Senior Engineering Program Manager, NPI & Capital Projects

Shields Manufacturing Inc.; Tualatin (OR); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance, free to

401(k) with Company Match, up to 5%

Discretionary quarterly bonus program,

Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program, HSA, FSA

Job summary

Precinmac is a leading precision machining manufacturer with West Coast sites. The Project/Program Manager owns the planning, execution, and reporting of the engineering and operations project portfolio across the West Coast, based at Shields and supporting Viper Northwest.

The role ensures customer volume ramps are on schedule by keeping capital projects, new product introductions, and continuous improvement on track and visible to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Five or more years of project or program management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing capital equipment projects, including installation and qualification.
• Working knowledge of a formal new product introduction or stage gate process.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong skills in planning, scheduling, risk management, and status communication.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, and PowerPoint or equivalent tools.
• Ability to travel regularly between the Tualatin and Albany sites.

Responsibilities

• Ramp and capital programs: Build and maintain the integrated ramp plan covering equipment, tooling, staffing, and qualification milestones for both sites.
• Manage capital equipment projects from justification through install, runoff, qualification, and handoff to production.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Facilities, and equipment vendors to hold install and qualification dates.
• Track program budgets and spend against approved capital, and flag variances early.
• Prepare customer-facing milestone reports and support customer reviews on ramp readiness.
• NPI phase gate process: Own the G0 to G5 phase gate process for new product introductions at both sites.
• Schedule and run gate reviews, confirm deliverables are complete, and record gate decisions and open actions.
• Keep the NPI pipeline visible, with status, risks, and resource needs for each program.
• Work with Engineering, Quality, and Production to resolve blockers that threaten launch dates.
• Maintain the phase gate checklist, tracker, and SOP, and train new participants on the process.
• Manage the portfolio of CI projects across both sites,
• Run project charters, task lists, and status reviews using the standard project management templates.
• Prioritize projects against the site strategy and Hoshin objectives, and keep leadership informed on progress and results.
• Capture and verify savings and throughput gains from completed projects.
• Governance and reporting: Maintain a master project list with owners, dates, status, and risk for all active programs.
• Produce weekly status reporting for site leadership, with escalations where a program is at risk.
• Run the project review cadence and keep action logs current.
• Apply consistent project management methods, templates, and change control across the portfolio.

Skills

Planning

Scheduling

Risk management

Status communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, business, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Precinmac is a leading precision machining manufacturer with West Coast sites. The Project/Program Manager owns the planning, execution, and reporting of the engineering and operations project portfolio across the West Coast, based at Shields and supporting Viper Northwest.

The role ensures customer volume ramps are on schedule by keeping capital projects, new product introductions, and continuous improvement on track and visible to leadership.