Operations Project Manager

Remote

Remote - US

St. Louis, MO, USA

Chanhassen, MN, USA

Sidney, OH, USA

Full time

JR119059

We are a global climate technologies company engineered for sustainability. We create sustainable and efficient residential, commercial and industrial spaces through HVACR technologies. We protect temperature-sensitive goods throughout the cold chain. And we bring comfort to people globally. Best-in-class engineering, design and manufacturing combined with category-leading brands in compression, controls, software and monitoring solutions result in next-generation climate technology that is built for the needs of the world ahead.

Whether you are a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring your first opportunity, or recent graduate with an advanced degree, we have opportunities that will allow you to innovate, be challenged and make an impact. Join our team and start your journey today!

The Operations Project Manager will lead and support cross-functional projects within the Operations functions of Copeland, including Manufacturing Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Operational Excellence. This role is responsible for translating business priorities into structured project plans, coordinating execution across functions, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring projects deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, customer delivery, cost, inventory, and productivity.

The successful candidate will serve as a central coordinator among plant operations, engineering, quality, procurement, planning, logistics, finance, information technology, external suppliers, and service providers. This role is designed for a candidate who combines practical operational knowledge, strong analytical skills, and disciplined project execution in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Lead small to medium operational projects, or defined work streams within larger programs, from initiation through closeout
• Develop project charters, scope statements, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and measurable success criteria
• Maintain action, risk, issue, decision, dependency, and change-control logs; ensure owners and due dates are clear and current
• Establish project governance, meeting cadence, stage-gate reviews, and concise status reporting for sponsors and stakeholders
• Monitor schedule, cost, scope, benefits, and resource performance; elevate variances with fact-based recovery recommendations
• Capture lessons learned and transition completed deliverables to process owners with documented controls and sustainment plans

• Coordinate cross-functional teams and facilitate effective working sessions, readiness reviews, and steering committee updates
• Build productive relationships with plant leadership, functional teams, suppliers, carriers, and other external partners
• Communicate project status, decisions, risks, and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Use practical change-management methods to assess stakeholder impacts, prepare communications and training, address resistance, and reinforce adoption
• Create a culture of accountability by following up on commitments and driving actions to closure

• Develop dashboards and analyses to support decisions, and monitor readiness
• Define baseline performance, target outcomes, KPI ownership, and benefit-realization tracking before implementation
• Protect confidential information and follow applicable cybersecurity, data governance, and records-management requirements

• Manufacturing Operations
• Support production readiness, capacity…