Technical Project Manager Motion Solutions

The Technical Project Manager Motion Solutions supports moderately complex engineering and manufacturing projects from planning through delivery. This role applies developing professional expertise established project management practices and company procedures to coordinate scope schedules technical requirements documentation and cross-functional deliverables. The position partners with Engineering Operations Supply Chain Sales vendors and other internal stakeholders to track progress against milestones resolve day-to-day project issues escalate non-routine concerns and support successful production readiness and project execution.

Primary Duties:

Project Management & Execution

• Coordinate assigned engineering and manufacturing projects through the project life cycle including planning scope definition execution tracking and delivery.
• Develop and maintain project schedules action plans resource needs and deliverable timelines using established project management tools and practices.
• Track progress against milestones budgetary guidelines and performance indicators; prepare routine project updates for management review.
• Support equipment installation commissioning process validation and production readiness activities for new or modified manufacturing processes.
• Identify day-to-day project issues recommend solutions within defined procedures and escalate more complex matters to management or senior technical staff.

Risk Management & FMEA

• Facilitate DFMEA and PFMEA sessions to assess risk in designs fixtures equipment and process flows.
• Identify and prioritize potential failure modes; develop mitigation strategies and verify effectiveness.
• Maintain risk registers and ensure lessons learned are fed back into design and process improvements.
• Lead structured problem-solving activities (5-Why Fishbone DMAIC) when issues arise during development or ramp.

Engineering Coordination & Technical Development

• Coordinate with engineers technicians designers drafters and production teams to support satisfactory delivery of assigned technical projects.
• Help translate product designs approved specifications and customer requirements into manufacturable scalable processes.
• Support fixture tooling and special equipment development including concept review prototype coordination functional evaluation and validation activities.
• Ensure engineering documentation bills of materials process specifications validation records and work instructions are accurate and ready for production handoff.

Preventative Maintenance & Equipment Reliability

• Develop preventative maintenance (PM) plans for all new fixtures tools and manufacturing equipment introduced through projects.
• Collaborate with Maintenance and Production Engineering to define PM schedules spare parts lists and reliability expectations.
• Ensure PM requirements are integrated into factory systems (CMMS/ERP) before project closure.
• Track equipment performance and downtime trends to drive continuous reliability improvement.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Build productive internal and external working relationships to support project goals issue resolution and timely communication.
• Coordinate with Engineering on technical requirements design changes fixture development and manufacturability considerations.
• Partner with Supply Chain and vendors to support sourcing of fixtures tooling materials and long-lead equipment.
• Work with Sales Product Management Production and Operations to clarify requirements communicate project status support process setup operator training and changeover readiness.
• May provide guidance to lower-level employees or peers on project processes documentation standards and routine project coordination activities.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain project documentation including schedules FMEAs validation reports PM plans and engineering change records.
• Prepare status updates for leadership and facilitate cross-functional reviews.
• Ensure compliance with quality systems regulatory requirements and internal audit standards.
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Electrical Industrial Manufacturing Engineering Project Management or a related technical field preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of related experience in technical project management engineering coordination manufacturing engineering industrialization or a related environment.
• Experience supporting moderately complex projects involving planning scope definition design coordination execution milestone tracking and delivery.
• Experience coordinating with engineering production supply chain vendors and internal stakeholders to support project deliverables and production readiness.
• Project Management certification or related training is a plus.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Developing professional knowledge of project management practices engineering processes manufacturing readiness and technical documentation.
• Ability to apply company policies defined procedures and known technical practices to resolve day-to-day project issues of moderate scope.
• Solid working knowledge of project scheduling milestone tracking documentation control and project reporting.
• Working knowledge of FMEA root-cause analysis risk registers validation activities and continuous improvement tools.
• Ability to build productive working relationships with customers vendors managers and cross-functional internal teams.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to prepare clear project updates document decisions and communicate status or risks.
• Good analytical organizational mathematical and problem-solving skills with sound judgment in escalating non-routine issues.
• Hands-on exposure to fixtures tooling equipment light automation quality systems or manufacturing processes preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools; experience with ERP systems such as Epicor Prophet 21 or P21 preferred.
• Valid drivers license and acceptable driving record required if driving is part of the role in accordance with company guidelines.
• Ability to be on-site required to support collaborative branch and project operations.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The essential functions of this position require the employee to perform the following physical activities and work in the following environments:

• Work environments may include warehouses with moving equipment fluctuating temperatures and varied storage arrangements as well as offices manufacturing facilities machine shops agricultural operations and customer sites.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 70 pounds is required.
• Physical activities may include stooping reaching above shoulder level pushing pulling prolonged walking or standing on concrete flooring and climbing ladders as needed.
• The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those employees encounter while performing the essential functions of the position.
• Must be physically present in the office or branch as needed to perform the essential functions of the role.
• Up to 50% of travel is required by automobile and/or air travel.
• Regular and reliable attendance is required.

Salary: $93-$120k plus incentive DOE

Additional Information:

MFCP participates in E-Verify.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age race sex color religion national origin marital status sexual orientation veteran status military status disability genetic information or any other applicable status protected by federal state or local law.

Candidates are subject to pre-employment criminal background screening drug screening DMV record review and reference checks.

Required Experience:

IC