Project Manager

Pfaudler Company•Edlon - US Avondale, Avondale, PA, US, PA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager is accountable for the successful execution of EDLON's largest and most strategic customer opportunities from project authorization through final delivery. The position coordinates and leads cross-functional activities across Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered On Time, On Budget, To Specification, At Target Margin, With High Customer Satisfaction. This role does not replace functional management responsibilities. Instead, it provides overall project leadership, alignment, accountability, risk management, and communication across all functions involved in project execution. The Major Projects Manager serves as the single point of accountability for project results and the primary escalation point for project-related issues.

Requirements

8-15 years in engineered-to-order manufacturing
Project leadership of large industrial products
Manufacturing and Engineering experience
Financial acumen
Customer-facing experience preferred but not required
Influence without authority
Strong communication
Conflict resolution
Technical curiosity
Financial literacy
Negotiation
Customer perspective
Structured problem-solving

Nice To Haves

Engineering degree preferred
Business degree acceptable with strong technical background and experience managing projects at a similar company
MBA preferred

Responsibilities

Assume overall responsibility for assigned strategic customer projects.
Establish project objectives, scope, milestones, budgets, risks, and success criteria.
Develop and maintain integrated project schedules from quote acceptance through customer acceptance, based on functional capabilities and requirements.
Drive accountability for commitments made by each functional area.
Escalate issues when required to maintain project commitments.
Partner with Sales and Engineering to define/confirm customer requirements and deliverables, evaluate commercial and execution risks, validate project assumptions used in quotes, manage customer expectations (through sales function) throughout execution, and monitor sales and margin performance against targets.
Work with Engineering to assess engineering capacity and capabilities to deliver on specification and on schedule, ensure engineering deliverables are completed on time, facilitate design reviews with all necessary parties, coordinate technical decision-making, drive closure of open engineering issues, monitor technical risks and mitigation plans, and ensure design changes are evaluated for schedule and cost impacts.
Work with Operations to align production schedules and capabilities with project milestones, monitor manufacturing progress versus plan, facilitate prioritization decisions when resources conflict and resolve bottlenecks impacting timelines, and coordinate recovery plans when schedules slip.
Identify project risks early, maintain project risk registers, mitigation steps and owners, quantify schedule, cost, and technical risks in all functions, lead mitigation planning and implementation, and escalate significant risks to leadership.
Monitor project budgets and profitability, track actual versus estimated costs, identify margin erosion risks, manage scope changes and customer change orders with Engineering and Operations, and support post-project financial review.
Conduct regular project review meetings, maintain and communicate project dashboards/status, report project health to leadership, communicate schedule, cost, quality, and risk status, and ensure project documentation remains current.