Senior Technical Program Manager - Large-Scale Manufacturing

Vulcan Elements Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vulcan Elements Inc. is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead the master schedule for a 1.1 million square foot facility expansion.

You will connect Process, Equipment, Industrial, Controls, and Factory Engineering teams to ensure timely design, procurement, installation, and commissioning of equipment. This high-ownership role requires deep technical fluency, executive storytelling, and the ability to predict delays and craft recovery plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of experience.
• Proven experience as a program manager in a high-volume, large-scale manufacturing environment. You must possess the technical depth to understand what the engineers are building, not just tracking dates on a calendar.
• Expert-level proficiency in Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, JIRA, and other enterprise-level project management and roadmap software.
• Exceptional ability to distill complex engineering hurdles and machinery delays into simple, transparent executive summaries for leadership.
• Proven track record of gathering timeline deliverables from stubborn or highly loaded technical teams and holding them accountable to project milestones without direct reporting authority.

Responsibilities

• Build, connect, and maintain the comprehensive program timeline for the 1.1M square foot facility. Integrate feedback and timelines from Process, Equipment, Industrial, Controls, and Factory Engineering teams into a single, cohesive source of truth.
• Track every piece of critical path equipment from initial design concepts to vendor RFQs, Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), Site Acceptance Tests (SATs), and final production commissioning.
• Proactively identify critical path items and technical bottlenecks that could push the program timeline. Predict delays before they happen and work with engineering teams to develop recovery plans.
• Manage and lead weekly leadership program reviews. Synthesize highly complex, technical engineering data into clear, simple, and actionable visual updates for executive stakeholders.
• Act as the connective tissue across all engineering departments. Understand the technical dependencies between a facility utility hookup, a machine's electrical panel build, and a process engineer's trial schedule.
• Master Gantt charts, Critical Path Method (CPM) networks, and milestone tracking dashboards.
• Program Risk Registers, escalation matrices, and milestone-gated PFMEA timelines.
• Weekly executive summary reports, department OKR tracking, and vendor delivery schedules.

Skills

Program management

Manufacturing

Leadership

Scheduling

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Management

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Job description

Vulcan Elements Inc. is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead the master schedule for a 1.1 million square foot facility expansion.

You will connect Process, Equipment, Industrial, Controls, and Factory Engineering teams to ensure timely design, procurement, installation, and commissioning of equipment. This high-ownership role requires deep technical fluency, executive storytelling, and the ability to predict delays and craft recovery plans.