Senior Project Manager – Industrial Automation & Custom Machinery

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Senior Project Manager – Industrial Automation & Custom Machinery


Remote | Approximately 25% Travel
Position Overview


An established industrial engineering and integration company is seeking a
Senior Project Manager
to lead customer projects involving industrial machinery, automation and control systems, and custom material handling equipment.


This remote position offers the opportunity to manage projects from contract award through design, fabrication, installation, startup, and final customer acceptance. The Senior Project Manager will coordinate engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and field service resources to deliver projects on schedule, within budget, and to customer specifications.


The ideal candidate is an organized, dependable leader with strong project management, personnel leadership, and customer relationship skills, along with experience supporting industrial equipment or automation projects.


Key Responsibilities


Project Leadership & Delivery

• Serve as the primary customer contact from project kickoff through final acceptance.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, resource plans, and status reports.
• Manage project budgets, monitor costs against estimates, and maintain project profitability.
• Identify scope changes, prepare change orders, and obtain customer approval.
• Track project risks and issues, developing solutions to keep projects on schedule.
• Prepare project estimates and supplemental quotes in support of sales activities.
• Manage project closeout, final documentation, customer sign-off, and billing milestones.

Electrical & Automation Projects

• Review project requirements, deliverables, and schedules with customers.
• Support procurement of electrical components and materials.
• Coordinate the design, fabrication, and installation of electrical control panels.
• Oversee testing, debugging, startup, and commissioning activities through customer ...