Project Manager - Power Division - Rhome, TX

CORE Transformers; Rhome (TX); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CORE Transformers is seeking a Project Manager for the Power Division to drive the project execution engine from pre-sales through order handoff, manufacturing, testing, delivery, and closeout.

You will serve as the primary customer-facing contact and coordinate with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance to ensure on-time, on-budget, high-visibility delivery with impeccable communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project, program, or operations leadership experience in manufacturing, industrial equipment, or engineered-to-order environments.
• Strong understanding of ERP/CRM workflows, supply chain fundamentals, and manufacturing/fulfillment processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, operations, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-unit delivery programs with strict deadlines.
• Travel as required (<10%).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project execution from order entry to delivery and start-up, ensuring schedule fidelity and budget compliance.
• Develop standardized project plans, playbooks, and communication cadences for different project scales.
• Own project submittals, manufacturing drawings, and revision management.
• Ensure cross-functional coordination with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Customer Service.
• Provide executive-level reporting on project portfolio health, risks, and performance trends.
• Travel to customer sites for key presentations, testing, and engagement as required.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Customer-facing communication

ERP/CRM workflows

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business

Tools

ERP/CRM systems

Job description

The Project Manager for the Power Division with CORE Transformers is a driver of CORE’s project execution engine and is critical to revenue growth. The Project Manager leads electrical transformer projects from pre-sales to order handoff, manufacturing, testing, delivery, and closeout, serving as a primary customer-facing point of contact. This role coordinates closely with sales, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to ensure projects are executed on schedule, within scope, and in compliance with technical and quality requirements.

This role owns the customer delivery lifecycle and will partner closely with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance to guarantee outstanding customer experience, reliable schedules, and execution discipline at scale. The mission: provide a world-class project management experience that enables CORE to deliver on time, on budget, and with high visibility, and with impeccable communication.

This role will support the Power Division for CORE Transformers and will be structured as a hybrid role for the first few months. Following completion of the new facility, the role will be an in-office role based in the Rhome, Texas facility.

CORE Transformers is not providing immigration sponsorship for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Delivery Excellence

• Own end-to-end project execution from order entry, submittals, to customer delivery, and start up ensuring schedule fidelity, budget compliance, and high customer satisfaction.
• Develop standardized project plans, playbooks, and communication cadences for different project scales
• Own project submittals, manufacturing drawings, and revision management.
• Ensure risk identification and mitigation processes are consistently applied across all projects.
• Oversee cross-functional coordination with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Customer Service to guarantee seamless handoffs and execution.
• Implement structured forecasting and reporting for project timelines, fulfillment readiness, and delivery performance.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce delays, and strengthen operational predictability.
• Participate in job site visits, key presentations, testing, factory visits and customer engagement as required. This includes travel from time to time.

Customer Communication & Experience

• Provide best in class communication and organization protocols for project updates, milestone reviews, and issue escalation.
• Serve as the executive sponsor for major accounts during active delivery, ensuring alignment between customer expectations and CORE’s execution reality.
• Partner with Sales and Business Development to ensure commitments made in the sales process are operationally feasible and aligned with delivery capabilities.
• Be a subject matter expert during submittal reviews, change orders, technical considerations during the life cycle of the project.

Financial & Performance Management

• Own project margin accountability post-sale, ensuring disciplined scope management, change-order procedures, and cost tracking.
• Manage project cash flow, profitability, resource demand, and delivery throughput.
• Provide executive-level reporting on project portfolio health, risks, and performance trends.

Knowledge/Skills/Other Requirements

• Proven success of project delivery function, standardizing processes, and coordinating cross-functional initiatives.
• 5+ years of project, program, or operations leadership experience in manufacturing, industrial equipment, electrical products, or other engineered-to-order environments.
• Strong understanding of ERP/CRM workflows, supply chain fundamentals, and manufacturing/fulfillment processes.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and customer-facing skills; and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-unit, multi-month delivery programs with strict deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Operations, or related discipline (PMP or MBA a plus).
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and rolling up sleeves while driving strategy.
• Travel as required (<10%)

Additional or different duties may be assigned occasionally at employer’s discretion.

CORE Transformers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.