Project Manager

Waupaca-Foundr; Marinette (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability insurance (short/long-term)

Life insurance

401(k)

Employer retirement plan

Paid vacations/holidays

Wellness program

Fitness membership

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Waupaca Foundry, Inc. is North America’s leading supplier of iron castings, with a culture of continual innovation and a focus on quality.

You will manage large complex projects, mentor coordinators, and lead cross-functional teams to ensure deliverables align with customer and business goals. The role emphasizes cross-department coordination across Engineering, Operations, Procurement, and Quality, with emphasis on manufacturability, cost, and supplier engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between Engineering, Operations, Value-Add Outsourcing, Procurement, and Quality.
• Facilitate effective communication, ensuring all departments are aligned on objectives, timelines, and requirements.
• Track and report progress on programs and initiatives related to the overall project management process.
• Work with engineering teams to ensure manufacturability and alignment with supplier capabilities and procurement strategies.
• Monitor all project deliverables and ensure they meet customers and organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Value-Add Outsourcing teams to identify, onboard, and manage third-party service providers.
• Ensure outsourced operations align with quality, cost, and delivery expectations.
• Coordinate with engineering during design to ensure manufacturability, cost, and sourcing objectives.
• Monitor DFMs and value engineering efforts are completed.
• Work with procurement to ensure timely sourcing of materials and services.
• Ensure procurement strategy aligns with financial initiatives of the project.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements that enhance efficiency and cross-functional collaboration.
• Track and support continuous improvement initiatives related to casting operations and post-processing workflows.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Manufacturing)

Job description

Waupaca Foundry, Inc. is North America’s leading supplier of iron castings and has a history of innovation with a legacy of product quality. Waupaca Foundry employs approximately 3,000 people company-wide.
Waupaca Foundry is committed to relentless improvement, forward-thinking sustainability initiatives, and providing a reliable experience to the millions who use our castings every day. Our goal is to employ individuals who take pride in their work within a culture of continual innovation.
Waupaca Foundry is proud to be an employer of choice for those driven and skilled individuals seeking rewarding careers by producing top quality castings.

You will be right at home at Waupaca Foundry.

Manages large complex projects with limited oversight. Track and escalation issues to closure. Lead multiple projects simultaneously. Will mentor and support Project Coordinators and will lead and monitor cross-functional teams to ensure project deliverables are achieved.

Responsibilities/Duties:

Cross-Departmental Coordination:

• Serve as the primary liaison between Engineering, Operations, Value-Add Outsourcing, Procurement, and Quality.
• Facilitate effective communication, ensuring all departments are aligned on objectives, timelines, and requirements.

Project Execution Support:

• Track and report progress on programs and initiatives related to the overall project management process.
• Works with the engineering teams to ensure engineering designs are manufacturable and aligned with supplier capabilities and procurement strategies.
• Monitor all project deliverables and ensure they are meeting the customers and organizations objectives

Outsourcing and Supplier Integration:

• Collaborate with Procurement and Value-Add Outsourcing teams to identify, onboard, and manage third-party service providers for machining, finishing, or other post-casting operations.
• Ensure outsourced operations align with quality, cost, and delivery expectations.

Engineering Collaboration:

• Coordinate with engineering teams during design and development to ensure manufacturability, cost, and sourcing objectives are achieved.
• Monitor and report that design for manufacturability (DFM) and value engineering efforts are completed.

Procurement Support:

• Work closely with procurement teams to ensure timely sourcing of materials and services aligning with project timing.
• Ensure procurement teams strategy aligns with financial initiatives of the project

Process Improvement:

• Identified opportunities for process improvements that enhance efficiency and cross-functional collaboration.
• Track and Support continuous improvement initiatives related to casting operations and post-processing workflows

Bachelor’s degree (Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Manufacturing) or minimum 4 years related work experience.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all of the “essential functions” for the purposes of the ADA.

If selected for consideration, candidates must successfully complete a selection process that includes interviews, reference check/verification, and a pre-employment drug screen.

BENEFITS :

Waupaca Foundry offers competitive wages and exceptional benefits, including:

• Short and long term disability
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Employer funded retirement plan
• Paid vacations/holidays
• Wellness program
• Fitness membership
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Waupaca Foundry is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

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Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

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