<>Technical Project Manager – Factory Design & Engineering
Work Location: Austin, TX
Pay Rate: $50–$55/hr
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 5–10 Years
Experience Required: 5+ Years
Industry: Manufacturing / Industrial Engineering
Certification: PMP Preferred
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to coordinate and manage factory design and engineering projects within a large-scale manufacturing environment.
This role will oversee project planning, factory design execution, cross-functional coordination, change management, and construction readiness.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of factory layouts, industrial engineering, equipment integration, and infrastructure requirements, along with proven experience managing technical projects, schedules, stakeholder commitments, and engineering deliverables.
Key Responsibilities
1. Factory Design & Project Execution
- Oversee factory design projects from concept development through engineering reviews, construction readiness, and final implementation.
- Coordinate factory design deliverables with engineering, construction, equipment installation, and operational readiness activities.
- Ensure design activities align with manufacturing requirements and operational deadlines.
2. Project Planning & Schedule Management
- Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, milestones, resource plans, and deliverable commitments.
- Track project progress and ensure forecasted completion dates align with operational requirements.
- Identify schedule deviations and proactively drive corrective actions.
3. Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
- Coordinate with Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Construction, EHS, and Operations teams.
- Define project scope, technical requirements, ownership, responsibilities, and execution priorities.
- Drive stakeholder alignment and timely decision-making.
4. Change Request & Ticket Management
- Manage the complete change request process using MaintainX, Quickbase, or similar platforms.
- Track change requests from initiation and scope documentation through approvals, execution, and closure.
- Assign stakeholders, monitor progress, and ensure timely resolution of outstanding requests.
5. Factory Layout Planning & Governance
- Coordinate factory master layout updates, equipment placement reviews, and space allocation decisions.
- Manage design reviews, approvals, revisions, and documentation.
- Ensure factory layouts remain aligned with manufacturing and industrial engineering requirements.
6. Risk Management & Program Reporting
- Identify design conflicts, infrastructure constraints, execution dependencies, and project risks.
- Maintain project dashboards, milestone trackers, action logs, and decision records.
- Prepare weekly status reports covering project progress, schedule variance, risks, and stakeholder commitments.
7. Construction Integration & Operational Readiness
- Standardize design review, approval, and documentation workflows.
- Coordinate engineering deliverables with construction schedules and equipment installation activities.
- Support construction handoffs and operational readiness documentation.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in technical project management or program management within manufacturing, factory design, industrial engineering, or construction environments.
- Understanding of factory layouts, equipment integration, material flow, and infrastructure requirements.
- Experience with MaintainX, Quickbase, or similar change management and ticketing platforms.
- Strong experience in project scheduling, milestone tracking, stakeholder coordination, risk assessment, and progress reporting.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), and Bluebeam.
- Strong technical coordination, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP certification.
- Experience managing factory design, facility expansion, or manufacturing infrastructure projects.
- Experience coordinating engineering, construction, and manufacturing teams.
- Familiarity with factory layout governance, engineering change management, and construction handoff processes.
Key Deliverables
- Integrated factory design schedules, milestones, and program dashboards.
- MaintainX/Quickbase change request records with scope, ownership, approvals, and closure details.
- Stakeholder commitment trackers, action logs, and schedule variance reports.
- Factory layout review, approval, and revision-control records.
- Risk registers, decision logs, and weekly program status reports.
- Construction handoff packages and operational readiness documentation.
Interested candidates with technical project management experience in manufacturing, factory design, and engineering environments are encouraged to apply.
