Manufacturing Project Manager

Manufacturing Project Manager: Rare opportunity for individual to multi-task on the full span of metal working and machine assembly roles in custom precision machining job shop.

Work with top-tier custom machining, tooling, fabrication and assembly team to create industrial manufacturing components ranging from prototypes to finished tooling, modules, assemblies and mass-production, continuous process, full-scale industrial production machines.

If you are an expert manufacturing project manager who wants a long-term career with a well-established (1919) privately-owned, single-location company in Virginia, apply now for a job with our 36-member team.

• Work in air-conditioned, well-equipped, spacious offices and three-bay machining job shop facility.
• New 5-Axis CNC machining machines have recently been added to meet demand.
• Customer base includes manufacturers for consumer and federal marketplaces.
• Make unique parts and fabricate variety of one-off custom components and machines.
• Large and heavy unique parts manufacturing experience is a definite plus.
• Some of our most senior personnel are nearing retirement, so apply right now.
• The West Engineering Company team is a great blend of engineers and skilled trades people.

Location: Adjacent to Interstate 95, in Hanover County, in college town, on the north side of metro-Richmond, Virginia.

Is this you?

• You seek to be the best at whatever task is at hand.
• You can visualize, plan, and get first-rate results.
• You can figure things out and make them happen.
• You are a self-starter and a team player.
• You are creative and thrive on project management challenges.
• You can also cheerfully accomplish the mundane.
• You prioritize safety, quality, and integrity.
• You like a good challenge and seek to expand your knowledge.
• You strive to learn and continue to grow your talents.
• You aspire to be part of a skilled "make-it-happen" team.
• You are a proficient communicator with excellent ability to read, write, speak, listen, concentrate and comprehend complex technical situations.
• You like to be genuinely appreciated. If this describes you, grab this opportunity and apply right now!

But, are you a qualified candidate? You must be able to estimate, schedule, procure and manage all resources to assure timely results on custom jobs within operational constraints like manning, work center schedules, in accord with job cost estimates, contracted terms and fulfillment budgets. Interested? Then please read on .....

• Your current or past job titles might include Project Manager, Program Manager, Portfolio Manager, Machine Design Engineer, or Machine Shop lead roles like Owner-Estimator-Superintendent, etc.
• You have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in a one-off precision machining job shop engaged in all fabrication phases of complex finished products or assemblies, etc.
• You are adept with the use of CAD/CAM software.
• Your education might include an engineering degree, MBA, and you already are a PMI credentialed PMP. While not mandatory, those having such credentials are encouraged to apply.
• Methodologies like Agile, Six Sigma, Kanban, Scrum, Waterfall, XP, and Lean are second nature to your mindset when you are doing project planning, and you are adept with Office and project planning software.
• You have a positive attitude and are an effective problem-solver.
• You have a business development perspective and are at ease communicating and coordinating with all levels of customer project engineering and procurement organizations.
• You can keep a good sense of humor and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on multiple simultaneous projects.

If you can qualify to join the West Engineering Company team, each day you will be doing a wide variety of functions and doing different tasks in this business. Your actions as a Manufacturing Project Manager are to "make-it-happen", including:

• Being focused on and accomplishing the details of each step such as those listed below for each assigned project in cooperation with shop leadership, foremen and a mix of crafts-persons (machinists, welders, cutters, coaters, assemblers, support labor), as well as engineering, design, quality assurance, marketing, management and administrative personnel.
• As appropriate, your tasks may include procurement, expediting, troubleshooting, project status and reviews with management and / or customers, being alert for changes in contracted scope of work and associated change orders / revisions and completion of necessary communications for administration, marketing (sales), and management.
• Additional actions not listed in this job description may be appropriate to meet or exceed customer expectations of the finished and delivered product.

Tasks: The following is to give you an idea of the business and processing tasks that may be included in your work as a machining job shop Manufacturing Project Manager:

Pre-Sale Process: Respond to RFQ, RFP and exploratory inquiry for a single part up to complex fully operational assemblies or components, developmental prototypes to finished tooling and machinery for diverse private and public commercial, industrial and military applications. Skilled at use and applications of modeling and design software that interfaces with CNC controlled machinery.

Contracted Sale Process: When receiving a purchase order from a customer based on estimate/quote/proposal or repeat of a past sale, each part or component and/or assembly must be examined to define the best way to achieve timely provision of cost-effective, acceptable precision and quality, quantities, etc.

