Technical Project Manager Contractor

Portland, AZ

$39.47–$43.80 Per Hour
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Job Description

Our Client, an Automotive company, is looking for a Technical Project Manager Contractor for their Portland, OR location.

Responsibilities:

Operational Support to Leads (WP + PAR)
Provide direct operational support to all WP Leads and Product Project PAR Leads for tracking, coordination, and follow-up of activities defined in this SOW.
Establish and maintain common operating rhythm, templates, trackers, and reporting across OU and PAR teams.
Critical Issue / Risk / Roadblock Management:
Identify, document, prioritize, and track critical issues, risks, and roadblocks across OU work packages and Product Project PARs.
Drive follow-ups with owners and escalate to the Project Lead when impacts threaten milestones, gates, cost, quality, or build readiness.
Meeting Leadership and Documentation:
Schedule, organize, and facilitate (or ensure facilitation of) recurring readiness/coordination meetings for OU and PAR teams as directed by the Project Lead.
Publish agendas, minutes, action items, and decisions; maintain action closure discipline.
Readiness Reporting & Slide Deck Coordination:
Collect inputs from WP Leads, PAR Leads, and functional owners and maintain readiness reporting materials (dashboards/slide decks).
Ensure reporting is accurate, version-controlled, and distributed on time for stakeholder reviews.
Tooling/Equipment and Purchase Order Coordination (Support):
Support leads by coordinating required information for tooling/equipment requests and purchase order submissions.
Interface with procurement and equipment/tooling teams to enable timely processing and provide status visibility.
PFEP Coordination and Completion Support:
Coordinate PFEP data collection, completion, validation checks, and submission support across OU work packages and Product Project PARs.
Maintain PFEP status tracking and ensure adherence to PFEP standards and required timing.
Issue / Action Tracker Management:
Maintain issue and action trackers (ownership, due dates, status, evidence/links).
Drive closure through structured follow-up with responsible owners.
ProCoord Budget Management, Data Entry & Spending Reviews:
Perform ProCoord budget updates and associated data entry for projects impacting PPCH/MCH across the OU and Product Project PARs.
Support spending reviews by preparing inputs, reconciling variances, and coordinating with Finance/Budget stakeholders.
Gate Deliverables Tracking and Submission Coordination:
Track gate deliverables for OU work packages and Product Project PARs; coordinate compilation and submission.
Ensure deliverables are review-ready (complete, correct, formatted) prior to gate reviews.
Build Event Support & Integrated Schedule Preparation:
Coordinate support activities for PRS/build events and maintain the integrated build schedule.
Communicate schedule updates, readiness status, and constraints to stakeholders.
Project Documentation Maintenance (Cplace):
Maintain project artifacts in Cplace (status, trackers, meeting outputs, deliverables) with up-to-date documentation.
Ensure documentation is organized, current, and accessible to authorized stakeholders.
Reporting and Governance:
The PM will report directly to the Project Lead.
The PM will provide weekly status updates, including:
accomplishments and in-progress items
upcoming milestones, gates, and build events
open issues/risks and required escalations
PFEP completion status (OU and PAR, as applicable)
ProCoord budget update status and notable variances
Out of Scope:
Technical design ownership and engineering sign-off
Construction means/methods responsibility and site safety ownership (unless explicitly assigned)
Final approval authority for budgets, purchase orders, PFEP standards, or gate sign-offs (remains with designated approvers)
Supplier/vendor contracting authority (unless explicitly delegated in writing)

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree
Project management professional certification
Familiarity with Microsoft office suite
2+ years of experience
Experience with multi-site operations
High dollar capital projects
Product launch project management experience is important
Tablow and Power BI and sharepoint familiariy experience

Why Should You Apply?

Excellent growth and advancement opportunities

Why Should You Apply?

Numbers & Facts

Location	Portland, AZ
Salary	$39.47–$43.80 Per Hour

Skills

Automotive Industryunmatched
Budget Managementunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
Capital Projectunmatched
Constructionunmatched
Data Collectionunmatched
Data Entryunmatched
Delivery Drivingunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Establish Prioritiesunmatched
Financeunmatched
Follow Throughunmatched
Health Planunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Maintain Complianceunmatched
Microsoft Officeunmatched
Microsoft SharePointunmatched
Operational Supportunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Plan Meetingsunmatched
Power BIunmatched
Product/Service Launchunmatched
Project Management Certificationunmatched
Project Management Professional (PMP)unmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Purchase Ordersunmatched
Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
Risk Managementunmatched
Statement of Work (SOW)unmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Validation Testingunmatched

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