The Junior Project Manager is responsible for coordinating a portfolio of approximately 30 concurrent manufactured parts orders, from order handoff through engineering, procurement, vendor execution, documentation, shipment, and closeout.
This is a hands-on coordination role with significant interaction with vendors, engineering, customers, operations, and internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will be highly organized, comfortable managing many small-to-medium orders at different stages, and persistent in following up on commitments and resolving issues.
The role will also help develop, document, and implement project management processes and tracking tools under the guidance of the Manager, Project Management.
Qualifications
- 1-3 years of experience in project coordination, project management, procurement, manufacturing, engineering support, supply chain, or a related environment.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage a high volume of concurrent orders.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to follow up with vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Comfortable working with technical documents and learning engineered products.
- Ability to identify priorities, maintain action lists, and escalate issues appropriately.
- Strong Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Teams, and general Microsoft 365 skills.
- Diploma or degree in engineering, engineering technology, business, supply chain, or a related discipline.
- Experience coordinating fabricated and manufactured parts, including machining, welding, fabrication, assembly, inspection, and supplier production processes.
- Experience working with drawings, datasheets, bills of material, inspection documentation, or vendor data.
- Previous exposure to an ERP or project management system.
- EIT, CAPM, PMP, or similar designation.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of approximately 30 manufactured parts orders simultaneously from order handoff through delivery and closeout.
- Coordinate and expedite vendor deliverables, internal engineering activities, documentation, manufacturing milestones, and shipment dates.
- Maintain project schedules, action lists, priorities, and status information, proactively following up on outstanding items and commitments.
- Work closely with vendors, engineering, procurement, operations, sales, and customers to resolve issues and keep orders progressing.
- Identify schedule, technical, commercial, and supplier risks early and escalate issues appropriately to the Project Management Manager.
- Support the development and implementation of standardized project processes, trackers, reporting tools, and best practices under the guidance of the Project Management Manager.
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