Description: Technical Project Manager Contractor
Project is Confidential OU + Product Project PAR Operational Support (PFEP / ProCoord Budget / Readiness / Gates / Build Coordination)
1. Project Background
Project is a confidential initiative supporting the design, construction, and equipment/process execution of a new truck manufacturing plant in the United States. This SOW defines professional services to provide operational project management support across the Overall Operational Unit (OU) and Product Project PARs, supporting Work Package (WP) Leads and Product Project PAR Leads with coordination, tracking, documentation, PFEP support, budget data entry, and readiness execution.
2. Confidentiality / NDA Requirement
Due to the confidential nature of this project, the selected resource must sign a formal Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) prior to receiving any non-public project information, including (but not limited to) schedules, designs, costs, supplier details, process content, build plans, and system access. The Supplier is responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance with all confidentiality and information-handling requirements established by the Company and the NDA.
3. Objective
Engage a Professional Services Project Manager (PM) to serve as the primary operational support resource for the Project Lead by providing execution support to:
"All OU Work Package Leads, and
"All Product Project PAR Leads
The PM will own defined coordination, tracking, and administrative deliverables so technical leads can focus on design/execution decisions, risk disposition, and stakeholder alignment.
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4. Scope of Work
The PM will provide day-to-day coordination and execution support across OU work packages and Product Project PARs, including:
"critical issue, risk, and action management
"meeting cadence leadership and documentation
"readiness reporting and slide deck coordination
"PFEP coordination and submission support
"ProCoord budget updates and associated data entry; spending review support
"build-event coordination support and integrated schedule preparation
"gate deliverable tracking and submission coordination
"Cplace project documentation maintenance and hygiene
The PM will coordinate with cross-functional partners (e.g., design/construction stakeholders, Manufacturing Engineering, procurement, tooling/equipment, training, PFEP contributors, finance, and build/event teams) to ensure inputs are collected, status is current, and deliverables are completed on schedule.
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5. Deliverables and Responsibilities (Applies to OU Work Packages and Product Project PARs)
1.Operational Support to Leads (WP + PAR)
"Provide direct operational support to all WP Leads and Product Project PAR Leads for tracking, coordination, and follow-up of activities defined in this SOW.
"Establish and maintain common operating rhythm, templates, trackers, and reporting across OU and PAR teams.
2.Critical Issue / Risk / Roadblock Management
"Identify, document, prioritize, and track critical issues, risks, and roadblocks across OU work packages and Product Project PARs.
"Drive follow-ups with owners and escalate to the Project Lead when impacts threaten milestones, gates, cost, quality, or build readiness.
3.Meeting Leadership and Documentation
"Schedule, organize, and facilitate (or ensure facilitation of) recurring readiness/coordination meetings for OU and PAR teams as directed by the Project Lead.
"Publish agendas, minutes, action items, and decisions; maintain action closure discipline.
4.Readiness Reporting & Slide Deck Coordination
"Collect inputs from WP Leads, PAR Leads, and functional owners and maintain readiness reporting materials (dashboards/slide decks).
"Ensure reporting is accurate, version-controlled, and distributed on time for stakeholder reviews.
5.Tooling/Equipment and Purchase Order Coordination (Support)
"Support leads by coordinating required information for tooling/equipment requests and purchase order submissions.
"Interface with procurement and equipment/tooling teams to enable timely processing and provide status visibility.
6.PFEP Coordination and Completion Support
"Coordinate PFEP data collection, completion, validation checks, and submission support across OU work packages and Product Project PARs.
"Maintain PFEP status tracking and ensure adherence to PFEP standards and required timing.
7.Training / Train-the-Trainer Coordination Support
"Coordinate schedules, attendance/completion tracking, and readiness status for required training and Train-the-Trainer activities as applicable.
8.Issue / Action Tracker Management
"Maintain issue and action trackers (ownership, due dates, status, evidence/links).
"Drive closure through structured follow-up with responsible owners.
9.ProCoord Budget Management, Data Entry & Spending Reviews
"Perform ProCoord budget updates and associated data entry for projects impacting PPCH/MCH across the OU and Product Project PARs.
"Support spending reviews by preparing inputs, reconciling variances, and coordinating with Finance/Budget stakeholders.
10.Gate Deliverables Tracking and Submission Coordination
"Track gate deliverables for OU work packages and Product Project PARs; coordinate compilation and submission.
"Ensure deliverables are review-ready (complete, correct, formatted) prior to gate reviews.
11.Build Event Support & Integrated Schedule Preparation
"Coordinate support activities for PRS/build events and maintain the integrated build schedule.
"Communicate schedule updates, readiness status, and constraints to stakeholders.
12.Project Documentation Maintenance (Cplace)
"Maintain project artifacts in Cplace (status, trackers, meeting outputs, deliverables) with up-to-date documentation.
"Ensure documentation is organized, current, and accessible to authorized stakeholders.
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6. Service Period / Duration
"Start: Immediately upon engagement and execution of the NDA
"End: 2 years after Start Date
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7. Reporting and Governance
"The PM will report directly to the Project Lead.
"The PM will provide weekly status updates, including:
"accomplishments and in-progress items
"upcoming milestones, gates, and build events
"open issues/risks and required escalations
"PFEP completion status (OU and PAR, as applicable)
"ProCoord budget update status and notable variances
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8. Out of Scope
"Technical design ownership and engineering sign-off
"Construction means/methods responsibility and site safety ownership (unless explicitly assigned)
"Final approval authority for budgets, purchase orders, PFEP standards, or gate sign-offs (remains with designated approvers)
"Supplier/vendor contracting authority (unless explicitly delegated in writing)
Custom Fields:
Name: Does this position require Export Controls?
Value: No