Project Manager - Product Engineering

Scott Safety•Monroe, NC

12d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Project Manager, Product Engineering, you'll help bring together the people, priorities, and execution needed to ensure Scott Safety's life safety products continue to evolve, improve, and remain available to those who rely on them. Your leadership will help transform ideas into action, guiding critical engineering initiatives that strengthen product performance, support business continuity, and enable future growth. This is an opportunity to work at the center of cross-functional decision-making, collaborate with talented teams across the organization, and make a visible impact on products that help protect people when it matters most.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited university.
5+ years of project management experience leading technical, engineering, manufacturing, or product-focused initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional projects from planning through implementation, balancing competing priorities, stakeholders, and business objectives.
Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions and drive alignment across diverse teams.
Experience managing project schedules, resources, risks, and deliverables within a structured product development or manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading engineering change, product sustainment, business continuity, or product lifecycle management initiatives.
Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, or regulatory processes associated with electro-mechanical products.
Experience managing projects involving supplier transitions, component obsolescence, product validation, process improvements, or corrective actions.
Familiarity with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, including ENOVIA.
Experience working in highly regulated industries such as industrial safety, medical devices, aerospace, automotive, or defense.
PMP® certification or equivalent project management training.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional engineering programs from concept through implementation, ensuring initiatives deliver expected business outcomes, customer value, and operational results.
Manage a portfolio of product sustainment and engineering change projects, including supplier transitions, component obsolescence mitigation, manufacturing process improvements, business continuity initiatives, quality improvements, and cost optimization efforts.
Own project planning and execution, developing schedules, budgets, resource plans, governance processes, and implementation strategies to ensure successful delivery.
Drive alignment and accountability across stakeholders, serving as the central point of coordination between Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and other functional teams.
Identify and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies, removing obstacles, facilitating decision-making, and ensuring timely resolution of challenges that could impact project objectives.
Support product portfolio planning and continuous improvement, providing project estimates, resource assessments, performance insights, and executive reporting to improve visibility, decision-making, and delivery effectiveness.