Project Manager - Delivery Assurance

Job Title:

Project Manager
- Delivery Assurance (Contract to Hire)

Location: Columbus, OH, Westerville area
Industry: Data Center Manufacturing
Onsite Requirement: 4 days per week onsite
Relocation Requirement: Must be willing to relocate upon conversion to FTE
Contract Duration: 3–6 months, now through December 31, 2026, with strong possibility of extension
Contract to Hire: Yes
Pay Rate: $100/hour
Employment Type: 1099
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizens only; no visa sponsorship available

We are seeking a hands‑on Program / Project Manager
- Delivery Assurance to support large‑scale manufacturing execution within the data center manufacturing sector. This role will support a dedicated manufacturing tower aligned to a specific client and product line, such as Power Skids, Smart Run, UPS, PDU, XDU, Thermal
, or related data center infrastructure products.

This position will work closely with the Sr. Program Manager of Delivery Assurance and the Director of Large Program Execution to help drive day‑to‑day visibility, schedule coordination, action tracking, materials readiness, issue resolution, reporting, and delivery execution across assigned builds. While the Sr. Program Manager will own higher‑level delivery assurance and tower‑level execution strategy, this role will provide strong project management support to ensure tasks, risks, blockers, and recovery actions are tracked and driven to closure.

The ideal candidate has manufacturing, supply chain, operations, project management, or program coordination experience in a fast‑paced production environment. This person should be comfortable working on the factory floor, coordinating with cross‑functional teams, managing project details, preparing leadership updates, and supporting execution against committed customer delivery schedules.

• Support delivery execution for an assigned manufacturing tower or product line dedicated to a specific client.

• Partner with the Sr. Program Manager of Delivery Assurance to monitor daily build progress, schedule adherence, material readiness, and shipment readiness.

• Track work‑in‑progress against customer required dates, production plans, and committed delivery milestones.

• Identify at‑risk builds, open issues, missing actions, or schedule concerns and escalate to the appropriate owner.

• Help maintain visibility into all active builds within the assigned tower or product scope.

• Support follow‑through on recovery actions until issues are closed.

• Maintain project trackers, action logs, RAIL logs, issue lists, risk logs, and delivery status reports.

• Support daily and weekly schedule reviews by collecting updates from production, materials, quality, test, engineering, and planning teams.

• Track assigned actions, owners, due dates, dependencies, and escalation needs.

• Help coordinate schedule recovery activities, pull‑ahead opportunities, and mitigation plans as directed by program leadership.

• Document slippages, blockers, risks, and recovery actions in a clear and organized manner.

• Ensure execution details are visible and current for the Sr. Program Manager, Director of Large Program Execution, and factory leadership.

• Assist in validating that required components, subassemblies, and materials are available before build start.

• Partner with Materials, Master Data, Planning, and Supply Chain teams to track shortages, incorrect attributes, alternates, or ERP configuration issues.

• Support confirmation that BOM revisions used in the factory align with current released versions.

• Help coordinate with Engineering on design clarifications, part substitutions, and build readiness questions.

• Track issues related to ERP configurability, purchase order setup, material staging, and production readiness.

• Escalate material constraints that could impact delivery commitments.

• Serve as a project coordination link across operations, materials, quality, test, engineering, planning, supply chain, and program leadership.

• Help ensure cross-functional stakeholders are aligned around build priorities,…