Technical Project Manager

EPITEC; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 61,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

EPITEC is seeking a Technical Project Manager to provide operational project management support for a confidential truck manufacturing plant project in Portland, Oregon. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, track milestones, manage PFEP data, budgets, and gate deliverables while maintaining comprehensive documentation in Cplace.

The role requires experience in manufacturing or engineering environments, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and NDA

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects, schedules, milestones, risks, and deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to sign and comply with a formal NDA.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to Work Package and Product Project PAR Leads.
• Track critical issues, risks, roadblocks, action items, owners, and due dates.
• Coordinate project readiness meetings, agendas, meeting minutes, decisions, and follow-up activities.
• Maintain readiness reports, dashboards, and presentation materials.
• Coordinate PFEP data collection, validation, tracking, and submissions.
• Support tooling/equipment requests and purchase order coordination.
• Maintain ProCoord budget updates, data entry, spending reviews, and variance tracking.
• Track gate deliverables and coordinate submissions.
• Support PRS/build events and maintain integrated build schedules.
• Coordinate training and Train-the-Trainer activities.
• Maintain project documentation and trackers within Cplace.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Finance, tooling/equipment, training, construction, and build teams.
• Provide weekly updates covering milestones, risks, PFEP status, budgets, and build readiness.

Skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation & reporting

Budget tracking

Communication skills

NDA compliance

Tools

Cplace

PFEP

ProCoord

Job description

Job Title: Technical Project Manager

Location: Portland, Oregon

Pay Range: $44-46 per hour

Job Type: W2 Contract

Expected Hours per Week: 40 hours per week

Position Summary

Seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to provide operational project management support for a confidential new truck manufacturing plant project. This role will support Work Package Leads and Product Project PAR Leads with coordination, readiness tracking, PFEP activities, budget updates, build-event coordination, gate deliverables, and project documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to Work Package and Product Project PAR Leads.
• Track critical issues, risks, roadblocks, action items, owners, and due dates.
• Coordinate project readiness meetings, agendas, meeting minutes, decisions, and follow-up activities.
• Maintain readiness reports, dashboards, and presentation materials.
• Coordinate PFEP data collection, validation, tracking, and submissions.
• Support tooling/equipment requests and purchase order coordination.
• Maintain ProCoord budget updates, data entry, spending reviews, and variance tracking.
• Track gate deliverables and coordinate submissions.
• Support PRS/build events and maintain integrated build schedules.
• Coordinate training and Train-the-Trainer activities.
• Maintain project documentation and trackers within Cplace.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, Finance, tooling/equipment, training, construction, and build teams.
• Provide weekly updates covering milestones, risks, PFEP status, budgets, and build readiness.

Required Qualifications

• Project management experience within a technical, manufacturing, or engineering environment.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional projects, schedules, milestones, risks, and deliverables.
• Experience with manufacturing readiness, launch activities, or build-event coordination.
• Strong project tracking, documentation, reporting, and meeting facilitation skills.
• Experience supporting budgets, spending reviews, or project cost tracking.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive action-item closure.
• Ability to sign and comply with a formal NDA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive, truck, or vehicle manufacturing experience.
• Plant launch, greenfield, or new manufacturing facility experience.
• PFEP experience.
• Experience supporting tooling/equipment procurement and purchase orders.
• Experience with ProCoord.
• Experience with Cplace.
• Manufacturing Engineering or production launch experience.