Project Manager

Hunter Recruiting; Cleveland (OH); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Hunter Recruiting is seeking a Project Manager to oversee large, complex customer projects in a manufacturing and engineered-products environment. Projects range from $250K to $2M and involve multiple locations, schedules, specifications, suppliers, and terms.

You will coordinate customers, sales, engineering, operations, vendors, and internal teams to ensure on-time delivery and adherence to requirements. Strong communication and scheduling skills are essential for success.

Formación

• Experience managing complex customer orders or projects across multiple departments and sites.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with follow-up ability.
• Comfortable engaging with customers, vendors, sales, engineering and manufacturing teams.

Responsabilidades

• Manage customer projects from PO acceptance through production, shipment, and closeout.
• Review POs, specs, schedules, terms, and documentation requirements.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and commitments.
• Lead or participate in kickoff meetings, reviews, schedule discussions, and status calls.
• Coordinate project execution across multiple manufacturing locations and internal departments.
• Monitor progress, capacity, and delivery risks with operations and production teams.
• Collaborate with engineering on drawings, submittals, and technical inquiries.
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure timely materials and subcontracted work.
• Communicate project status, questions, schedules, needs, and changes to customers.
• Identify and help resolve schedule, cost, technical, quality, and supply risks.
• Track scope changes and coordinate cost/schedule impacts.
• Maintain organized project files and provide regular updates to customers and leadership.

Conocimientos

PM experience

PMP certification

Communication

Organization

Problem solving

Interdepartmental coordination

Vendor management

Schedule management

Customer interaction

Educación

Bachelor's degree (engineering / business / manufacturing / construction management / PM)

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

ERP software

CRM software

Scheduling systems

Project management systems

Descripción del empleo

The Project Manager will manage large, complex customer projects in a manufacturing and engineered-products environment. Projects typically range from $250K to $2M and may include multiple products, manufacturing locations, delivery schedules, technical specifications, documentation requirements, suppliers, and commercial terms. The Project Manager will coordinate customers, sales, engineering, operations, vendors, and internal support teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and meet customer requirements.

• Manage customer projects from purchase order acceptance through production, shipment, and closeout.
• Review purchase orders, specifications, schedules, commercial terms, and documentation requirements.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, action items, deliverables, and customer commitments.
• Lead or participate in customer kickoff meetings, project reviews, schedule discussions, and status calls.
• Coordinate project execution across multiple manufacturing locations and internal departments.
• Partner with operations and production teams to monitor progress, capacity, and potential delivery risks.
• Work with engineering on drawings, technical submittals, design questions, approvals, and project-specific requirements.
• Coordinate with vendors and suppliers to ensure purchased materials and subcontracted work support project schedules.
• Communicate project status, technical questions, schedule updates, documentation needs, and changes directly with customers.
• Identify and help resolve schedule, commercial, technical, quality, and supply-chain risks before they impact delivery.
• Track customer-requested scope changes and coordinate associated cost and schedule impacts.
• Maintain organized project files and provide regular updates to customers and internal leadership.
• Manage multiple active projects while maintaining strong organization, prioritization, and follow-up.

Project Manager Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred; engineering, business, manufacturing, construction management, or project management backgrounds are beneficial.
• 3-5+ years of project or program management experience in manufacturing, engineered products, industrial equipment, construction, EPC, or a similar technical environment.
• Experience managing complex customer orders or projects involving multiple departments, suppliers, manufacturing sites, and deliverables.
• Technical or engineering background is helpful but not required.
• PMP or similar certification is a plus.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to interact professionally with customers, vendors, sales teams, engineers, and manufacturing personnel.
• Comfortable discussing project schedules, production status, technical deliverables, and commercial requirements with customers.
• Ability to read and interpret purchase orders, specifications, schedules, and contractual requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with ERP, CRM, scheduling, or project-management systems is preferred.