Technical Project Manager

Technical Project ManagerPosition Title: Technical Project ManagerLocation: Salem, ORJob Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Technical Project Manager opportunity. Job Responsibilities: Team Leadership: Directly manage an onsite scout team (consisting of 1 Electrical Engineer and 3 CAD Designers) to ensure continuous output, scaling the CAD team headcount as the project scope dictates. Schedule Execution: Own and drive the weekly production metrics, maintaining a sustained team output of roughly 56 completed and quality-checked drawings per week (11-12 daily). Cross-Functional Extraction: Coordinate closely with the shop floor build team and manufacturing supervisors to safely extract undocumented tribal knowledge regarding legacy and active production parts. Workflow & Quality Control: Standardize the tracking matrix, drafting templates, and cross-checking procedures to ensure all final drawings match physical part geometry and mating tolerances perfectly. Executive Reporting: Interface directly with the onsite Lead Engineer and provide daily internal progress syncs, while delivering formal weekly milestone reports to offsite executive and corporate leadership.Job Qualifications: 5+ years of Project Management experience within a manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, or heavy industrial engineering environment. Proven track record managing high-velocity document control, reverse-engineering, or CAD drafting deployment initiatives under tight regulatory or corporate deadlines. Exceptional interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to collaborate seamlessly between hands-on shop floor assembly teams and high-level corporate executives. Strong proficiency with engineering tracking matrices (Excel/Smartsheet) and exposure to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) or CAD file architecture systems. Local to the Portland metro area and available for immediate, full-time onsite deployment. Preferred Job Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, industrial technology, operations, project management, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered. PMP, CAPM, or comparable project-management certification. Experience with electromechanical products, electrical schematics, component drawings, assemblies, or manufacturing work instructions. Familiarity with ASME Y14 drawing practices, GD&T, engineering-change processes, and configuration-management principles. Experience with SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Creo, Inventor, or similar CAD environments. Experience with PDM or PLM platforms and controlled document-release workflows. Exposure to dimensional inspection, metrology, physical-part verification, or reverse engineering workflows. Experience managing contract engineering or technical staffing teams. Experience with plant transitions, production transfers, legacy-product recovery, or other time-sensitive manufacturing initiatives. Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous-improvement training.