Project Management Manager, Ohio Operations

Butcher Power Products; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Panelmatic in Ohio seeks a Project Management Manager, Ohio Operations, to lead and strengthen PM teams supporting Youngstown and Brookfield operations. This role drives project execution across engineering, procurement, and production to meet safety, schedule, budget, margin, and quality targets.

The successful candidate provides strong leadership, develops project managers, and maintains customer relationships while traveling regularly between facilities to ensure premier delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Business, or related discipline.
• PMP Certification required.
• 15+ years of progressive Project Management experience, including leading Project Managers and cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing portfolios with annual project volumes around $100M+.
• Experience in engineered-to-order manufacturing or related industries.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for a portfolio of customer projects valued at ~ $100M annually, ensuring safety, schedule, budget, margin, and quality.
• Serve as primary contact for customers, managing relationships, expectations, and communications.
• Lead project reviews, status meetings, and execution discussions with clear progress updates and risk mitigation plans.
• Direct leadership and development of Project Managers and Coordinators across two Ohio facilities.
• Balance workload, allocate resources, and drive cross-functional alignment to meet commitments.
• Drive continuous improvement and establish standardized PM processes across Ohio sites.
• Monitor financial performance, forecast accuracy, and profitability of projects.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Project management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Business, or related discipline

Job description

Butcher Power Products is a Panelmatic company.

At Panelmatic, we design and manufacture high-performance electrical and control systems that drive efficiency and reliability across the industrial, utility, renewable energy, and data center markets. With over 60 years of experience, our solutions include precision-built control panels and fully integrated control houses. These systems are trusted by customers who demand uptime, safety, and long-term performance.

Now backed by strategic investment, Panelmatic is scaling rapidly to meet the evolving needs of our customers. Our growing national footprint, advanced engineering capabilities, and commitment to quality ensure we deliver smarter, faster, and more resilient solutions at every stage of your project.

About The Role

We are seeking an accomplished Project Management Manager, Ohio Operations to lead and strengthen the Project Management teams supporting our Youngstown, OH and Brookfield, OH operations.

This leadership role is responsible for the overall performance, development, and execution of the Project Management organization across both Ohio facilities, supporting a portfolio of customer projects valued at approximately $100M annually.

The Project Management Manager has direct management responsibility for Project Managers and Project Coordinators while providing strong matrix leadership and influence across Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Safety, Finance, Estimating, Testing, and Sales to ensure successful project execution and customer satisfaction.

The successful candidate will be accountable for driving project execution excellence, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, on budget, on margin, and in accordance with customer, contractual, and quality requirements.

The Project Management Manager will serve as the primary point of contact for assigned customers, responsible for managing customer relationships, ensuring customer satisfaction, maintaining effective communication, and providing visibility into project performance, risks, milestones, and delivery commitments.

This position is ideal for a hands-on leader who can balance day-to-day project execution with team development, operational discipline, customer satisfaction, and financial performance.

The position may be based in Youngstown, Ohio or Brookfield, Ohio and requires regular travel between both facilities.

The Opportunity

This role is ideal for a Project Management leader who thrives in a fast-paced, engineered-to-order manufacturing environment and enjoys developing teams while driving project performance.

The Project Management Manager will oversee a portfolio of customer projects, manage Project Management resources across both facilities, and serve as a key leader in ensuring alignment between Project Management and the supporting functional organizations.

Working closely with Engineering, Procurement, Production, Quality, Finance, and Sales leadership, you will help establish execution priorities, resolve project challenges, drive successful customer outcomes, and strengthen long-term customer relationships.

