Project Manager

Ameron Pole Products•Town of Trenton, WI

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Meyer Utility Structures is searching for a Project Manager to work out of our Hager City, WI plant. The Project Manager leads customer projects from design through fabrication and delivery in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This role serves as a primary point of contact for customers while coordinating closely with engineering, operations, and logistics to ensure projects deliver on time and, ideally, exceed customer expectations. The optimal candidate is organized, proactive, and comfortable managing schedules, priorities, and cross-functional communication in an engineered-to-order or manufacturing setting. This role reports to the Director of Project Management. Meyer Utility Structures is a proud subsidiary of the infrastructure company, Arcosa, Inc. We commit to and pride ourselves on providing reliable structures, superior service, and product solutions. Meyer Utility Structures is an industry leader in the engineering design and fabrication of concrete and tubular steel structures for transmission, distribution, and substation applications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with a minimum of two (2) years of technical and customer account administration experience.
Communication skills to provide directions to team members and build customer relationships.
Ability to manage expectations within a project and communicate them to all stakeholders.
Acts with integrity when managing customer expectations and internal commitments.
Works collaboratively across functions to resolve conflicts and align priorities.
Maintains accountability and professionalism under pressure.
Ownership of outcomes when driving solutions.

Nice To Haves

More than two (2) years of managing large projects or multiple projects in parallel.
Experience in manufacturing or complex engineered-to-order industries.
Basic understanding of legal terms and language pertaining to supply contracts.
Working knowledge of the utility industry.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary liaison between customers and internal teams.
Develop and manage project schedules from design through shipment.
Identify schedule risks and work with teams to develop mitigation plans.
Author and manage change orders, including schedule and project scope impacts.
Provide regular project status updates to customers and internal stakeholders.
Coordinate engineering deliverables, drawing approvals, and releases to the plant.
Ensure the delivery of designs and drawings adhere to the project schedule.
Work closely with Engineering to resolve design-related schedule impacts.
Possess a basic understanding of cost drivers within structure designs.
Ability to read fabrication drawings for steel structures.
Provide input on scheduling priorities for fabrication and customer delivery.
Partner with operations, outsourcing, and logistics teams to support on-time delivery.
Ensure the plant fabricates and delivers product on time to customers.
Assist in continuous improvements in plant performance.
Engage directly with plant operations through periodic Gemba walks and shop floor reviews to verify product status, understand constraints, and support on-time delivery commitments.
Assist with or manage post-sales field repairs.
Work with the Project Administrator (PA) to ensure project data is captured accurately.
Ensure project dates and statuses are accurately maintained and communicated.
Work collaboratively across functions to resolve conflicts and align priorities