Program Manager

About the role

Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, with 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries serving customers in over 160 countries. The company provides innovative solutions in welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair, leveraging proprietary technologies in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software. This position is located in Macomb, is a salaried full‑time role within the Manufacturing function.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate/lead multiple projects of medium‑high complexity and risk or projects with multiple sub‑projects.
• Drive relevant project and project status communications; monitor progress through project management reviews.
• Manage and work through project launch teams to ensure that project scope and outcome are achieved.
• Accountable for scope change management within the project; orchestrate response to customer scope changes in collaboration with the Customer Account Manager and the project team.
• Execute, monitor and control schedule, cost deliverables, risk management and scope to meet or exceed stakeholder and customer expectations.
• Allocate resources and manage the project team; proactively manage potential conflict and resource constraints.
• Resolve elevated issues internally and with the customer, removing barriers that could impede project progress.
• Coordinate with Customer Account Manager to act as the primary point of customer contact for the project.
• Participate in strategic planning/profit planning processes.
• Evaluate and implement continuous improvement in the product development process; may include authoring documents and standards.
• Provide guidance and support to lower level project managers.
• Assure customer development and production product forecasting and sales order demand is maintained.
• Maintain safe operations by adhering to safety procedures and regulations.
• Maintain continuity among work shifts by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Document actions by completing production logs.
• Perform additional job duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Understanding of PowerPoint, Excel, 3D Model, Scheduling, Aerospace, blueprints and GD&T.
• Understanding of fabrication, machining, outsourcing, turning tooling, machine prints, time management, materials, tool assembly and inspection.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, not required.
• Minimum 3 years experience in a product life cycle environment and in management.
• Strong leadership skills including building effective teams, managing conflict, setting priorities, defining roles, responsibilities and objectives.
• Strong financial acumen and advanced use of analysis tools.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Material Requirements Planning (MRPII) process.
• Demonstrates a commitment to Quality, Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement.

Pay

• Pay range: $80,000 - $110,000.
• Target bonus: 10%.