Project Manager- Manufacturing

Join our Central Region team as a Project Manager and become an employee of a nationally recognized Top Workplace
! Guarantee Electrical Company has grown into one of the nation's foremost providers of electrical contracting services and systems solutions. This specific role would focus on supporting our Industrial team.

Guarantee is 100% employee owned, making each member of the Guarantee team an essential partner in building our successful future. Guarantee offers a rewarding career path, a competitive salary, and excellent benefits package. This includes a fully company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

We offer exciting benefits with a competitive salary based on knowledge and experience. Employees are also eligible for annual discretionary bonuses. We offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, accidental, critical illness, life and disability insurances, vacation/sick time, and a matching 401K plan.

We value giving back to our communities through community outreach and volunteering. Some of our favorites being Pedal the Cause, KIDstruction, Big Brothers Big Sisters and more!

The Manufacturing Project Manager (MFG PM) is responsible for managing the planning, estimating, budgeting, scheduling, execution, cost control, reporting, and performance of manufacturing work orders and manufacturing-driven project deliverables. The Manufacturing Project Manager serves as the primary business and operational liaison between Manufacturing Operations, Purchasing, Advanced Construction Planning (ACP), Warehouse, Shipping & Receiving, Production Leadership, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), and Project Operations.

This position develops manufacturing work order estimates, establishes labor and material budgets, tracks productivity performance, manages manufacturing schedules and workflows, and provides operational and financial reporting. The Manufacturing Project Manager supports the Operations Manager in driving accountability, continuous improvement, operational excellence, and workforce development while ensuring manufacturing deliverables are completed safely, accurately, efficiently, and on schedule.

• Prepare detailed estimates for manufacturing work orders, assemblies, fabrication packages, field support kits, and special projects.
• Develop labor-hour estimates, production budgets, equipment costs, material forecasts, and contingency planning.
• Collaborate with ACP personnel to validate constructability assumptions, manufacturing methods, labor requirements, and fabrication strategies.
• Establish work order budgets and communicate estimated labor hours, schedules, production requirements, and costs to Manufacturing General Foremen and production leadership.
• Support proposal development and manufacturing scope assessments for project pursuits and internal opportunities.

• Develop and maintain manufacturing work order schedules and execution plans.
• Coordinate production workflows to align with manufacturing capacity, manpower availability, material readiness, and field delivery requirements.
• Manage active manufacturing work orders from estimate through closeout.
• Identify resource constraints, schedule risks, material shortages, and production bottlenecks.
• Coordinate sequence planning for fabrication, assembly, kitting, packaging, and delivery activities.
• Lead work order kickoff meetings and readiness reviews.

• Monitor work order budgets, labor utilization, production costs, equipment costs, and material expenditures.
• Track earned versus spent labor hours.
• Analyze budget variances and identify corrective actions.
• Develop monthly and annual manufacturing cost reports.
• Provide operational and financial reporting to the Operations Manager and leadership team.
• Maintain manufacturing performance dashboards and KPI reporting systems.
• Support annual operating budget development and forecasting activities.

• Measure productivity performance against estimated labor hours and production targets.
• Conduct productivity analysis and identify opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiency.
• Review labor utilization trends and production throughput.
• Communicate productivity results and performance metrics to Manufacturing General…