Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager

Job Description

This Project Manager role focuses on leading complex, engineer-to-order machinery and industrial equipment projects from customer order through shipment in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The position requires 510 years of experience in machine building, industrial equipment, or manufacturing, with strong project management expertise across schedule, scope, resources, and customer expectations. The Project Manager works closely with technical engineering teams and customers, ensuring that customized equipment projects meet requirements, quality standards, and delivery commitments while operating within an ISO 9001 environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineer-to-order machinery and industrial equipment projects from customer order through shipment, ensuring on-time delivery and adherence to scope and quality standards.
• Lead project planning activities, including defining project scope, creating detailed schedules, allocating resources, and managing changes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, and operations to ensure alignment and smooth execution of project activities.
• Oversee project budgets and costs, tracking financial performance and making adjustments to keep projects within approved budget parameters.
• Work directly with customers to gather requirements, conduct design reviews, provide project updates, and manage expectations throughout the project.
• Organize and lead project status meetings with internal stakeholders and customers, clearly communicating progress, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Support customer-facing activities such as acceptance testing and buy-off, ensuring that delivered equipment meets agreed specifications and performance criteria.
• Maintain accurate and complete technical documentation, project records, and reports in accordance with ISO 9001 standards and internal procedures.
• Identify project risks and issues early, develop contingency plans, and proactively resolve problems to keep projects on track.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure technical requirements are clearly understood, feasible, and integrated into project plans.
• Use Microsoft Project and related tools to build and manage project schedules, track milestones, and report status to stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by recommending enhancements to project management processes, tools, and communication practices.
• Coordinate limited domestic and international travel as needed for customer meetings, design reviews, acceptance testing, and site visits.

Essential Skills

• 510 years of experience in machine building, industrial equipment, or manufacturing environments.
• Strong manufacturing and engineering project management experience managing complex equipment projects from customer order through shipment.
• Proven ability to manage project schedules, resources, scope, engineering requirements, and customer expectations in a customer-driven, engineer-to-order context.
• Solid understanding of customized, technical equipment projects and the engineer-to-order project lifecycle.
• Demonstrated strength in project planning, including scheduling, resource allocation, scope definition, and change management.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, and operations.
• Effective customer-facing communication skills, with the ability to lead requirements discussions, design reviews, project updates, and acceptance/buy-off activities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project for scheduling and project tracking.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and SharePoint for documentation, communication, and collaboration.
• Experience working within ISO 9001 environments and following structured quality and documentation processes.
• Strong organization and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Sufficient technical knowledge to effectively manage engineer-to-order projects and communicate with engineers, without requiring hands-on design responsibilities.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally on a limited, as-needed basis for project-related activities.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Background in manufacturing project management involving complex industrial machinery or high-speed equipment.
• Experience in equipment design environments, with an understanding of how design decisions impact manufacturing and project execution.
• Familiarity with automation, innovation-focused engineering, and R&D-driven manufacturing organizations.
• Comfort working in global customer environments and supporting projects with international exposure.
• Experience managing cost and budget for technical projects, including tracking, reporting, and adjusting plans to meet financial targets.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build productive relationships with engineering, operations, sales, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and project reports that support quality, compliance, and customer communication.
• Interest in continuous learning and professional development, supported by tuition assistance and other development programs.

Work Environment

The role operates in a fast-paced, customer-focused manufacturing environment that centers on high-speed industrial machinery and complex engineer-to-order projects. The Project Manager works closely with engineering, operations, sales, manufacturing, and supply chain teams in a collaborative, cross-functional setting. The position is technical enough to require regular interaction with engineers and understanding of equipment and manufacturing processes, but it is not a hands-on design engineering role.

The work involves customer-facing activities, including requirements discussions, design reviews, acceptance testing, and project status meetings, with limited domestic and international travel as needed. The organization offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, tuition assistance, and a 401(k) match up to 6%, within a stable and growing global business that emphasizes engineering, R&D, automation, and innovation.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Sidney, OH.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $100000.00 - $120000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Medical, dental & vision insurance 401(k) with company match; per your intake notes, up to 6% once direct Paid vacation & holidays Company-paid life and disability insurance Tuition assistance & Employee Assistance Program

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Sidney, OH.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 17, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Sidney,OH.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

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