Senior Technical Program Manager, Production Engineering

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own the program plan for production engineering projects, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, and acceptance criteria, keeping it current on milestones, deliverables, and percent complete, and managing scope…
• Drive throughput, yield, uptime, and cost-per-unit improvement programs from problem definition through qualification and handoff to operations
• Sequence engineering work around production and planned outage windows with operations and maintenance
• Run the commissioning and qualification path for new and modified equipment, including factory and site acceptance testing, safety review, and operational readiness
• Coordinate across process, mechanical, electrical, controls, quality, environment, health and safety, supply chain, and operations to close dependencies and unblock the team
• Track and report program status, key metrics, and dashboards for site and executive review, surfacing risks early and escalating delays with options rather than problems
• Run post-project reviews, roll learnings into the next program, and mentor other program managers on planning, reporting, and risk management

Job requirements

• BS or MS in Engineering, or other evidence of exceptional ability
• 2-6 years of program or project management experience in a manufacturing, process, or heavy industrial environment
• Track record delivering production ramp, capacity expansion, or continuous improvement programs inside an operating plant
• Able to read piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), process flow diagrams, and equipment specifications, and hold a technical conversation with the engineers doing the work
• Experience running commissioning, qualification, or operational readiness for production equipment
• Familiarity with lean and continuous improvement methods including root cause analysis, DMAIC, and Kaizen; PMP or Green Belt preferred but not required
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Project
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills