Senior Technical Project Manager

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will:

• Lead and coordinate the engineering team from pre-award activities through final project closeout.
• Conduct scope-of-work reviews with engineering teams and ensure the complete project scope is clearly understood.
• Review contract documents, identify technical and commercial requirements, and track project compliance.
• Develop and monitor the engineering schedule in coordination with the overall project schedule.
• Partner closely with Project Managers and other departments to keep project activities aligned.
• Coordinate designs and engineering activities with other Dürr entities and global teams.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for customers, contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Facilitate project coordination meetings and support technical decision-making.
• Clarify and finalize technical bid documents.
• Prepare monthly project progress reports and customer updates.
• Develop project cost reports, cockpit charts, and cash-flow projections where applicable.
• Monitor project costs, schedules, milestones, and site activities.
• Identify, manage, and control project risks.
• Develop corrective actions and recovery plans when project activities fall behind schedule.
• Monitor site activities for schedule compliance, cost performance, quality, and health and safety requirements.
• Work within the guidelines of the Dürr Group Project Management Manual.
• Mentor Associate Project Managers and graduate trainees.
• Lead internal project closeout meetings and prepare final closeout reports.
• Complete project closeout activities with the customer and support collection of final payment.
• Review and approve customer warranty requests.

• Perform other related duties as assigned

• Bachelor Degree in appropriate subject (e.g. Engineering, Construction Management)
• Minimum 3 years of automotive paint facility project execution experience
• Knowledge of Paint & Final assembly Systems (PFS) such as Pre-Treatment & E-Coat systems, work decks and application systems, building utility systems, spray booths and paint application systems, ovens, coolers systems used in automotive manufacturing facilities
• Strong leadership, negotiation, and decision making ability
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Proficient with Microsoft Office:
  Word, Excel, and Power Point
• Knowledge of SAP is a plus
• Ability to understand and maintain project schedules
• Good time management skills
• Good organizational skills
• Good verbal communication skills
• Good technical writing skills
• Able to effectively communicate with engineering and estimating departments, contractors, suppliers, and customers
• Able to work well independently and in a team environment
• Able to technically define problems and propose solutions
• Adaptable to change in a learning environment
• Willing and able to work overtime, weekends, and holidays when necessary

We’re looking for a technically knowledgeable project leader who can manage complex engineering work streams, communicate effectively with customers, and keep multidisciplinary teams focused on successful project execution.

Ideal qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• At least three years of project execution experience within automotive paint facilities.
• Knowledge of automotive paint and final assembly systems, including:
  • Pretreatment and electrocoat systems
  • Work decks and application systems
  • Building utility systems
  • Spray booths and paint application systems
  • Industrial ovens and cooling systems
• Experience managing engineering schedules, project costs, technical deliverables, and customer requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret contracts, technical specifications, scope documents, and project schedules.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to technically define problems, evaluate alternatives, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong organizational, time-management, and project-coordination skills.
• Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, estimating, project management, contractors, suppliers,…