Senior Project Manager (Manufacturing Transformation)

Location: Hybrid, Houston, Texas, United States, with travel primarily between U.S. operational locations, including Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Rochester, New York.

Company

hirify.global is a global flow control and instrumentation company serving industries including oil and gas, water, shipping, pharmaceuticals, and food.

What you will do

• Lead the design, planning, and execution of a future-state manufacturing Target Operating Model, including workstreams, milestones, ownership, deliverables, and supporting processes.
• Coordinate the consolidation and transition of manufacturing operations from Milwaukee to Rochester, including facility and layout optimization, production line and equipment relocation, process alignment, operational readiness, and knowledge transfer.
• Coordinate organizational change activities with HR and business leadership, including organizational structures, role mapping, communications, training, engagement, and change adoption.
• Coordinate ERP, manufacturing systems, infrastructure, data migration, and other technology dependencies with IT and business systems teams.
• Lead cross-functional and stakeholder alignment across Operations, Engineering, HR, IT, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, HSE, senior leadership, site teams, and external partners.
• Manage vendors, budgets, schedules, dashboards, KPIs, executive reporting, risks, quality, safety, compliance, and corrective actions while maintaining business continuity and customer commitments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive project or program management experience, preferably in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience leading manufacturing or facility consolidations, site transfers, operational integrations, or large-scale operational transformation programs.
• Experience managing complex, multi-site programs with multiple interdependent workstreams.
• Experience implementing Target Operating Models or comparable business transformation frameworks.
• Experience supporting organizational change and change-management activities in complex transformation programs.
• Experience with manufacturing technology and systems integration, including ERP, MES, or related business systems.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including significant project budgets, forecasts, and business cases.
• Strong leadership, influencing, organizational, problem-solving, communication, and executive stakeholder-management skills; ability to lead without direct reporting relationships and manage competing priorities.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately twice per month between U.S. operational locations, with additional travel during critical project phases.
• Ability to work across multiple sites, functions, and organizational levels; handle sensitive information discreetly; follow confidentiality and non-disclosure requirements; and support critical activities outside standard hours when required.

Nice to have

• PMP, PgMP, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable project/program management certification.
• Knowledge and practical application of Lean and Agile methodologies, including Kaizen, structured problem solving, and root cause analysis.
• Experience using Power BI and data analytics for project and operational performance tracking, insight generation, and data-driven decisions.
• Experience with project management, transformation, and reporting tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement based in Houston, Texas.
• Work on a highly visible, complex manufacturing transformation supporting business continuity and future operational capability.
• Collaboration across Operations, Engineering, HR, IT, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, HSE, and external partners.
• Employment is offered as a nine-month fixed-term contract.
• Confidentiality and non-disclosure requirements apply to sensitive business and organizational information.