Manufacturing PMO Project Manager – Greenfield Build

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

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.