Manufacturing Project Lead — NPI & Execution

Nabors; Magnolia (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nabors is seeking a Project Manager at the Canrig Magnolia manufacturing facility to plan, coordinate, and drive execution of cross-functional projects including new product introduction and capacity improvements. You will work with Engineering, Operations, Sales, PSC, and the plant to convert priorities into integrated schedules with defined scopes and milestones.

Responsibilities include maintaining risk-adjusted project plans, providing status reporting for leadership, and ensuring on-time

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of project management experience delivering multi-stakeholder technical or operational projects in an industrial, engineering, or manufacturing setting.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate with peers and technical leads across Engineering, Operations, Sales, and supporting functions without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience producing recurring status reports and executive presentations for senior leaders.
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel; working proficiency with a project-scheduling tool.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, deliverables, work breakdown structures, milestones, and critical-path schedules in partnership with project sponsors and functional leads.
• Drive execution against plan across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Sales, and PSC; adjust sequencing as constraints change and communicate schedule impacts early.
• Coordinate materials, plant capacity, labor, test, and equipment availability at the Magnolia facility so commitments are based on confirmed readiness rather than assumed dates.
• Maintain a single source of truth for project status, dependencies, owners, and due dates that leadership and partner functions can rely on.
• Run project kickoffs, working sessions, and close-out retrospectives with clear agendas, decisions, and tracked actions.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Project scheduling

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Primavera

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Nabors is seeking a Project Manager at the Canrig Magnolia manufacturing facility to plan, coordinate, and drive execution of cross-functional projects including new product introduction and capacity improvements. You will work with Engineering, Operations, Sales, PSC, and the plant to convert priorities into integrated schedules with defined scopes and milestones.

Responsibilities include maintaining risk-adjusted project plans, providing status reporting for leadership, and ensuring on-time