About Pierce, an Oshkosh companyAt Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.We are seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Sr Project Manager to take ownership of key initiatives within our manufacturing operations. This role is instrumental in driving projects that enhance production efficiency, product quality, and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate is a skilled communicator and problem solver with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage complex timelines, and deliver exceptional outcomes in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.YOUR IMPACT:<ul><li>Project Leadership: Manage multiple projects from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and quality goals.</li><li>Strategic Planning: Develop detailed project plans, including objectives, deliverables, schedules, resource allocation, and risk assessments.</li><li>Team Collaboration: Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality assurance to achieve project milestones.</li><li>Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate regular updates to stakeholders, providing clear and concise reports on project progress, risks, and issues.</li><li>Process Optimization: Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance product quality.</li><li>Problem Solving: Address project challenges, proactively resolving conflicts and adapting plans to overcome obstacles.</li><li>Budget Management: Monitor project budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness and adherence to financial constraints.</li><li>Compliance and Safety: Ensure all projects comply with relevant safety regulations, quality standards, and company policies.</li><li>Documentation: Maintain accurate and thorough project documentation, including status reports, schedules, and meeting minutes.</li></ul>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field and 6+ years of experience in a project management role.</li></ul>STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:<ul><li>Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing priorities.</li><li>Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills.</li><li>Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, ERP systems, and project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project, ERP, Smartsheet, Jira).</li><li>Project management certification. We recognize that effective project leadership is not limited to a single certifying body and welcome candidates certified through globally recognized frameworks such as CPI, PMI, PRINCE2, IPMA.</li><li>Understanding of manufacturing processes and quality standards.</li><li>Experience in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments.</li><li>Experience with standardized PM templates, enterprise tools, and performance tracking methods (e.g., dashboards, KPIs, SPI/CPI), with the ability to introduce structure where process maturity is still developing.</li><li>Familiarity with change management principles and their application to drive adoption and long-term success.</li><li>Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or related process improvement methodologies.</li><li>Strong financial acumen and experience managing project budgets, including use of performance metrics to monitor cost and schedule adherence.</li><li>Passion for building high-quality, mission-critical products.</li></ul>WORKING CONDITIONS<ul><li>Split time between office settings and the manufacturing floor, with exposure to machinery, noise, and dynamic production environments.</li><li>Willingness to travel (roughly 10%) as needed for supplier coordination, site visits, or customer engagements.</li><li>Flexibility to adjust schedules and hours to meet project demands.</li></ul>Pay Range:$91,800.00 - $153,200.00<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com.Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.

Moving the world forward Oshkosh is an industrial technology company of approximately 17,000 team members, that designs and manufactures some of the world&rsquo;s toughest specialty and access equipment under the brands of JLG&reg;, Hinowa, Pierce&reg;, Power Towers, MAXIMETAL, Oshkosh&reg; Defense, McNeilus&reg;, IMT&reg;, Jerr-Dan&reg;, Frontline&trade; Communications, Oshkosh&reg; Airport Products, Oshkosh&reg; AeroTech and Pratt Miller. We make a difference in people&rsquo;s lives by creating mission-critical equipment that serves the everyday hero. Our innovation is people focused and developed by sharing advances across our portfolio of companies. For us, it&rsquo;s about moving the world forward through building, serving and protecting communities. Our purpose: Make a difference in people&rsquo;s lives.

Sr Project Manager - Manufacturing Operations

About Pierce, an Oshkosh companyAt Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.We are seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Sr Project Manager to take ownership of key initiatives within our manufacturing operations. This role is instrumental in driving projects that enhance production efficiency, product quality, and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate is a skilled communicator and problem solver with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage complex timelines, and deliver exceptional outcomes in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.YOUR IMPACT:<ul><li>Project Leadership: Manage multiple projects from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and quality goals.</li><li>Strategic Planning: Develop detailed project plans, including objectives, deliverables, schedules, resource allocation, and risk assessments.</li><li>Team Collaboration: Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality assurance to achieve project milestones.</li><li>Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate regular updates to stakeholders, providing clear and concise reports on project progress, risks, and issues.</li><li>Process Optimization: Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance product quality.</li><li>Problem Solving: Address project challenges, proactively resolving conflicts and adapting plans to overcome obstacles.</li><li>Budget Management: Monitor project budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness and adherence to financial constraints.</li><li>Compliance and Safety: Ensure all projects comply with relevant safety regulations, quality standards, and company policies.</li><li>Documentation: Maintain accurate and thorough project documentation, including status reports, schedules, and meeting minutes.</li></ul>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field and 6+ years of experience in a project management role.</li></ul>STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:<ul><li>Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing priorities.</li><li>Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills.</li><li>Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, ERP systems, and project management software (e.g., Microsoft Project, ERP, Smartsheet, Jira).</li><li>Project management certification. We recognize that effective project leadership is not limited to a single certifying body and welcome candidates certified through globally recognized frameworks such as CPI, PMI, PRINCE2, IPMA.</li><li>Understanding of manufacturing processes and quality standards.</li><li>Experience in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments.</li><li>Experience with standardized PM templates, enterprise tools, and performance tracking methods (e.g., dashboards, KPIs, SPI/CPI), with the ability to introduce structure where process maturity is still developing.</li><li>Familiarity with change management principles and their application to drive adoption and long-term success.</li><li>Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or related process improvement methodologies.</li><li>Strong financial acumen and experience managing project budgets, including use of performance metrics to monitor cost and schedule adherence.</li><li>Passion for building high-quality, mission-critical products.</li></ul>WORKING CONDITIONS<ul><li>Split time between office settings and the manufacturing floor, with exposure to machinery, noise, and dynamic production environments.</li><li>Willingness to travel (roughly 10%) as needed for supplier coordination, site visits, or customer engagements.</li><li>Flexibility to adjust schedules and hours to meet project demands.</li></ul>Pay Range:$91,800.00 - $153,200.00<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com.Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer.&nbsp;Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.

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