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Advastar, Inc lists this Project Manager, Mission Critical opportunity in kansas city, Missouri. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
#jobalert | DIRECT HIRE | PROJECT MANAGER | MANUFACTURING | Kansas City Metro
An established manufacturer of engineered-to-order equipment is adding a Mission Critical Project Manager to support its fast-growing data center and mission-critical customer base. This is a commercial project management role: you own the customer relationship and drive each project from order acceptance through engineering, manufacturing, shipment, and closeout — not a field or construction role. You will be the person customers, engineering, and the plant all count on to keep complex, schedule-driven projects on their critical path. For a project manager who likes owning the whole thread and catching problems before they cost a milestone, this is a high-visibility seat on a small, growing team serving one of the hottest end-markets in the country.
Anticipated $100K–$115K base, plus SIP (quarterly bonus), based on experience
Benefits include: Health, Dental, Vision, 401K w/ match, PTO, holidays
Hybrid schedule — 3 days per week onsite in the Kansas City metro; approximately 10% travel
OVERVIEW
Own customer projects end to end, from sales handoff through closeout, as the single point of accountability
Build and actively manage schedules, milestones, and critical-path activities to hit committed customer delivery dates
Catch scope gaps, drawing discrepancies, and project risks early — before they hit the schedule — and drive them to resolution
Move engineering submittals, RFIs, customer comments, and change orders through to closure without letting anything stall
Keep engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, shipping, finance, and construction aligned and moving
Give customers and internal stakeholders clear, current status: risks, decisions, action items, and recovery plans
Run several concurrent projects at once without losing accuracy or follow-through
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience
3+ years managing technical, schedule-driven projects in an industrial, manufacturing, construction, or engineered-to-order environment
Strongly Preferred — PMP certification or equivalent formal project-management training
Strongly Preferred — Experience delivering mission-critical or data center projects
Proven ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and submittals, and to spot discrepancies and missing information others miss
Track record managing RFIs, submittals, change orders, and customer approvals through project closeout
Experience coordinating across engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, shipping, and construction to protect the critical path
Comfort working directly with general contractors, engineering firms, owners, and large commercial customers
Working familiarity with AutoCAD or similar drawing-review software, plus ERP, CRM, and project scheduling/document-management systems
High ownership, urgency, and follow-through, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority
KEYWORDS
project manager, mission critical, data center, engineered-to-order, ETO, manufacturing project management, construction project management, technical project manager, project engineer, engineering submittals, RFI, change orders, project scheduling, critical path, schedule management, AutoCAD, ERP, CRM, customer project management, submittal management, project closeout, cross-functional coordination, industrial manufacturing, PMP
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Worksite address
kansas city, MO, 64101, US
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