Project Manager

About Us:

Panelmatic, Inc. was founded in 1957 in Youngstown, OH to serve manufacturing industries with the design and build of custom electrical, instrument, and pneumatic control panels. Our business has sufficiently grown over the years to support expansion for our clients. We have produced control packages for many of America's top corporations in the chemical, environmental, food, pulp and paper, rubber, petroleum, pharmaceutical, glass, metals, and utilities industries. We also deliver equipment for use worldwide. Our rigorous methodology assures compliance with domestic and international standards. We can meet the needs of our diverse clientele from start to finish through sales, design, fabrication, testing, and delivery.

Since 1957, we have been known for our high-quality, custom-built control packages, our comprehensive service, and our technological and manufacturing expertise. This expertise assures you of our ability to handle the largest and most complex packages quickly and efficiently.

Job Summary:

Panelmatic is seeking a highly organized and customer-focused Project Manager to lead the successful execution of multiple concurrent projects valued in the millions of dollars. Reporting to the Project Management Manager, this role is responsible for managing projects from order entry through engineering, procurement, manufacturing, testing, shipment, installation support, and final customer acceptance.

The Project Manager serves as the primary point of contact for assigned customers and is accountable for project execution, customer satisfaction, schedule performance, financial results, and overall project success. This position requires strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced engineered-to-order manufacturing environment.

Job Duties:

• Manage multiple customer projects simultaneously, with individual project values ranging from several hundred thousand dollars to multi-million-dollar contracts.
• Serve as the primary customer interface throughout the project lifecycle, building strong relationships and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Lead projects from project kickoff through engineering, procurement, manufacturing, integration, testing, shipment, and project closeout.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, execution plans, milestones, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate activities across Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Finance, Testing, and Sales to ensure successful project execution.
• Monitor and manage project scope, schedule, budget, profitability, and contractual requirements.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation plans to minimize impacts to cost, quality, customer commitments, and delivery schedules.
• Lead customer kickoff meetings, project review meetings, and status update meetings.
• Manage project communications, customer expectations, priorities, and escalations.
• Review project specifications and communicate requirements to internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with customer commitments.
• Manage subcontractors, suppliers, and vendor deliverables to ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Track project financial performance, including costs, revenue, change orders, invoicing, cash flow, and margin performance.
• Drive accountability across supporting departments to meet project milestones and customer commitments.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, quality standards, safety requirements, and document management procedures.
• Provide regular project status updates, forecasts, and risk assessments to management.
• Support proposal reviews, sales handoffs, and project planning activities as needed.
• Obtain customer acceptance of contractual deliverables and ensure successful project closeout.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on project execution, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• BBachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field; equivalent industry experience will be considered.
• 5+ years of project management experience in manufacturing, industrial, electrical, power, controls, automation, or engineered-to-order environments.
• Proven experience managing multiple million-dollar projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and coordinating complex project execution activities.
• Strong understanding of project management principles, including scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and change management.
• Experience managing customer relationships and serving as the primary customer contact.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including cost control, contract administration, and margin management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools.

Preferred

• PMP Certification.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience with electrical control panels, switchgear, motor control centers (MCCs), protection and control systems, power distribution equipment, or industrial automation solutions.
• Experience working with utility, industrial, EPC, infrastructure, or energy customers.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, term life, AD&D, STD, LTD
• 100% medical premium paid for by Panelmatic for the employee-only level medical coverage
• 80% paid for by Panelmatic and 20% paid for by the employee on all other level medical coverage (i.e. employee plus child, employee plus spouse, family)
• 401(k) contributions matched 100% up to 4% 
• Scholarships, educational reimbursement, paid volunteerism, and paid personal and professional development provided
• PTO and paid holidays provided
• Career advancement opportunities
• Competitive wages
• Family-friendly environment with average employee tenure above five years