Project Manager - Hydraulic Integration

Project Manager - Hydraulic Integration

Experience: Senior Level

Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 per year

Project Leadership & Execution

You’ll work closely with engineering teams while owning project execution—keeping timelines on track, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing customer expectations, and ensuring complex retrofit projects move efficiently from concept through deployment.

Location:

Glendale Heights, IL 60139
Onsite role
Occasional travel based on customer needs/project milestones

• Lead customer-driven systems integration and retrofit projects from concept through deployment
• Own project schedules, budgets, milestones, and execution timelines
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, operations, and leadership teams
• Drive retrofit builds, testing, validation, and deployment readiness
• Serve as primary point of communication for project updates, risks, and customer expectations
• Identify execution bottlenecks and drive solutions quickly
  
  Improve internal project execution processes and accountability

• Experience leading technical projects in manufacturing, OEM equipment, automation, industrial systems, or fluid power environments
• Strong project ownership involving timelines, budgets, and customer deliverables
• Experience using Microsoft Project, Gantt charts, or similar project planning tools to manage complex technical project timelines
• Ability to work effectively with engineering teams and technical stakeholders
  
  Experience with integration projects, retrofits, installations, deployments, or customer-specific engineered solutions
• Strong communication skills with both technical teams and customers

• Hydraulics
• Fluid power systems
• MOur Clientle equipment
• Electro-mechanical integration
• Automation systems
• Custom manufacturing environments

We are a growing manufacturer focused on advanced fluid power systems supporting OEM customers across multiple industrial markets. Our Advanced Systems team develops custom retrofit and integration solutions that help customers improve equipment performance through hydraulic, mechanical, and electro-mechanical upgrades.

• Base compensation targeted at $125-$145k (DOE) + annual bonus
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment
• Employer-paid life insurance and AD&D coverage
• Employer-paid short-term disability coverage
• 3-5 weeks of vacation, depending on experience
• Lead high-visibility customer projects that directly impact major OEM equipment programs
• Join a growing business focused on advanced fluid power systems and custom integration work
• Work on complex hydraulic, mechanical, and electro-mechanical projects—not repetitive maintenance work
• Gain direct exposure to leadership and play a key role in improving project execution processes
• Opportunity to help scale customer-specific solutions into broader long-term product opportunities