Project Manager, Quality Engineering, CAD​/ AutoCAD​/ Mechanical Design

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for customers throughout the entire project lifecycle, building trust and ensuring clear, consistent communication.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute projects while maintaining firm control over scope, timelines, and budgets to meet customer and organizational objectives.
• Interpret customer specifications and requirements and translate them into clear, actionable project deliverables for engineering and production teams.
• Monitor and manage changes affecting project scope, schedule, and cost, ensuring that all stakeholders understand and approve adjustments.
• Produce and deliver accurate drawing packages to manufacturing, ensuring all documentation is complete, current, and aligned with customer expectations.
• Partner closely with production teams to ensure product quality, resolve questions, and support smooth handoffs from design to build.
• Identify project challenges early, troubleshoot issues, and make timely, well-informed decisions to keep projects on track.
• Uphold and enforce quality standards across all phases of the project, from initial design through final delivery.
• Build and sustain strong, long-term customer relationships by providing responsive service, technical clarity, and reliable project outcomes.
• Assign work to engineering and production team members, ensuring tasks are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned with project goals.
• Oversee and track work progress for engineering and production teams, providing guidance, removing obstacles, and coordinating cross‑functional efforts.
• Track project metrics such as schedule adherence, cost performance, and quality outcomes, and use this data to evaluate project results.
• Document lessons learned at the conclusion of projects and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the project management function.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, quality assurance, planning, and manufacturing teams to ensure cohesive execution and hands‑on project impact.
• Participate in hands‑on onboarding and mentorship activities, both as a learner and, over time, as a contributor to the development of other Project Managers.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Project Management.
• 1–3 years of experience managing projects in an industrial or manufacturing setting.
• At least 1 year of experience reading AutoCAD drawings and specifications.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
• Ability to interpret customer specifications and convert them into clear technical and project requirements.
• Experience working with engineering and production teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD for reviewing and understanding drawings and specifications.
• Foundational understanding of engineering principles, with exposure to electrical engineering or related disciplines.
• Strong communication skills for engaging with customers and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ability to identify issues, troubleshoot problems, and make timely, well‑informed decisions.
• Capability to uphold and enforce quality standards across all project phases.
• Organizational skills to manage multiple projects, track metrics, and document outcomes.

• Experience with design tools such as Solid Works and Micro Station.
• Background or exposure in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or related technical fields.
• Experience managing industrial and construction‑focused projects where production and installation work are performed by specialized teams.
• Comfort working with cross‑functional teams including engineering, quality assurance, planning, and manufacturing.
• Interest in continuous improvement and documenting lessons learned to enhance future project performance.
• Motivation to grow within a structured project management career ladder with increasing responsibility and influence.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑growing organization with long‑term stability and an expanding manufacturing footprint.

This role is based primarily in an office setting within a rapidly growing engineering and…