Project Manager

Position Summary

The Project Manager leads PRE-TEC’s custom integration projects from handoff through customer acceptance. This role manages Project Engineers and Project Specialists and coordinates engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, assembly, programming, installation, and customer activities.

The Project Manager ensures projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and according to customer requirements while managing priorities, resources, risks, and communication.

Primary Responsibilities

• Project Leadership & Execution• Lead projects from handoff through engineering, procurement, manufacturing, integration, testing, installation, commissioning, and acceptance.
• Establish project priorities, milestones, schedules, and execution plans.
• Monitor project progress, risks, resources, costs, and customer commitments.
• Develop recovery plans for delayed or at-risk projects.
• Coordinate activities across departments to maintain project momentum.
• Maintain accurate schedules, documentation, action items, and status reports.
• Lead project review meetings and communicate updates to leadership.

• Team Leadership• Manage and provide direction to Project Engineers and Project Specialists.
• Assign resources based on project priorities, workload, and technical requirements.
• Set expectations and performance objectives.
• Monitor team capacity and adjust assignments as needed.
• Coach, mentor, and support the development of project personnel.
• Promote accountability, communication, and collaboration.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
• Ensure action items and constraints are assigned and resolved.
• Remove barriers that delay project progress.
• Maintain project execution processes and tools.

• Engineering Coordination• Provide project direction to Project Engineers while preserving technical ownership.
• Ensure engineering work aligns with scope, schedule, budget, and customer requirements.
• Coordinate engineering priorities with manufacturing and integration needs.
• Monitor deliverables and downstream impacts.
• Facilitate resolution of technical and project issues.

• Customer & Stakeholder Management• Maintain clear, professional communication with customers.
• Participate in project meetings, design reviews, site visits, and acceptance activities.
• Communicate customer expectations, changes, commitments, and concerns internally.
• Support management of scope changes and schedule impacts.
• Serve as an escalation point for significant project issues.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Manufacturing, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of project management experience in automation, manufacturing, machine building, integration, or a related industry.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and custom or engineered-to-order projects.
• Industrial automation, robotics, or systems integration.
• Strong understanding of engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, assembly, integration, and installation processes.
• Experience with ERP systems and project management tools.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, engineers, technicians, manufacturing personnel, and leadership.