Project Management, Manager (People Leader)

Location: 3249 Quality Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

Department: Project Managment

Location Type: IN_OFFICE

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

• Lead and manage their project management team, providing direction, coaching, and development.
• Set clear goals and expectations, and provide ongoing feedback and support to the team.
• Assign incoming projects to Project Managers based on complexity, capacity, skill set, and customer relationship, and balance workload across the team.
• Build and sustain a collaborative, accountable team culture aligned with company values and quality expectations.
• Partner with the Director of PMO on staffing, resourcing, and capacity planning.

• Personally manage the lifecycle of a portfolio of high-value electrical distribution equipment projects from initiation through closure.
• Develop and maintain milestones, objectives, detailed timelines, resource allocation, and budget forecasts for assigned projects.
• Manage the change control process, documenting and approving changes to scope, schedule, or budget.
• Serve as a senior point of contact for key customers on assigned projects and escalations.

• Own and continuously improve the team’s project management processes, standard work, tools, and templates.
• Drive adoption of standardized practices and ensure consistency in how projects are planned, tracked, reported, and closed across the team.
• Ensure all manufactured products and associated documentation meet quality and regulatory standards.

• Facilitate clear, effective communication across Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, and Sales.
• Report team and portfolio status, key milestones, risks, and escalations to the Director of PMO.

• Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate project and team risks to prevent schedule delays or budget overruns.
• Must comply with the company’s safety policies.

• Minimum of 8 years of project management experience in a technical manufacturing environment, preferably within the electrical distribution equipment, power distribution, or electrical construction industry, including at least 2 years in a leadership, supervisory, or management capacity.
• Demonstrated experience managing, supervising, or leading project managers or a project team.
• Working familiarity with electrical power distribution equipment rated 480V and above (e.g., switchgear, switchboards, breakers, protective relays, transformers).
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, engineering drawings, and customer specifications.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical), Technical Management, or a related field (preferred but not required for the right candidate).
• PMP or equivalent certification (e.g., CAPM, PRINCE2) is highly desirable.

• Proven people leadership — managing, coaching, and developing a project team.
• Ability to balance direct project delivery with team management as a hands-on working manager.
• Recognized expertise in project management methodology, tools, and standard work within a manufacturing environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail, particularly in reviewing technical specifications, bills of material (BOMs), and tracking complex production milestones.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing principles, supply chain, logistics, and quality control procedures (e.g., ISO standards).
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., ERP / MRP systems).
• Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.