Project Engineering Manager

Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Relocation assistance available!

Our client is a well-established manufacturing organization seeking an experienced Project Engineering Manager to lead its project engineering team and support successful manufacturing operations. This position will be responsible for managing engineering activities from project planning through execution while balancing quality, cost, efficiency, safety, and customer requirements.

The ideal candidate will bring strong project engineering leadership, manufacturing knowledge, and the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, engineering teams, and plant leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership for the Project Engineering function, with a strong emphasis on workplace safety, quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
• Partner with Environmental, Health & Safety leadership to support and maintain a safe manufacturing environment and ensure adherence to applicable safety policies and procedures.
• Establish departmental goals, performance objectives, and operating strategies that support both short- and long-term business priorities.
• Manage departmental workload, resources, schedules, and personnel to ensure engineering projects remain on track.
• Lead and supervise Project Engineers, providing direction, coaching, performance feedback, and development goals.
• Ensure engineering work is completed in accordance with sound engineering practices, customer requirements, specifications, and applicable quality standards.
• Work directly with customers to understand technical requirements, applications, special installations, modifications, and other project needs.
• Review engineering designs and provide technical guidance to improve manufacturability, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and ensure dimensional accuracy.
• Develop engineering labor-hour estimates and project cost projections to support quoting and new business activities.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, operations, management, and other internal teams regarding production capabilities, schedules, resource requirements, and process considerations.
• Monitor project progress, schedules, budgets, and deliverables and communicate status, risks, and issues to senior leadership.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, increased productivity, and cost reduction across manufacturing operations.
• Stay current with developments in engineering, manufacturing technology, tooling, materials, and product design.
• Prioritize and delegate engineering assignments based on business needs, project requirements, and available resources.
• Ensure projects and engineering activities support production objectives while maintaining established quality and customer requirements.
• Prepare and present project and departmental reports to leadership as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Approximately 5–7 years of experience in project engineering management or a comparable engineering leadership role (metal casting experience is a huge plus!)
• Previous experience supervising or leading engineering personnel.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, machining practices, tooling, and material characteristics.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation, including engineering drawings, blueprints, work orders, manufacturing plans, schedules, and specifications.
• Familiarity with ISO/TS or similar quality management systems and related manufacturing standards.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information to employees, customers, management, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing project estimates, managing engineering resources, and monitoring project budgets and schedules.
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations.

Technical & Communication Skills:

The successful candidate should be comfortable working with technical documentation and applying mathematical concepts such as measurements, ratios, percentages, fractions, and proportions to manufacturing and engineering situations.

Strong written and verbal communication skills are required, including the ability to prepare reports, document technical information, provide instruction, and communicate solutions to complex problems.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements:

This position operates within a manufacturing environment and may involve exposure to moving equipment, machinery, fumes, airborne particles, and moderate levels of noise.

The role may require:

• Frequent sitting, speaking, listening, and use of hands for handling tools, equipment, controls, and measuring devices.
• Periodic standing and walking throughout the manufacturing facility.
• Occasional lifting or moving of materials or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Use of precision measurement equipment and other manufacturing-related tools.
• Close visual work and the ability to adjust focus.

Safety Requirements:

Safety is a fundamental part of this position. Safety glasses and safety footwear are required in designated manufacturing areas, with additional personal protective equipment used as required based on the task or work environment.

Pay: $140,000.00 - $155,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Have you completed the following level of education: Bachelor's Degree?
• Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?
• Will you now or in the future need sponsorship?
• Do you have metal casting experience?
• How many years of Project Engineering Management experience do you have?

Work Location: In person