Technical Program Manager – Industrial Engineering (Factory Design)

The role

You will lead factory design programs from concept through operational handoff. This involves managing project schedules, coordinating cross-functional teams, and driving factory layout governance.

What you will do

• Lead factory design programs from concept through implementation and operational handoff.
• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, milestones, resource plans, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Construction, Operations, and EHS teams.
• Manage the full change request lifecycle through systems like MaintainX or Quickbase.
• Drive factory layout governance including equipment placement and space allocation.
• Identify and manage design changes, execution risks, and schedule dependencies.
• Facilitate cross-functional decision-making and stakeholder alignment.
• Maintain project dashboards, milestone trackers, action logs, and status reports.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables with construction schedules and equipment installations.
• Support continuous improvement of project management and design review processes.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of technical project or program management experience within manufacturing, industrial engineering, factory design, construction, or related environments.
• Strong understanding of factory layouts, equipment integration, material flow, infrastructure planning, and manufacturing operations.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects involving engineering, construction, facilities, and operational stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with MaintainX, Quickbase, or similar change management and workflow tracking systems.
• Proficiency in project scheduling, milestone management, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, and executive reporting.
• Experience managing change requests, action items, decision logs, and project governance processes.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), and Bluebeam.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve project risks, conflicts, dependencies, and schedule challenges.
• Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting construction coordination, equipment installations, and operational readiness activities.

Nice to have

• PMP certification or equivalent project management certification

Benefits

• mentorship
• career growth opportunities
• comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• All candidates selected will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. They partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, and more.