Senior Project Manager - Automotive

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams delivering automotive manufacturing, assembly, battery, testing, logistics, and industrial facility projects.
• Serve as the primary client interface for automotive OEMs and suppliers, EV manufacturers, battery producers, and Tier 1 suppliers.
• Manage facility expansion, modernization, brownfield renovation, and greenfield development projects throughout all phases of delivery.
• Collaborate with clients to understand production goals, manufacturing requirements, operational constraints, and future capacity needs.
• Cook up facility design efforts involving production support systems, utilities, automation infrastructure, material handling systems, warehouses, laboratories, and administrative spaces.
• Support strategic planning efforts for capital investment programs associated with vehicle production, electrification initiatives, battery manufacturing, and advanced industrial processes.
• Lead project teams through scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and execution.
• Support business development activities and pursue opportunities within the automotive, mobility, EV, battery, and advanced manufacturing sectors.

Qualifications

• You’ll Need on Day One: Bachelor's or master's degree in an Engineering discipline, Construction Management, or Architecture, or 8 (eight) or more years of experience in the engineering or construction field in lieu of a technical degree.
• PMP Registration preferred.
• At least 10 (ten) years of experience in the design industry, with 5 (five) years as a Project Manager in an engineering or construction organization.
• Managing the design of major capital industrial projects within an engineering or architecture consulting firm is preferred.
• Advanced working knowledge of contract management, pre-design, pre-construction, renovations, demolition, new construction, building systems/components, technology, and construction administration.
• Experience with various disciplines, trades, and systems related to complex industrial facilities, with an emphasis on full project delivery.
• Experience in the execution of multi-office projects with remote teams.
• Strong people leadership skills, along with building and maintaining client relationships.
• Strong understanding of engineering principles and industry standards.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in client-facing roles and business development.
• Ability to travel to project locations for short-term visits to client sites.
• Valid driver’s license and passport for potential project-related international travel.
• Preferred Experience: Managing design projects for automotive OEMs, EV manufacturers, battery producers, or Tier 1/Tier 2 suppliers.
• Familiarity with automotive capital project delivery processes and fast-track industrial facility programs.
• Experience leading large multidisciplinary project teams supporting operational manufacturing environments.
• Existing relationships within the automotive, mobility, battery, or advanced manufacturing industries are highly valued.
• Experience working on projects for clients such as Ford, General Motors, Stellantis, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai/Kia, Rivian, Lucid, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, or major Tier 1 suppliers is a plus.