Project Manager Technical Engineer

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Full Time Auburn Hills, MI, US

30+ days ago Requisition

$85,000.00 To $ Annually

Category

Details

Position

Project Manager, full-time, onsite

Work Location

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.

-4:30 p.m.; minimum 42.5 hours per week

Travel

Approximately 25-50%, including extended stays at customer facilities when required

HERCO LLC is a growing engineering and manufacturing solutions company serving the die casting, automation, industrial equipment, tooling, and process water treatment industries. We partner with automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and manufacturing companies throughout North America. As we continue to expand, we are seeking an experienced, hands-on Project Manager / Technical Project Engineer to lead customer projects from concept through installation, commissioning, and final acceptance.

The Project Manager / Technical Project Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing complex industrial equipment, automation, tooling, manufacturing, and engineering projects. This role serves as the primary point of contact between customers, internal departments, and suppliers while ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with customer requirements.

This position requires a hands‑on approach and a willingness to spend significant time at customer facilities during critical project phases. The Project Manager / Technical Project Engineer will travel to customer locations to supervise installations, coordinate contractors and customer personnel, support commissioning activities, resolve project issues, and ensure successful execution through final acceptance.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously from quotation handoff through final customer acceptance.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, risk registers, and resource requirements.
• Lead project kickoff meetings with customers, internal stakeholders, engineering, operations, and suppliers.
• Monitor project progress and initiate corrective actions when risks, scope changes, or delays arise.
• Maintain accountability for project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Serve as the primary customer contact throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide clear, timely project status updates, meeting minutes, action-item lists, and executive summaries.
• Facilitate technical discussions, customer design reviews, equipment inspections, and project meetings.
• Maintain professional relationships with customers, suppliers, installation partners, and strategic vendors.
• Address customer concerns promptly while keeping expectations aligned with contractual scope and project objectives.
• Work closely with mechanical, electrical, controls, manufacturing, service, and quality teams.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables and review technical drawings, specifications, layouts, and documentation.
• Track engineering changes and ensure design modifications are properly evaluated, documented, and approved.
• Support technical problem-solving, root cause analysis, and corrective‑action activities during project execution.

• Coordinate procurement activities, supplier schedules, production timelines, and internal manufacturing milestones.
• Monitor manufacturing progress and identify bottlenecks before they impact delivery schedules.
• Use ERP/MRP systems and project tools to track materials, purchase orders, inventory status, labor progress, and delivery commitments.
• Work with operations, quality, and production…