual-contributor Project Manager position.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• At least five years of engineering project-management experience involving construction.
• At least five years of experience leading a department or project team.
• Experience reviewing mechanical, process, or electrical drawings and specifications.
• Experience with OEM or custom-engineered capital equipment.

Water or wastewater experience is preferred but not required. Relevant backgrounds may include fluid handling, filtration, chemical-feed systems, industrial equipment, automation, packaged systems, or engineered machinery.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Significant autonomy to shape and improve the Project Management function.
• An experienced team that needs mentorship and greater consistency—not rebuilding.
• Exposure to technically varied, custom-engineered projects.
• A collaborative culture with limited micromanagement.
• Continued company growth with potential for broader leadership opportunities.