Project Manager

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Pullman (WA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership (ESOP)

Excellent health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid holidays and vacation accrual

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) in Pullman, WA, seeks a Project Manager I/II/III to drive portfolio roadmaps and ensure the right projects are pursued.

You will align customers, developers, and systems architects to achieve impactful solutions and collaborate with other project managers to scale execution across the company. You will grow with tools like Python, automation, or AI as you broaden your practice, build bridges across teams, and deliver outcomes that matter to

Qualifications

• Strong planning, tracking, and follow-through are essential.
• Ability to uncover true needs, shape clear requirements and plan accordingly.
• Root-cause analysis and broad collaboration across teams.
• Experience engaging with customers and stakeholders to balance priorities.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or MS 365 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from initiation to release with clear scope and timelines.
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to balance priorities.
• Turn fuzzy problems into clear goals, requirements, and plans.
• Coordinate across teams and keep everyone aligned and moving.
• Analyze when to make big bets or small wins on scope.
• Track progress and surface risks early to keep work on course.
• Decide what to take on, and what not to.
• Celebrate wins, learn from misses, and continuously improve.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Continuous learning

Education

PMP or CAPM certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft 365

Job description

SEL R&D's Development Integration team builds and maintains the data tools and systems that keep engineering data accurate, controlled, and available. We work across the enterprise to deliver software that delights users and lets information flow between divisions. We also have big plans for the future of data management at SEL – we’re looking for a Project Manager I/II/III to join us in the pursuit. Could it be you? In this role, you'll do more than the core Agile work that keeps our team running: you'll play a key part in engaging our stakeholders, making sure we're not just completing projects, but the right projects. You'll work in lock-step with customers, developers, and systems architects to build comprehensive portfolio roadmaps, steering the team toward the strongest possible solution with real influence over the systems we build. That includes partnering with other project managers across the organization, so what we build becomes a catalyst for project execution across the company.

What we’re looking for in a Project Manager to join us:

• You take pride in your craft. Planning, tracking, and follow-through aren't busywork to you, they're craft. You take pride in a project run well.
• You own the 'why,' not just the 'when.' You'll help uncover what people truly need, shape clear project requirements, and plan carefully, so the work only starts once the problem is well understood.
• You get to the root of things. We take the time to understand what's really going on, and when something deserves a deeper fix, we help steward it forward, even when we aren't the ones implementing it.
• You build bridges. You'll bring together engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and other partners so that our decisions reflect the bigger picture.
• You grow as we grow. New tools, new methods, new problems. There's always room to learn, including Python coding, automation, or AI if that excites you.
• You leave things better than you found them. Every project is a chance to simplify, streamline, and remove friction, not just ship and move on.
• You care, and it shows. You stay motivated by real customer outcomes, and you look out for your own team just as much, making sure the people you serve and the people you work with feel heard and supported.

What you'll do day-to-day:

• Lead projects from initiation to release, keeping scope, timeline, and priorities clear
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to balance team priorities
• Turn fuzzy problems into clear goals, requirements, and plans the team can act on
• Coordinate across teams and keep everyone aligned, informed, and moving
• Analyze when to make big bets or take the small wins on project scope
• Track progress, surface risks early, and keep work honest and on course
• Help decide what we take on, and just as importantly, what we don't
• Celebrate wins, learn from misses, and keep improving how we work

Nice to have (not required):

• PMP or CAPM certification, or actively working toward one
• Familiarity with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence) or Microsoft 365 products
• Interest in modern, data-driven project management practices
• Curiosity about how tools, processes, and people fit together
• Comfort working across teams and translating between technical and non-technical partners
• A bias toward simplicity and asking 'why' before 'how'
• Experience delivering software or improving business systems and workflows

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work. People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees. We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options. We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay. We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs. Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.

Pay Range Data Project Manager I - $31.75-$47.50/hr Project Manager II - $36.50-54.00/hr Project Manager III - $86,000-$128,000/yr

We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the salary range may differ if filled at a different level. Our salary ranges are determined by job and responsibility. We base our starting pay offer and title on job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.

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SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.

SEL invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids around the world. This technology prevents blackouts and enables customers to improve power system reliability and safety at a reduced cost. A 100 percent employee-owned company headquartered in Pullman, Washington, SEL has manufactured products in the United States since 1984 and now serves customers worldwide. Our mission is simple: to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical.