Project Manager

Description

For more than 30 years, TriCore has partnered with leading food, beverage, and life science manufacturers to solve complex challenges through automation, engineering, and technology. Our team combines deep technical expertise with a practical, customer-focused approach to deliver solutions that help clients operate more efficiently, safely, and intelligently.

At TriCore, you’ll join a team of problem-solvers, innovators, and industry experts who work together to deliver meaningful results for our customers. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere, and we empower employees to take ownership, keep learning, embrace innovation, and make an impact.

If you’re looking for a place where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your work truly matters, we’d love to meet you.

Success is measured by delivering projects on time and on budget, maintaining accurate forecasts and process compliance, providing a consistent customer experience, and proactively managing the backlog to keep work ready for efficient execution.

What You’ll Do

• Lead projects from purchase order through closeout, managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, and deliverables.
• Create project plans and coordinate priorities across Engineering, customers, vendors, and project teams.
• Keep projects moving by managing the backlog, resolving roadblocks, and addressing risks.
• Serve as a key customer contact, providing updates and ensuring expectations are aligned.
• Monitor project financials, including budgets, costs, margins, forecasts, and variances.
• Manage scope changes and change orders.
• Ensure project documentation, reporting, and closeout requirements are completed.
• Conduct project postmortems and lessons learned to improve project execution, communication, documentation, tools, reporting, and team effectiveness.
• Support Sales and Engineering during project transitions and customer handoffs.
• Other duties as assigned

 There is a 2 day in-office requirement located in Racine, WI 

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, Automation Technology, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 3+ years of project management, project coordination, engineering, automation, manufacturing, or technical project execution required. 
• Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, customer communication, documentation and cross-functional deliverables. 

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in industrial automation, controls engineering, systems integration, manufacturing, or food and beverage production environments. 
• Experience managing customer-facing projects involving engineering, automation, equipment, controls, software, or technical deliverables. 
• Experience with project financial management, forecasting, budget tracking, margin protection, and change order management. 
• PMP, CAPM, or other relevant project management certification. 
• Working knowledge of food and beverage manufacturing processes, plant environments, sanitation requirements, and customer readiness considerations.

.Skills & Competencies

• Strong project management, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Self-directed with strong accountability and follow-through.
• Effective communicator with strong collaboration, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage project risks, financials, scope changes, and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and related project/business systems.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

TriCore is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. TriCore provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees as required by applicable law.

At-Will Employment Statement

Employment at TriCore is at-will. This means that either the employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause and with or without advance notice, subject to applicable law. Nothing in this job description, offer letter, or any other Company communication creates an employment contract, express or implied, or guarantees employment for any specific period of time. The at-will nature of employment may only be modified by a written agreement signed by an authorized executive of the Company.