Project Manager

Project Manager (Industrial manufacturing)

Birmingham, AL | $90,000–$130,000 + Excellent Benefits

Salary: $90,000–$130,000 per year (negotiable depending on experience)

Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Schedule: 40 hours per week

Experience Required: Minimum 3 years of relevant project management experience

Benefits Package

• Competitive salary of $90,000–$130,000.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Up to 5 weeks of paid time off (PTO), based on years of service.
• 9 paid holidays annually.
• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance.
• Life insurance and AD&D coverage.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Long-term care insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Annual service awards.
• Long-term career development opportunities.

About the Opportunity

Willcox Matthews is recruiting an experienced Project Manager for an established and growing industrial engineering and automation company in Birmingham, Alabama.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful engineering organization and take responsibility for managing multiple technically challenging projects, with individual project values reaching $4 million.

The successful candidate will oversee projects from initial kickoff through engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and final customer acceptance.

You'll work closely with engineering teams, suppliers, subcontractors, and customers to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.

Our client is particularly interested in candidates with experience in industrial automation, controls engineering, robotics, or systems integration. However, direct automation experience is not essential.

Experienced Project Managers from industrial manufacturing, engineering, machinery, capital equipment, and other technical environments are strongly encouraged to apply.

This position offers excellent compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, significant project ownership, and genuine opportunities for long-term career development.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple industrial engineering and automation projects simultaneously, with individual project values of up to $4 million.
• Take ownership of projects from initial planning and kickoff through installation, commissioning, and final customer acceptance.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, milestones, and delivery plans.
• Coordinate engineering, purchasing, fabrication, integration, testing, and installation activities.
• Monitor project expenditure, including labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractor costs.
• Manage project scope, change orders, cost forecasts, and budget variations.
• Identify project risks, resource constraints, and potential delays, implementing corrective actions when required.
• Coordinate Controls Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, fabrication teams, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Act as the primary point of contact for customers, providing regular updates on project progress and deliverables.
• Lead project meetings, manage action items, and ensure effective communication between stakeholders.
• Oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), equipment installation, commissioning, and customer acceptance.
• Ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and within budget.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, financial reports, and customer records.

Candidate Requirements

Essential

• Minimum 3 years of project management or project leadership experience in an industrial, manufacturing, engineering, equipment, or related technical environment.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and cost management skills.
• Experience coordinating engineering teams, technical personnel, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects from initial planning through successful completion.
• Strong customer relationship management and communication skills.
• Experience managing project scope, change orders, deadlines, and budgets.
• Ability to understand technical proposals, engineering drawings, and equipment specifications.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency with project scheduling software, spreadsheets, and project documentation.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record.

Desirable

• 5+ years of industrial or engineering project management experience.
• Experience managing industrial automation or controls engineering projects.
• Knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, robotics, and industrial control systems.
• Experience with custom machinery, capital equipment, or manufacturing automation.
• Background in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Experience with systems integration, equipment installation, and commissioning.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Engineering, Engineering Technology, Project Management, or related degree.
• PMP certification or equivalent.