Project Management Manager, Houston

Butcher Power Products•Houston, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Panelmatic is seeking a Project Management Manager to lead and strengthen the Project Management organization supporting its operations. The role oversees a portfolio of customer projects valued at approximately $100 million annually and manages Project Managers and Project Coordinators across the Youngstown and Brookfield, Ohio facilities. The manager provides cross-functional leadership and influence across functions including Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Safety, Finance, Estimating, Testing, and Sales. The position is accountable for project execution excellence, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, on budget, on margin, and in accordance with customer, contractual, and quality requirements. The manager serves as the primary point of contact for assigned customers, handling relationships, communication, escalations, satisfaction, and visibility into project performance, risks, milestones, and delivery commitments. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-paced, engineered-to-order manufacturing environment. It balances project execution with team development, operational discipline, customer satisfaction, and financial performance. The role is based in Houston, Texas, with regular travel between Panelmatic facilities and additional travel of up to 20% for customer meetings, project reviews, supplier visits, and business activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline.
PMP certification required.
15 or more years of progressive Project Management experience, including experience leading Project Managers and cross-functional project teams.
Demonstrated success managing customer portfolios and project organizations with annual project volumes of approximately $100 million or greater.
Demonstrated experience managing projects involving protection and control systems, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, relay panels, motor control centers (MCCs), power distribution equipment, industrial control panels, integrated E-House/control house solutions, and other engineered electrical systems.
Proven experience managing Project Management teams and driving performance across multiple concurrent projects.
Strong understanding of project execution across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, production planning, quality, testing, logistics, and customer delivery.
Advanced knowledge of project planning, scheduling, forecasting, project controls, resource management, and recovery planning.
Strong financial and commercial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, margin management, contract administration, change management, and customer relationship management.
Experience leading project reviews, customer reviews, risk reviews, and operational performance reviews.
Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment across multiple functional organizations.
Regular travel between Panelmatic facilities is required; additional travel of up to 20% may be required.
Expected to maintain a visible presence with project teams, manufacturing operations, and customers.

Nice To Haves

Experience within engineered-to-order manufacturing, industrial, utility, power distribution, electrical equipment, EPC, data center, or infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and oversight for a portfolio of customer projects valued at approximately $100 million annually, ensuring safe, timely, on-budget, on-margin delivery that meets customer, contractual, and quality requirements.
Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned customers and manage relationships, expectations, communications, escalations, and satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
Lead customer project reviews, status meetings, and execution discussions, communicating progress, milestones, risks, mitigation plans, recovery actions, and delivery commitments.
Lead, coach, manage performance, and develop Project Managers and Project Coordinators across the Youngstown and Brookfield facilities.
Manage the Project Management organization’s workload, staffing, resource allocation, performance, succession planning, and talent development.
Provide cross-functional leadership and influence across Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Safety, Finance, Testing, and Sales to align project priorities, schedules, and customer commitments.
Partner with functional leaders to establish priorities, resolve execution challenges, remove obstacles, and drive accountability for project milestones and customer deliverables.
Establish and maintain consistent Project Management processes, governance, best practices, and execution standards across both Ohio facilities.
Lead project reviews, project health assessments, risk reviews, and resource planning meetings.
Regularly review project performance, schedule adherence, margin performance, customer satisfaction, resource requirements, and forecast accuracy with Project Managers.
Drive accountability for project execution and ensure timely escalation and resolution of risks, issues, and constraints.
Support Project Managers with customer relationships, issue resolution, schedule recovery plans, change management, and commercial matters.
Monitor project financial performance, including revenue, cost, forecasting, profitability, cash flow, and margin performance.
Balance workloads and allocate resources across both Ohio locations.
Support staffing plans, hiring, succession planning, and organizational development within the Project Management organization.
Develop and maintain project performance metrics, reporting dashboards, and portfolio reviews.
Partner with Sales and Business Development to support customer growth, identify opportunities, and strengthen long-term customer relationships.
Address customer concerns, issues, and requests promptly while maintaining project scope, schedule, margin, and quality objectives.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on execution excellence, customer satisfaction, operational performance, and profitability.
Serve as a key escalation point for project teams, customers, and internal stakeholders.
Maintain a visible presence at both facilities and regularly engage with project teams, production teams, and customers.