Project Management Manager
About this role
- Lead and manage their project management team, providing direction, coaching, and development.
- Set clear goals and expectations, and provide ongoing feedback and support to the team.
- Assign incoming projects to Project Managers based on complexity, capacity, skill set, and customer relationship, and balance workload across the team.
- Build and sustain a collaborative, accountable team culture aligned with company values and quality expectations.
- Partner with the Director of PMO on staffing, resourcing, and capacity planning.
- Personally manage the lifecycle of a portfolio of high-value electrical distribution equipment projects from initiation through closure.
- Develop and maintain milestones, objectives, detailed timelines, resource allocation, and budget forecasts for assigned projects.
- Manage the change control process, documenting and approving changes to scope, schedule, or budget.
- Serve as a senior point of contact for key customers on assigned projects and escalations.
- Own and continuously improve the team’s project management processes, standard work, tools, and templates.
- Drive adoption of standardized practices and ensure consistency in how projects are planned, tracked, reported, and closed across the team.
- Ensure all manufactured products and associated documentation meet quality and regulatory standards.
- Facilitate clear, effective communication across Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, and Sales.
- Report team and portfolio status, key milestones, risks, and escalations to the Director of PMO.
- Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate project and team risks to prevent schedule delays or budget overruns.
- Must comply with the company’s safety policies.
- Minimum of 8 years of project management experience in a technical manufacturing environment, preferably within the electrical distribution equipment, power distribution, or electrical construction industry, including at least 2 years in a leadership, supervisory, or management capacity.
- Demonstrated experience managing, supervising, or leading project managers or a project team.
- Working familiarity with electrical power distribution equipment rated 480V and above (e.g., switchgear, switchboards, breakers, protective relays, transformers).
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, engineering drawings, and customer specifications.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical), Technical Management, or a related field (preferred but not required for the right candidate).
- PMP or equivalent certification (e.g., CAPM, PRINCE2) is highly desirable.
- Proven people leadership — managing, coaching, and developing a project team.
- Ability to balance direct project delivery with team management as a hands-on working manager.
- Recognized expertise in project management methodology, tools, and standard work within a manufacturing environment.
- Exceptional attention to detail, particularly in reviewing technical specifications, bills of material (BOMs), and tracking complex production milestones.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing principles, supply chain, logistics, and quality control procedures (e.g., ISO standards).
- Proficiency in project management software (e.g., ERP / MRP systems).
- Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
Company at a glance
At Butcher Power Products (BPP), we are redefining what it means to be a power solutions manufacturer. While initially born out of frustration with complacency, long lead times, and sub-par quality in the space, we have scaled with a relentless dedication to being better in every area...not just delivery times. That commitment has built our reputation as true disruptors of the industry.
With over 100 years of electrical distribution expertise, a 100,000+ sq ft manufacturing footprint in Sacramento, CA and a culture grounded in integrity and accountability, we deliver mission-critical and industrial power solutions at scale...faster, better and without compromise.
What sets BPP apart is our ability to handle capacity without limits, our people who care deeply about solving problems instead of making excuses and our commitment to real manufacturing...no imports disguised as domestic builds. Every product is engineered and manufactured in-house to the highest standards. And when mistakes happen, we own them, fix them and put processes in place to ensure they don’t happen again. That is why national developers, distributors, hyperscalers, and contractors nationwide trust us with their most critical projects.
Our offerings include UL 891 switchboards, EUSERC utility-metered switchboards, medium voltage switchgear from 5 to 38 kV, static and automatic transfer switches, power distribution units, remote power panels and UL 67 panelboards. From custom-engineered solutions to our stocked RTG offerings, we deliver with uncompromising quality and service our partners can trust, with every product built to exceed expectations.
In an industry where uptime is non-negotiable, BPP delivers your entire one line, on time. We’re not just faster. We’re better.
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