Project Manager Santa Barbara

We’re seeking a seasoned Project Manager to join one of our clients in Santa Maria, California! This is a full-time, temp-to-hire position, with a schedule of 7:30AM to 4:00PM, Monday through Friday, and an annual salary of $80,000 to $110,000/yr once hired permanently. If you’re qualified and interested, please send us your resume today!

Benefits if hired include: Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401k with employer match, employee assistance program, HSA accounts, PTO, floating holidays.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Evaluates requests for proposal/quote and provides necessary input for the development of the proposal/quote for future potential projects. Input includes determination of labor, staffing, timeframe, materials, equipment and other resource needs.

Review customer contracts and purchase orders to evaluate technical, financial and schedule impact to projects.

Determines time frame, funding limitations, and procedures for accomplishing project, for various phases of projects.

Establishes staffing requirements for each phase of project and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel in collaboration with department managers.

Confers with project team to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.

Responsible for sourcing new suppliers to meet project requirements, leading negotiations, and ensuring alignment of the terms and conditions of both the supplier and the company.

Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. Work with every department in the company to resolve project related issues.

Monitors task completion status to identify at-risk project tasks and to develop mitigation plans.

Prepares status reports for management and customer(s). Modifies schedules or plans as required.

Coordinates project activities to meet requirements of governmental and regulatory agencies.

Skills and Qualifications:

Degree in Engineering, Electronics, Industrial Relations, or related field from 4-year college with 3 years project management experience in a manufacturing or similar environment; or 2-year college/technical school and 6 years of project management experience in a manufacturing environment; or other equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Experience in manufacturing required; experience in electronic manufacturing a plus.

Technical product experience and working knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, purchasing and cost estimating.

Prior experience interfacing with a quality management system.

Familiarity with applicable health and safety regulations.

Knowledge of Six Sigma and/or Lean manufacturing principles a plus.

We provide equal employment opportunities in hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, and all other employment decisions. These opportunities and other conditions of employment are extended to qualified applicants and employees without regard to an individual’s ancestry, race, color, religious creed, sex, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity (including transgender) or expression, age, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, military or veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws.