Project Manager, Operations Management

Viking Masek is a family-owned, privately held company with a culture that’s a unique mix of tradition and dynamic, employee-led change and growth.

The positive momentum led us to expanded facilities and a great team – and we’re growing fast! Join a team where your talents make a real impact.

Sheboygan offers great work-life balance. Take a peek into the city, its people, and a culture that feels like home.

Viking Masek Packaging Technologies provides innovative packaging automation for food, beverage, health, medical, and consumer goods manufacturers globally. We offer advanced solutions like vertical form fill seal (VFFS), premade pouch, stick pack machines, flow wrapping equipment, case packers, and cartoners. At Viking Masek we focus on innovation and integration, delivering complete packaging automation solutions to optimize production lines worldwide.

When you join us, you'll find:

• Purpose-driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe.
• Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential.
• A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive.

Be part of something bigger. At Viking Masek, your contributions will ripple far beyond the workplace - creating lasting change.

Job Description:

As a Project Manager, you will lead and coordinate the successful execution of packaging automation projects from quote through completion. You will own project scope, schedules, resources, budgets, and customer communication while working across departments to deliver high-quality solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations.

Serving as the central point of contact for customers and internal stakeholders, you will guide projects through the full lifecycle, proactively manage risks and changes, and facilitate solutions to challenges that arise along the way. A strong understanding of mechanical systems, automation, and manufacturing processes is essential to effectively interpret technical requirements and keep teams aligned around project goals.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Project Execution: Develop and maintain detailed project plans covering scope, schedules, resources, milestones, and budgets. Manage multiple concurrent projects from kickoff through delivery and commissioning while proactively adjusting plans to keep projects on track.
• Align Cross-Functional Teams: Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Sales, and other internal teams to align project goals, deliverables, timelines, and priorities. Facilitate project meetings and status updates while driving accountability across teams.
• Manage Customer Relationships: Serve as the primary point of contact for customers throughout the project lifecycle. Translate customer needs into actionable project requirements, provide regular updates, manage expectations, and professionally navigate scope changes.
• Oversee Technical Execution: Interpret mechanical and automation system specifications and work with technical teams to ensure project requirements are understood and achievable. Oversee design reviews, factory acceptance testing (FAT), and site acceptance testing (SAT) to support successful project delivery.
• Manage Risk & Change: Identify project risks early and develop strategies to mitigate them. Manage changes to scope, schedule, and cost while minimizing disruption and keeping stakeholders informed.
• Drive Project Success: Monitor project performance against deadlines, budgets, and customer expectations. Facilitate the resolution of project challenges and technical issues while maintaining alignment across internal and external stakeholders.
• Improve & Learn: Conduct post-project reviews and capture lessons learned to improve future project execution. Identify…