What You'll Do

• Provide leadership and oversight for a portfolio of customer projects valued at approximately $100M annually, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, on budget, on margin, and in accordance with customer, contractual, and quality requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned customers, managing customer relationships, expectations, communications, escalations, and overall customer satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead customer project reviews, status meetings, and execution discussions, providing clear communication regarding project progress, key milestones, risks, mitigation plans, recovery actions, and delivery commitments.
• Provide direct leadership, coaching, performance management, and development of Project Managers and Project Coordinators across the Youngstown and Brookfield facilities.
• Manage the Project Management organization's workload, staffing, resource allocation, performance, succession planning, and talent development to support customer commitments and business objectives.
• Provide strong cross-functional leadership and influence across Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Safety, Finance, Testing, and Sales to ensure alignment with project priorities, schedules, and customer commitments.
• Partner with functional leaders to establish priorities, resolve execution challenges, remove obstacles, and drive accountability for project milestones and customer deliverables.
• Drive collaboration and alignment between Project Management and all supporting functions to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, on margin, and to quality requirements.
• Establish and maintain consistent Project Management processes, governance, best practices, and execution standards across both Ohio facilities.
• Lead project reviews, project health assessments, risk reviews, and resource planning meetings.
• Conduct regular reviews with Project Managers to monitor project performance, schedule adherence, margin performance, customer satisfaction, resource requirements, and forecast accuracy.
• Drive accountability for project execution and ensure timely escalation and resolution of project risks, issues, and constraints.
• Support Project Managers in managing customer relationships, issue resolution, schedule recovery plans, change management activities, and commercial matters.
• Monitor project financial performance, including revenue, cost, forecasting, profitability, cash flow, and margin performance.
• Ensure effective workload balancing and resource allocation across both Ohio locations.
• Support staffing plans, hiring activities, succession planning, and organizational development within the Project Management organization.
• Develop and maintain project performance metrics, reporting dashboards, and portfolio reviews.
• Partner with Sales and Business Development teams to support customer growth, identify new opportunities, and strengthen long-term customer relationships.
• Ensure customer concerns, issues, and requests are addressed promptly and effectively while maintaining project scope, schedule, margin, and quality objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on execution excellence, customer satisfaction, operational performance, and profitability.
• Serve as a key escalation point for project teams, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain a visible presence within both facilities and regularly engage with project teams, production teams, and customers.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• PMP Certification required.
• 15+ years of progressive Project Management experience, including experience leading Project Managers and cross-functional project teams.
• Demonstrated success managing customer portfolios and project organizations with annual project volumes of approximately $100M or greater.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects involving protection and control systems, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, relay panels, motor control centers (MCCs), power distribution equipment, industrial control panels, integrated E-House/control house solutions, and other engineered electrical systems.
• Proven experience managing Project Management teams and driving project performance across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong understanding of project execution across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, production planning, quality, testing, logistics, and customer delivery.
• Advanced knowledge of project planning, scheduling, forecasting, project controls, resource management, and recovery planning.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, margin management, contract administration, change management, and customer relationship management.
• Experience leading project reviews, customer reviews, risk reviews, and operational performance reviews.
• Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment across multiple functional organizations.
• Experience within engineered-to-order manufacturing, industrial, utility, power distribution, electrical equipment, EPC, data center, or infrastructure environments preferred.

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who combines strong project execution capabilities with the ability to develop people and build high-performing teams.

They possess the leadership presence to influence stakeholders, the operational discipline to drive execution excellence, and the business acumen to effectively manage both customer relationships and project financial performance.

They are proactive, collaborative, and highly accountable, with the ability to balance strategic priorities and day-to-day execution. They know how to identify issues early, challenge teams constructively, remove obstacles, and ensure projects remain on track from engineering through manufacturing, testing, and delivery.

They are equally comfortable leading customer reviews, project operating reviews, cross-functional execution meetings, and team development discussions.

Most importantly, they are committed to creating a culture of ownership, accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement throughout the Project Management organization.

Location & Travel

• This position may be based in Youngstown, Ohio or Brookfield, Ohio.
• Regular travel between both Ohio facilities is required.
• Additional travel of up to 20% may be required to support customer meetings, project reviews, supplier visits, and business activities.
• The Project Management Manager is expected to maintain a visible presence with project teams, manufacturing operations, and customers to ensure alignment, execution excellence, and successful project delivery.