Project Manager

OTR Engineered Solutions; Rome (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OTR Engineered Solutions is seeking a Project Manager to lead OE and aftermarket projects from planning to completion, coordinating diverse teams and managing schedules, risks, and deliverables. You will serve as the primary liaison between customers and internal functions, ensuring on-time, in-scope delivery aligned with requirements.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of PM experience, with PMP/CAPM certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, operations, or related field.
• Minimum of five years of relevant project-management experience.
• PMP, CAPM, or comparable project-management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and manages detailed, integrated project timing plans for OE and AM programs, including milestones and approval dates.
• Tracks resource requirements and utilization; coordinates rebalancing with functional leaders.
• Maintains regular communication with customers and stakeholders to confirm requirements and deliverables.
• Provides concise project status reports and dashboards for customers and senior management.
• Identifies schedule risks early and leads recovery plans or alternatives when milestones are at risk.
• Leads cross-functional teams spanning Finance, Purchasing, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sales and others as needed.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Analytical & problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering/operations

PM certification (PMP/CAPM)

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Project Manager will lead OE and aftermarket projects from planning through completion, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing schedules and risks, and ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and aligned with customer and OTR requirements. This role will serve as the primary project-management liaison between customers and internal functions.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Develops and manages detailed, integrated project timing plans for OE and AM customer programs, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, deliverables, ownership, and approval dates.
• Tracks project resource requirements and utilization across functions, identify over-allocation or capacity constraints, and work with functional leaders to rebalance resources and protect committed project dates.
• Maintains regular communication with OE and AM customers and internal stakeholders to confirm requirements, timing, deliverables, decisions, and emerging project issues.
• Prepares concise project status reports and dashboards for customers and senior management, clearly communicating progress, resource utilization, risks, decisions required, and any actual or forecast deviation from the approved timing plan.
• Identifies schedule risks early, perform schedule-impact analysis, and lead recovery plans or alternative execution paths when project milestones are at risk.
• Leads cross-functional project teams spanning Finance, Purchasing, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sales, and other functions as needed.
• Creates, baselines, maintains, and continuously improves complex project schedules using Microsoft Project, including linked tasks, resource assignments, critical-path analysis, earned progress, and schedule updates.
• Serves as the central point of contact for assigned OE and AM customer projects and provide clear visibility to all parties through disciplined meeting cadence, action tracking, and escalation.
• Organize project teams, establish roles and responsibilities, confirm ownership of deliverables, and ensure consistent follow-through across functions and locations.
• Balances strategic project planning with hands-on execution detail, ensuring that customer commitments, internal milestones, and technical deliverables remain aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drives accountability among internal and external teams through clear commitments, documented actions, due dates, and timely escalation of unresolved issues.
• Facilitates corrective-action and recovery plans when project performance, quality, cost, or delivery objectives are not being met.
• Supports project portfolio reviews and management decisions by maintaining accurate timing, resource, risk, and interdependency information across assigned projects.
• Establishes and maintains consistent project documentation, timing-plan standards, action logs, decision records, risk registers, change-control practices, and controlled project repositories.
• Other duties can be assigned based on company needs and employee capabilities.
• Time management
• Problem solving/analytical skills
• Self-starter personality
• Ethical conduct
• Strong attention to detail
• Planning and organizing

Required Skills / Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software. Expert in using MS Project including resource management functionality.
• Organizes and manages projects; interacts, supports, facilitates and leads multi-functional work teams; leads teams to consensus; strong negotiation skills.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities. At times, due to projects or work assignments, employee will need to coordinate and direct a team to meet/satisfy individual/company objectives.

This role operates in a combination of office environment and a significant amount of time on the shopfloor of the facilities involved on the project or new programs.

Physical Demands:

• Must maintain a balance of time sitting at a desk and working on a computer, with enough time spent on the shopfloor of the facilities involved on CI projects as needed to support the project/program.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times (occasionally).

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00AM to 5:00PM. To meet our customer demands and internal objectives, at times this role will be required to work outside of the normal schedule, including weekends.

Travel:

10% of domestic travel is anticipated, but occasional international may also be required.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, project management, engineering, operations, supply chain, or a related field. PMP, CAPM, or comparable project-management certification preferred.
• Minimum of five years of relevant experience.
• Project Management certification

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Certified Program Management (CPM)
• Experience working for product development and manufacturing company understanding key steps and milestones in the development and validation of new products.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Other job duties and responsibilities may also be assigned by the incumbent’s manager at any time based upon Company need.

OTR Engineered Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected classification or status.