Lead Project Manager

SunSource • Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

Heitek Automation, a SunSource company, provides industrial automation components and integrated solutions across industries including medical, life sciences, machine building, automotive, semiconductor, food and beverage, and water processing. The Lead Project Manager coordinates and oversees customer projects from order receipt through final delivery, serving as the primary liaison among customers, sales, engineering, purchasing, production, warehouse operations, and suppliers. The role provides leadership and guidance on project execution, establishes priorities, identifies risks, and drives cross-functional communication to support on-time, profitable completion and meet customer expectations.

The position directly supervises and supports Project Managers and other assigned team members. It assigns workloads and priorities, provides coaching and performance feedback, conducts evaluations, supports development plans, and promotes collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. The Lead Project Manager may assign projects to Project Manager staff, call project review meetings, collaborate with Production Managers on production schedules, escalate material shortages and engineering delays, recommend production priorities, and hold departments accountable to project milestones.

Success is measured through project execution results—including on-time delivery, budget maintenance, engineering release compliance, material availability at build start, expedite frequency, customer satisfaction, revenue shipped versus schedule, past-due projects, post-production change minimization, and order accuracy—as well as team productivity, workload balance, employee development and retention, communication, reduced delays and escalations, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Preferred 2–5 years minimum of project management experience in a relevant industry.
• Proven track record of managing projects from initiation to completion.
• Experience with project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, timelines, and resources effectively.
• Experience in risk management and developing mitigation strategies.
• Leadership capability to supervise and support Project Managers and other assigned team members.

Nice To Haves

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee customer projects from order receipt through final delivery.
• Serve as the primary liaison among customers, sales, engineering, purchasing, production, warehouse operations, and suppliers.
• Coordinate customer project schedules and control panel builds.
• Track material readiness and coordinate material expediting.
• Maintain the change log for approved requested changes and related costs.
• Coordinate engineering releases and create and maintain ERP production orders.
• Communicate production schedules and customer status updates.
• Maintain the open issues matrix and solve problems with other teams to meet customer requirements.
• Coordinate shipments and project closeout.
• Assign projects and workloads to Project Manager staff and establish priorities to meet deadlines.
• Provide team coaching, training, performance feedback, evaluations, and employee development support.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the project coordination team.
• Assist with recruiting, onboarding, and training new team members as needed.
• Monitor team performance and workload capacity.
• Call project review meetings and collaborate with Production Managers on production schedules.
• Escalate material shortages and engineering delays, recommend production priorities, and hold departments accountable to project milestones.
• Manage project risks and proactively resolve issues to support on-time, on-budget completion and customer satisfaction.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior