Laboratory Project Manager – Product & Fire Testing

Company Summary:

The International Code Council is the leading global source of model codes, standards, and building safety solutions. This includes product evaluation, accreditation, technology, training, and certification. ICC Codes, Standards, and solutions are used to ensure safe, affordable, and sustainable communities and buildings worldwide. While our roots are firmly planted in the development of the Codes and Standards, our growth allows us to offer many more services to support our Codes and Standards.

Subsidiary Summary:

ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) is the industry leader in technical evaluations of building products for code compliance. We are currently seeking a skilled, operations-driven Laboratory Project Manager to lead physical testing projects at our world-class fire testing facility in Bryan, TX. If you have a background in civil, mechanical, or physical engineering/construction environments and excel at managing client timelines, technical data, and physical operations, this is a prime opportunity to drive large-scale physical validation testing.

Position Summary:

The Laboratory Project Manager (Product & Fire Testing) is an active, on-site role responsible for coordinating and supervising physical product testing projects from initialization through final reporting. This position acts as the primary technical and engineering interface for commercial clients. You will manage scheduling, ensure compliance with physical laboratory setup protocols, analyze physical test progression, and direct laboratory assembly personnel. [CRITICAL NOTE: This is a 100% on-site, physical testing and engineering laboratory operations role. This is not an IT, Software Project Management, or digital QA testing position.]

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

• Project Lifecyle Management: Manage physical fire and product testing verification schedules, tracking project scope, milestones, and laboratory resources from initial technical requests to full test teardown.
• Client Interface: Act as the primary professional and technical point of contact for clients, delivering project updates, coordinating test assembly specifications, and translating raw product data into active testing protocols.
• Blueprint & Construction Review: Evaluate construction drawings, manufacturer details, and test assembly blueprints to verify setups comply with specific commercial testing standards.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Work hand-in-hand with engineering teams and physical laboratory test technicians to ensure test assemblies are safely framed, appropriately instrumented, and ready for firing timeline.
• Data Validation & Documentation: Direct the collection of technical sensor parameters (temperature, pressure, integrity data) and translate laboratory operations parameters into polished, compliant client reports.
• Compliance & Safety Leadership: Ensure all testing projects are safely executed in lockstep with laboratory standard operating procedures, ISO/IEC 17025 validation frameworks, and strict personal protective equipment (PPE) mandates.

What We're Looking For (Requirements):

• Industrial/Engineering Experience: Proven professional background managing technical projects within a physical testing laboratory, structural testing, construction operations, manufacturing, or commercial hardware engineering field.
• Technical & Blueprint Literacy: Strong mechanical aptitude with absolute proficiency reading building blueprints, structural details, and technical engineering specifications.
• Project Framework Proficiency: Confident handling physical scheduling parameters, material verification tracking, and client documentation pipelines (experience with laboratory information systems or industrial operational tools preferred).
• Clear Communicator: Exceptional verbal and written interaction skills to bridge client needs with hands-on technical and building personnel.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in civil, Mechanical, Structural, or Fire Protection Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent combination of heavy physical laboratory technical management experience.
• Environment Alignment: Clear understanding and enthusiasm for working on-site inside an active, physical laboratory environment involving heavy testing machinery, building tools, and varying indoor/outdoor temperatures.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to actively navigate the physical laboratory floor and assembly spaces throughout the shift.
• Must be comfortable working safely within environments utilizing heavy industrial machinery, high-temperature testing furnaces, and varying thermal scales.
• Must wear mandatory laboratory personal protective equipment (PPE) including safety glasses, hearing guards, and steel-toed boots as required by project configurations.

Environmental Conditions:

• Indoor lab Environment
• Must be able to work in standard office environment with artificial lighting and climate control

Disclaimer:

This description is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. The company reserves the right to change or add duties to this position as business needs require.

International Code Council offers a competitive starting salary and comprehensive benefits package that includes paid vacation and sick time, health/dental/vision insurance, 401k with generous company match immediately vested, company paid basic life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage. Additional voluntary benefit offerings are available such as critical illness insurance, flexible spending accounts, and pet insurance.