Sr Manager, Engineering, PM, and Procurement

CECO Environmental•Addison, TX

About The Position

The Sr Manager, Engineering, PM, and Procurement leads execution of customer projects across the North American Separation Filtration platform. The role provides leadership for Project Management, Engineering, and Procurement resources to ensure projects are executed safely, efficiently, profitably, and in accordance with customer, quality, and technical requirements. It works closely with customers, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and global engineering teams to convert project backlog into revenue while meeting delivery commitments. The role drives execution excellence through resource planning, schedule management, risk mitigation, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration. This senior manager leads a team consisting primarily of project managers, engineers, procurement professionals, and other individual contributors. Responsibilities include coaching and developing employees, promoting accountability, and fostering a culture focused on customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Travel may be required domestically and internationally, including across borders, as business needs dictate. Work is generally performed under normal office conditions, with visits to manufacturing facilities, suppliers, customers, and project sites as needed. The position involves predominantly sedentary work, with occasional standing and walking, and may require a range of physical activities including climbing, kneeling, lifting, reaching, pushing, pulling, and repetitive motions. Concentrated mental and/or visual attention is required for complex work involving accuracy, judgment, and sustained attention.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Operations Management, or a related discipline and at least 10 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential duties.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally, including across borders, as business needs dictate.
Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations available for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Nice To Haves

10 or more years of experience in industrial, manufacturing, engineered-to-order, or project-based business environments.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional project teams and executing complex customer projects.
Experience managing project schedules, resource planning, budgets, customer deliverables, and project profitability.
Strong customer relationship management and stakeholder engagement experience.
Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement and organizational change initiatives.
Experience working with globally distributed teams and resources.
Experience in manufacturing, engineering design, ASME Pressure Vessel Code, ISO-9001 quality systems, welding standards, or the oil and gas, energy, industrial, or process equipment industries.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) certification.

Responsibilities

Lead customer project execution from order release through final delivery, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer requirements.
Establish priorities, workflows, and performance expectations across Project Management, Engineering, and Procurement.
Allocate resources across multiple projects within a matrixed organization.
Identify and mitigate project risks and drive accountability for milestones, deliverables, financial performance, and operational metrics.
Monitor project status and update leadership on schedules, costs, resource requirements, risks, and opportunities.
Partner with Manufacturing, Fabrication, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain to align project requirements, schedules, and customer commitments.
Liaise between project teams and manufacturing operations to support project execution and delivery.
Collaborate with global engineering teams to optimize resource utilization and execution effectiveness.
Coordinate across Sales, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, and customers to facilitate project delivery.
Engage directly with customers regarding project requirements, schedules, issue resolution, and project performance.
Establish and maintain project management processes, standards, and best practices.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve project execution, communication, efficiency, quality, and profitability.
Ensure compliance with company policies, customer requirements, ISO-9001 quality standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Develop and maintain operational processes that support risk mitigation and improved execution performance.
Lead, coach, mentor, and develop project management, engineering, procurement, and related project personnel.
Conduct workforce planning with leadership to support resource needs and business growth.
Support employee engagement, professional development, performance management, and succession planning.
Promote collaboration across functions and geographic locations.
Oversee project-related expenditures, including external contractors, fabricators, major components, engineering support, and procurement activities, to support project profitability.
Support revenue, margin, and backlog conversion objectives.
Provide leadership with project execution insights, operational recommendations, and business performance indicators.
Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.