Planning Methodology: Clear steps or a series of iterations to the planning process to move each project from start-to-completion, delivery, customer acceptance and final payment.

Job Processing: From engineering drawings, models, samples, etc., CAD/CAM etc., draft the parts list. Then prepare and compile detailed drawings and specifications (GD&T) for each part. Then for each part and quantity of that part, tabulate your findings regarding procurement of the material and of its machining time (applied and elapsed) and procurement cost.

Decisions: Determine if each part must be custom-made or if it is a commonly available commercial item, i.e. the basis for the decision to acquire by purchase, make via subcontractor(s) or that the part must be custom-made within the job shop.

• If buy, specification(s), quantity and source(s), quote or best price, leading to procurement (purchase order preparation, transmittal and acceptance by provider).
• If sub-contract, identify competent and trustworthy sources for quote, make selection and issue purchase order. Follow-up and expediting as appropriate.
• If make-in-shop, detail part material acquisition and fabrication step(s), i.e. compile the Fabrication Traveler for the part. Steps may include procurement of materials, movement of the part through each consecutive processing step, including assignment of labor, processing equipment work area, record keeping, materials staging and handling, measurements (CMM, etc.) and testing, quality control, preparation for transportation to customer, etc. Processing steps may include approval and receipt of materials, cutting, burning, sawing, rolling, bending, welding, grinding, heat treating, CNC or manual machining of all types, balancing, coatings, wiring and pipes/tubing, assembly, testing, and more.

Assembly: Bring approved parts together into modules or final product, finishing, inspection, testing and quality control, tracking, final approval for shipping, packaging, loading for transportation, and other logistical steps as appropriate for the job.

Bottom Line: These are just some of the overlapping actions expected of the Manufacturing Project Manager. Prior experience is essential. Projects can range from a single part to fully operational mass-production machinery. If you are confident that you can be a top performer in this role, working with our team of 36 fantastic individuals, please pause your job search and apply for this unique career opportunity.

Please Note:

1. We thank each applicant and those selected for the next step will be contacted.

2. The scope of work is not intended to be all-inclusive, and additional duties may be assigned.

3. Applicant must be able to fully comply with the United States citizenship requirement of Federal contractors and sub-contractors, and associated vendors.

4. Pay range and job offer depend upon your qualifications, years of manufacturing project management experience and demonstrated competence. Please clearly define your experience, skills and core competencies so that the Artificial Intelligence use by really helps your resume, etc., pass through their filters before it is presented for the next step.

5. A minimum of five (5) years direct experience as a manufacturing project manager in top-tier metal machining and custom manufacturing machine fabricating job shop environment is expected of applicants for this job.

6. Work Location: Close to the Lewistown Road Exit I-95, on the northern perimeter of metro-Richmond, Virginia (U.S.A.), in Hanover County, and on south side of Ashland, VA, 23005.

7. Visit https:/www.WestEngineering.com for insights, shop pictures, etc.

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

West Engineering Co., Inc., is an engineering design and full-service precision machining job shop. The company is focused on the custom design, development, fabrication of unique machine-tooling-components, and the turn-key manufacture of heavy duty, mass-production process industrial machines. This includes large parts, small components, prototypes, etc., mostly "one-of-a-kind" for industrial companies, government contractors, and similar heavy-duty manufacturing equipment and machine users. The company is not a sheet metal or mass-production consumer products manufacturer. It has 3 air-conditioned high bays, equipped with 10-ton and 5-ton overhead bridge cranes, heavy-duty quality assurance equipment, and is a qualified ASME Section VIII precision machine shop.

We continue the quality, integrity and value traditions set in 1919 by our founder, Edward West, Sr. The company is still led daily by the West family. Many discerning international corporations and privately owned manufacturers trust West Engineering (and machining) Company as their preferred source for custom modules and machine engineering design, development, and manufacture.

If you are an experienced, expert Manufacturing Project Manager, then grab this rare opportunity and apply right now.

Pay: $75,000 to $100,000/year, competitively based on your qualifications.

Benefits:

401(k).

401(k) matching.

Dental insurance.

Health insurance.

Life insurance.

Paid time off.

Retirement plan.

Vision insurance.

Traditional holidays.

Bonus when appropriate.

The work location is adjacent to Interstate 95, in Hanover County, Virginia (Ashland is a wonderful college town). This fast-growing county is on the northern perimeter of Richmond, Virginia, USA, adjacent to Interstate 95.

Pay: $75,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $75,000 - $100,000