Senior Project Manager, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) & Factory

Eliassen Group; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager with MES, factory operations, and automation experience to lead manufacturing technology initiatives across a global factory footprint. The role coordinates MES upgrades, factory automation, system deployments, training, production downtime, and go-live activities across 10+ sites in the U.S., Mexico, Japan, and Singapore.

Applicants must be willing to work on a W2 basis with a benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with

Responsibilities

• Lead MES upgrades and multi-site deployments across 10+ locations.
• Coordinate upgrades to legacy manufacturing systems across global sites.
• Partner with automation and engineering teams to increase end-to-end manufacturing automation.
• Manage evaluation, procurement, implementation, and deployment of new manufacturing technologies.
• Develop cutover plans, downtime windows, testing, training, go-live, and hypercare.
• Provide governance and reporting on schedule, cost, risk, and delivery.

Skills

Project management

Manufacturing operations

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Budgeting

Job description

Description:

Hybrid in one of the 3 manufacturing locations: Greensboro, NC, Hillsboro, OR Thousand Oaks, CA .

Our client seeks a Senior Project Manager with MES, factory operations, and automation experience to lead manufacturing technology initiatives across a global factory footprint. The role coordinates MES upgrades, factory automation, system deployments, training, production downtime, and go-live activities across 10+ sites in the U.S., Mexico, Japan, and Singapore. The position focuses on modernizing manufacturing systems and advancing factory automation while minimizing disruption to production in active manufacturing environments.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $60.00 to $70.00/hr. w2

JN -112026-109458

Responsibilities:

• Lead post-acquisition MES upgrades, migrations, integrations, and modernization initiatives across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Coordinate upgrades to legacy manufacturing systems across the global factory environment.
• Partner with factory automation and engineering teams to increase end-to-end automation of manufacturing processes.
• Support evaluation, procurement, implementation, and deployment of new manufacturing technologies and toolsets.
• Manage simultaneous projects across 10+ manufacturing locations in the U.S., Mexico, Japan, and Singapore.
• Schedule around production requirements and planned downtime with detailed multi-site rollout strategies.
• Coordinate global and local teams across time zones and manage dependencies across MES, automation, equipment, infrastructure, ERP, and other manufacturing systems (no after-hours work required).
• Develop and manage cutover plans, downtime windows, testing, validation, training, go-live, and hypercare.
• Coordinate UAT and operational readiness with factory stakeholders, minimizing risk to operations.
• Manage escalations and issue resolution during critical deployment periods; define contingency and rollback plans.
• Own plans, milestones, deliverables, risks, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, burn rates, resource utilization, vendor and consultant timesheets, and SOWs.
• Provide transparent governance and reporting on schedule, cost, risk, and delivery, including actual versus forecasted spend.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and status reporting for the CIO and senior leadership; translate technical issues into business impacts and recommendations.
• Partner closely with Factory Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Factory Automation, Process Engineering, IT/Infrastructure, MES/Application teams, ERP/SAP, Quality, vendors, systems integrators, and business leadership.

Experience Requirements:

• 7+ years of project or program management with experience supporting manufacturing technology or factory operations.
• Proven delivery of MES implementations, upgrades, migrations, or factory-system deployments.
• Understanding of impacts of technology deployments in active manufacturing environments.
• Experience coordinating production downtime, cutover, testing, validation, training, and go-live.
• Background supporting factory automation, shop-floor systems, equipment integration, or production technology.
• Financial management experience across budgets, forecasts, burn rates, timesheets, SOWs, vendors, and resource planning.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects across geographically distributed locations.
• Executive presentation and communication skills with the ability to engage technical and business stakeholders.
• Proficiency in project tracking, risk management, dependency management, and escalation.
• Preferred: experience in semiconductor, electronics, or high-tech manufacturing, and knowledge of WIP, lot tracking, traceability, yield, equipment integration, production scheduling, and downtime.
• Preferred: experience implementing solutions across multiple factories or global locations and tracking financials including actual vs. budget and SOW burn.