Director, Project Management- Transformers

Position Summary

Forgent Power Solutions is a leading manufacturer of dry-type and liquid-filled transformers serving commercial, industrial, and utility markets. We are seeking a Director of Project Management to own the full order lifecycle — from order acknowledgment through final delivery — for a high-volume, custom manufacturing environment. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for managing a team of 4–6 Project Managers and building the systems and processes that ensure on-time, accurate execution across every order.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable a team of 4–6 Project Managers across the full order execution cycle

• Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and build a culture of ownership and urgency

• Serve as the escalation point for complex, high-stakes, or at-risk orders

• Own the end-to-end process from order acknowledgment through customer delivery

• Ensure submittal drawings are issued accurately and on schedule

• Manage the drawing revision process — tracking customer redlines, ensuring internal review, and confirming correct resubmission

• Drive proactive, professional customer communication at every stage: acknowledgment, submittals, revision cycles, production milestones, and shipping

• Partner closely with production planning and shop floor leadership to align order schedules with manufacturing capacity

• Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts before they impact commit dates

• Maintain real-time visibility into order status and proactively surface risks to commercial and operations leadership

• Build and enforce standardized PM workflows, SOPs, and tools that scale with order volume

• Identify gaps in current processes and lead improvement initiatives with measurable outcomes

• Ensure data integrity across ERP and project tracking systems

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project management within industrial or manufacturing environments

• 3+ years managing a team of project managers or equivalent roles

• Demonstrated ability to build or significantly improve PM processes and systems in a production environment

• Strong communication skills — comfortable owning customer relationships at a professional level

• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, production, and sales teams

• Proficiency with ERP systems and project tracking tools

Preferred Experience

• In transformer, switchgear, electrical equipment, or related engineered-to-order manufacturing

• Familiarity with submittal drawing workflows and engineering documentation processes

• Experience in a made-to-order or configure-to-order manufacturing environment