Technical Project Manager Contractor

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?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program

Excellent growth and advancement opportunities