Project Manager - Advanced Manufacturing

Build the Future of Manufacturing with Team Roncelli

Roncelli is seeking an experienced Project Manager – Advanced Manufacturing to lead the successful delivery of complex manufacturing and industrial construction projects from preconstruction through closeout.

Projects may include new manufacturing facilities, major plant expansions, renovations, production-line installations, equipment relocations, utility upgrades, process-area improvements, and shutdown or outage work within active operating facilities.

The ideal candidate is a collaborative, solutions-focused construction professional who can lead multidisciplinary project teams, manage financial and contractual performance, coordinate highly technical scopes, and deliver work safely with minimal disruption to ongoing manufacturing operations.

About the Opportunity

The Project Manager – Advanced Manufacturing is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of complex manufacturing and industrial construction projects.

This role may support projects involving automotive and electric-vehicle manufacturing, battery and energy-related production, robotics and automation, advanced production systems, process utilities, electrical and mechanical infrastructure, structural modifications, and specialized equipment installation.

The Project Manager works closely with clients, facility operations teams, design and engineering partners, equipment manufacturers, subcontractors, vendors, and field leadership to coordinate construction around production requirements, safety protocols, commissioning activities, shutdowns, and critical project milestones.

This position is accountable for project safety, quality, financial performance, schedule, contract administration, subcontractor coordination, client relationships, and project closeout.

What You Will Do

Project Leadership and Execution

• Lead assigned projects from preconstruction, project startup, and mobilization through construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.

• Develop and maintain project execution plans, logistics plans, work plans, communication protocols, and reporting requirements.

• Coordinate project activities with clients, facility operations, Project Engineers, Assistant Project Managers, Superintendents, Safety personnel, design partners, subcontractors, vendors, and equipment suppliers.

• Monitor project performance related to safety, quality, cost, schedule, productivity, and client satisfaction.

• Identify project risks, constraints, and emerging issues and develop timely corrective actions.

• Lead problem resolution and escalation efforts involving technical, operational, contractual, financial, or field-execution concerns.

• Maintain regular communication with Advanced Manufacturing leadership regarding project status, risks, opportunities, and required decisions.

Advanced Manufacturing and Active-Facility Coordination

• Coordinate construction within active manufacturing and production environments.

• Develop execution strategies that minimize disruption to client operations, production schedules, employees, and facility systems.

• Coordinate shutdowns, outages, equipment relocations, utility interruptions, tie-ins, and other activities affecting active operations.

• Work closely with client operations, engineering, maintenance, environmental, health and safety, security, and production teams.

• Support the planning and integration of production equipment, robotics, automation, process systems, conveyors, utilities, and specialized manufacturing infrastructure.

• Coordinate owner-furnished equipment, original equipment manufacturers, installers, commissioning agents, and specialty contractors.

• Maintain clear communication regarding operational impacts, access requirements, safety controls, and milestone activities.

Financial and Commercial Management

• Establish and manage project budgets, cost codes, commitments, forecasts, cash flow, and financial reporting.

• Monitor project costs, labor, materials, equipment, subcontractor commitments, and vendor expenditures.

• Maintain accurate monthly cost forecasts and cost-to-complete projections.

• Prepare and review owner billings, subcontractor pay applications, invoices, purchase orders, and supporting documentation.

• Track project profitability and develop corrective actions when performance differs from plan.

• Manage change events, potential change orders, approved changes, time-and-material work, and associated cost or schedule impacts.

• Identify potential cost variances, uncommitted costs, billing concerns, margin risks, and commercial exposure.

• Partner with Finance and Accounting to ensure project financial information is accurate, timely, and properly supported.

Contract Administration and Change Management

• Administer owner contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, amendments, and change documentation.

• Develop and review subcontractor scopes of work and procurement packages.

• Monitor contractual requirements, notices, reporting deadlines, deliverables, and approval processes.

• Identify scope gaps, exclusions, contractual risks, and potential disputes.

• Prepare and support pricing, documentation, and schedule-impact analysis for project changes.

• Maintain organized records of project correspondence, notices, change requests, approvals, and contractual commitments.

• Support claims avoidance through timely communication, documentation, planning, and issue resolution.

Scheduling and Project Controls

• Develop, maintain, and monitor baseline schedules, milestone schedules, procurement schedules, shutdown plans, and short-term lookahead schedules.

• Coordinate schedule activities with field leadership, subcontractors, equipment suppliers, engineering partners, commissioning teams, and client operations.

• Track project progress, installed quantities, labor productivity, equipment utilization, and milestone completion.

• Monitor long-lead equipment, engineering deliverables, permits, inspections, owner decisions, shutdown approvals, and other schedule constraints.

• Identify delays, sequencing concerns, and resource conflicts before they affect project commitments.

• Develop and implement mitigation, recovery, acceleration, or resequencing plans when necessary.

• Maintain accurate schedule-related documentation supporting client and contract requirements.

Engineering, Procurement, and Equipment Integration

• Coordinate civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, controls, process, and equipment-related design activities.

• Participate in constructability reviews and ensure alignment between design documents, equipment requirements, and field execution.

• Manage requests for information, submittals, design clarifications, technical correspondence, and drawing updates.

• Track engineering deliverables, reviews, approvals, and outstanding technical decisions.

• Coordinate long-lead materials, manufacturing equipment, utility infrastructure, specialty systems, and owner-furnished equipment.

• Support evaluation and selection of subcontractors, suppliers, vendors, and specialty service providers.

• Coordinate equipment delivery, storage, installation, testing, commissioning, and turnover requirements.

Subcontractor and Field Coordination

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, vendors, and field personnel.

• Coordinate subcontractor performance, staffing, sequencing, logistics, documentation, and completion requirements.

