Technical Project Manager

Position Title: Technical Project Manage

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Technical Project Manage opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Directly manage an onsite scout team (consisting of 1 Electrical Engineer and 3 CAD Designers) to ensure continuous output, scaling the CAD team headcount as the project scope dictates.
• Schedule Execution: Own and drive the weekly production metrics, maintaining a sustained team output of roughly 56 completed and quality-checked drawings per week (11-12 daily).
• ross-Functional Extraction: Coordinate closely with the shop floor build team and manufacturing supervisors to safely extract undocumented tribal knowledge regarding legacy and active production parts.
• Workflow & Quality Control: Standardize the tracking matrix, drafting templates, and cross-checking procedures to ensure all final drawings match physical part geometry and mating tolerances perfectly.
• Executive Reporting: Interface directly with the onsite Lead Engineer and provide daily internal progress syncs, while delivering formal weekly milestone reports to offsite executive and corporate leadership.

Job Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Project Management experience within a manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, or heavy industrial engineering environment.
• Proven track record managing high-velocity document control, reverse-engineering, or CAD drafting deployment initiatives under tight regulatory or corporate deadlines.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to collaborate seamlessly between hands-on shop floor assembly teams and high-level corporate executives.
• Strong proficiency with engineering tracking matrices (Excel/Smartsheet) and exposure to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) or CAD file architecture systems.
• Local to the Portland metro area and available for immediate, full-time onsite deployment.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, industrial technology, operations, project management, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
• PMP, CAPM, or comparable project-management certification.
• Experience with electromechanical products, electrical schematics, component drawings, assemblies, or manufacturing work instructions.
• Familiarity with ASME Y14 drawing practices, GD&T, engineering-change processes, and configuration-management principles.
• Experience with SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Creo, Inventor, or similar CAD environments.
• Experience with PDM or PLM platforms and controlled document-release workflows.
• Exposure to dimensional inspection, metrology, physical-part verification, or reverse engineering workflows.
• Experience managing contract engineering or technical staffing teams.
• Experience with plant transitions, production transfers, legacy-product recovery, or other time-sensitive manufacturing initiatives.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous-improvement training.

Job Details:

• Job Type: Contract
• Pay Rate: TBD
• Location: Salem, OR (Onsite).
• ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.