Projects Manager

Halma • Broken Arrow, OK

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About The Position

The Projects Manager is responsible for the structured delivery of customer-driven, engineered-to-order and internal business projects, from order acceptance or project authorization through completion and close-out. The role provides planning, coordination, communication, risk management and performance visibility across cross-functional teams. Working with Sales, Engineering, Planning, Operations, Quality and Supply Chain, the Projects Manager ensures project requirements, responsibilities, milestones and decisions are clear and controlled. The position manages assigned projects directly while supporting consistent use and continuous improvement of OsecoElfab project management processes, tools and governance.

The role includes managing project scope, schedules, deliverables, risks, issues and changes; coordinating cross-functional contributors; serving as the primary contact for assigned projects; maintaining project systems and records; reporting project performance; and capturing lessons learned to improve future delivery. The position is primarily office-based, with regular interaction throughout a manufacturing facility and occasional exposure to typical manufacturing conditions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of project management experience in manufacturing, engineered-to-order products, or industrial equipment.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional project delivery processes.
• Strong understanding of engineering workflows, production planning and quality systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex customer projects with technical requirements.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
• Knowledge of project governance and process design.
• Technical aptitude and engineering literacy.
• Customer-centric communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Situational leadership skills.
• Risk management and decision-making skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset and data-driven performance management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in pressure relief devices, process safety, industrial equipment, or adjacent technical industries.
• PMP, Lean, or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience leading multi-site or global project teams.
• ERP/CRM proficiency, such as D365 or Salesforce.
• Experience with productivity and project management platform software, such as ClickUp or MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned customer and internal projects from initiation through delivery, handover and close-out.
• Define and maintain project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, responsibilities and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, action trackers, risk and issue registers, change logs and status reports.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables, production schedules, testing, quality documentation and other project requirements.
• Monitor progress against milestones, commitments and customer requirements, and take corrective action when needed.
• Identify risks, constraints, dependencies and bottlenecks; agree mitigation actions and promptly escalate material issues.
• Manage project changes, assessing their effects on scope, timing, cost, resources, quality and customer commitments.
• Ensure projects have required approvals and records, capture lessons learned, and complete formal close-out.
• Coordinate project activity across Sales, Engineering, Planning, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and other relevant functions.
• Translate customer or business requirements into clear internal actions, deliverables, owners and due dates.
• Facilitate project reviews and working meetings, documenting decisions and actions and following through on them.
• Align functional priorities with project plans and influence contributors without relying on direct authority.
• Support resolution of delivery conflicts, resource constraints and competing priorities through evidence-based escalation and decision-making.
• Serve as the primary project contact for assigned projects and provide clear, timely, professional communication.
• Prepare and issue project updates, meeting agendas, minutes, action logs and progress reports.
• Manage stakeholder expectations regarding scope, schedule, technical clarification, documentation, testing and delivery commitments.
• Represent OsecoElfab in customer meetings and internal project or leadership reviews as required.
• Apply agreed project workflows, stage gates, governance, documentation standards and change-control practices.
• Maintain approved project management tools, ERP and CRM records, dashboards, templates and reporting systems.
• Provide practical feedback to improve project planning, scheduling, communication protocols, standard work and customer-facing materials.
• Promote consistent project information, document control and reliable performance data across assigned projects.
• Track and report relevant project measures, including milestone adherence, on-time delivery, cycle time, project risk, margin performance and customer satisfaction where applicable.
• Capture lessons learned and use them to improve future project execution.
• Support analysis of recurring bottlenecks and cross-functional delivery issues.
• Promote ownership, accountability, transparency and continuous improvement.

What This Job Offers

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