• Partner closely with Superintendents to align project-management activities with field execution.

• Participate in field walks, progress meetings, coordination meetings, safety meetings, and quality reviews.

• Resolve issues involving drawings, materials, access, site logistics, inspections, equipment, sequencing, and owner requirements.

• Verify project progress, installed quantities, percent complete, and completion status.

• Hold project partners accountable for safety, quality, schedule, documentation, and contractual performance.

Safety, Quality, and Commissioning

• Champion Roncelli’s safety culture and ensure project activities comply with company, client, OSHA, MIOSHA, and project-specific requirements.

• Partner with Safety leadership to develop and implement project-specific safety plans and high-risk work procedures.

• Support pre-task planning, job hazard analyses, safety orientations, inspections, and corrective-action follow-up.

• Establish and implement project-specific Quality Assurance and Quality Control requirements.

• Coordinate inspections, testing, nonconformance resolution, deficiency correction, and punch-list completion.

• Support commissioning planning, equipment startup, systems integration, operational testing, owner training, and final acceptance.

• Ensure required quality, testing, commissioning, and turnover documentation is complete and accurate.

Client and Team Leadership

• Serve as a primary project contact for clients, architects, engineers, consultants, equipment manufacturers, and other key stakeholders.

• Lead owner meetings, project reviews, coordination discussions, and issue-resolution activities.

• Maintain professional, transparent, and timely communication throughout the project lifecycle.

• Lead and develop Project Engineers, Assistant Project Managers, coordinators, interns, and other project-support personnel.

• Establish clear responsibilities, performance expectations, deadlines, and accountability.

• Provide coaching, mentorship, feedback, and professional-development opportunities.

• Promote collaboration between Project Management, Field Operations, Safety, Preconstruction, Finance, and other shared-service teams.

• Represent Roncelli professionally and demonstrate the company’s values of Safety, Family, Integrity, Adaptability, and Community.

Project Closeout and Turnover

• Lead project closeout, punch-list completion, commissioning, owner training, documentation, and final turnover.

• Coordinate warranties, operation and maintenance manuals, as-built documentation, test reports, and required closeout records.

• Ensure outstanding changes, commitments, billing, documentation, and financial items are resolved.

• Support final client acceptance and post-completion obligations.

• Participate in lessons-learned reviews and communicate opportunities for future improvement.

Qualifications

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field preferred. Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant construction experience may be considered.

• Minimum of five years of progressive construction project-management experience preferred.

• Demonstrated experience managing projects through preconstruction, construction, commissioning, and closeout.

• Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, owner billings, subcontractor commitments, change orders, schedules, and financial reporting.

• Experience leading project teams, field leadership, subcontractors, vendors, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of construction contracts, project controls, procurement, scheduling, risk management, and field operations.

• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, contracts, scopes of work, and technical documents.

• Strong leadership, communication, organization, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and make timely decisions in a fast-paced construction environment.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and construction-management platforms such as Procore, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, SharePoint, or similar systems.

• OSHA 30 certification required or ability to obtain within 30 days.

• First Aid, CPR, MUST Safety, and Certified Storm Water Operator credentials preferred.

• Valid driver’s license required.

• Ability to complete required pre-employment and annual drug testing and any client-required background or driving-record screening.

Preferred Experience

• Advanced manufacturing, automotive, electric-vehicle, battery-production, semiconductor, technology, or industrial construction.

• Construction within active manufacturing or occupied industrial facilities.

• Shutdowns, outages, utility tie-ins, equipment relocations, production-line installations, or process-system upgrades.

• Robotics, automation, conveyors, manufacturing equipment, process utilities, controls, or specialized electrical and mechanical systems.

• Large, complex, technically demanding, or schedule-driven projects.

Why Join Team Roncelli?

At Roncelli, you will have the opportunity to contribute to complex, meaningful projects while building a long-term career with a company that invests in its people.

We offer:

• Competitive, market-informed compensation

• Performance-based incentive opportunities for eligible positions

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for eligible Team Members

• Paid time off and company holidays

• Training, mentorship, and professional-development opportunities

• Clear career paths and opportunities for advancement

• Exposure to complex projects across diverse construction markets

• Approachable leadership and a collaborative, people-first culture

• A workplace grounded in Safety, Family, Integrity, Adaptability, and Community

At Roncelli, your work is recognized, your development is supported, and your contributions help shape the future of our company, our clients, and the communities we serve.

Compensation

Actual compensation within the posted range will be determined based on relevant qualifications, experience, demonstrated competencies, project complexity, market expertise, and internal equity. This position may also be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation and applicable vehicle or project-related programs in accordance with company policy.

Working Environment and Physical Requirements

This position operates in both professional office and active construction-site environments and requires regular onsite presence at assigned projects. Work may be performed within active manufacturing facilities and around production equipment, heavy machinery, electrical systems, utilities, process systems, excavations, and other construction-related hazards.

The employee must be able to safely walk active jobsites, navigate uneven terrain, climb stairs or ladders when necessary, and wear required personal protective equipment. The role requires periods of sitting, standing, walking, driving, meetings, and computer use. Occasional bending, reaching, kneeling, crouching, and lifting of materials weighing up to 25 pounds may be required.

Work hours may vary based on project schedules, shutdowns, outages, equipment installations, commissioning activities, and client operational requirements.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. Roncelli does not provide or take over employment visa sponsorship now or in the future for this position.

Notice to Staffing Agencies and Search Firms

Roncelli is not accepting unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from staffing agencies, recruiting firms, or search firms for this position. Please do not submit resumes to Roncelli employees, hiring managers, or company locations without a current, written agreement authorized by Roncelli’s Human Resources Department. Roncelli is not responsible for fees associated with unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Roncelli, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other status protected by applicable law.