Project Manager

Description


Job Title: Project Manager Location: Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid) Employment Type: Contract (12 months) Industry: Manufacturing Compensation: $35.71 - 37.50 /hr. Schedule: 40 hrs/Week. - (1st shift) About the Opportunity:

• The Transportation Project Manager will oversee the endtoend planning, coordination, and execution of overdimensional freight, heavy loads, and complex transportation projects.
• This role is responsible for ensuring safe, compliant, and costeffective delivery of critical equipment through close coordination with internal stakeholders, logistics providers, carriers, and regulatory authorities.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting: This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally. About Acara Solutions Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide. Sound like a good fit? APPLY TODAY What You'll Do:

• Plan, coordinate, and manage endtoend transportation projects involving overdimensional, overweight, and highvalue freight.
• Develop detailed transportation execution plans, including routing, mode selection, scheduling, warehousing/storage, and risk mitigation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for transportation project execution from origin through final delivery.
• Coordinate heavy lift, heavy haul, and special handling requirements, including cranes, rigging, escorts, and specialized equipment.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, federal, and international permits, regulations, and safety requirements.
• Manage routing surveys, feasibility studies, and engineering input as required for complex moves.
• Collaborate with internal teams (proposal and project management teams, manufacturing, and procurement) to align transportation plans with overall project schedules.
• Select, manage, and oversee transportation providers, freight forwarders, carriers, and thirdparty logistics partners.
• Identify and mitigate transportation risks related to scheduling, safety, compliance, and cost-related concerns.
• Monitor budgets, track transportation costs, and identify costsaving opportunities.
• Resolve delivery issues, delays, or disruptions while maintaining project timelines.
• Ensure all needed transportation documentation is accurate and complete (letters of credit, permits, customs, insurance, bills of lading).
• Adhere to client Smart Infrastructure policies, quality standards, and EHS requirements.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 3+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, or Business.
• 3+ years of experience in transportation project management, heavy haul, or special freight operations.
• 3+ years of experience in managing overdimensional and overweight shipments.
• 3+ years of experience in working with freight forwarders, carriers, and heavy haul providers.

What Sets You Apart:

• The ideal candidate combines good project management skills with deep knowledge of heavy haul transportation, special handling requirements, and regulatory compliance across domestic and international freight movements.
• Good understanding of transportation regulations, permitting, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently in a fastpaced environment.
• Experience supporting industrial, infrastructure, energy, or large capital projects.
• Knowledge and familiarity with domestic and international transportation (road, rail, port, and ocean freight).
• Project management certification (PMP).
• Experience working in a global organization.
• Proficiency in SAP or other ERP systems.
• Familiarity with Salesforce or other CRM systems.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

After you apply, you may receive a call or message from our AI Talent Scout about this role or other opportunities that match your skills and preferences. AI agent role is to help speed up your hiring process by answering questions, confirming basic information, and identifying whether there's a mutual fit.
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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.


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