Manufacturing Project Manager (Cable Manufacturing)

Location: Budapest, Hungary; onsite plant work with some travel expected initially and limited travel longer term.

Company

hirify.global develops connectivity solutions and supports industrial digitization through global engineering and manufacturing operations.

What you will do

• Lead integrated plans for relocating, installing, commissioning, restarting, ramping up, and stabilizing cable manufacturing equipment, primarily extruders, cablers, and braiders.
• Coordinate operations, engineering, maintenance, safety, quality, IT/OT, contractors, suppliers, vendors, and integrators across multiple workstreams.
• Manage schedules, dependencies, actions, RAID items, decisions, escalations, milestones, resources, and execution reporting.
• Support process validation, troubleshooting, parameter development, operating standards, setup guidance, and documentation for transferred lines.
• Coordinate CE, machinery safety, EHS, installation, and commissioning requirements.
• Drive improvements in quality, throughput, waste, uptime, OEE, process standardization, new product introduction, transfers, automation, and digitalization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related technical or business field; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
• Experience leading or supporting industrial, manufacturing, equipment, or plant-engineering projects, including equipment startup, process development, or manufacturing transfers.
• Strong project execution discipline covering schedules, action tracking, RAID management, stakeholder coordination, and milestone follow-up.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in production and process environments.
• Experience with cable manufacturing equipment is preferred, especially extruders, cablers, braiders, and cable test equipment.
• Comfort working hands-on in a plant during startup and stabilization, including execution amid uncertainty, changing priorities, and aggressive timelines.
• Strong communication and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Fluent English required. Hungarian is helpful but not required, depending on the candidate profile.

Nice to have

• Experience with equipment relocation, industrialization, site or factory transfer, startup/ramp-up, or brownfield projects.
• Experience in wire and cable manufacturing or adjacent industrial sectors.
• Familiarity with CE, machinery safety, industrial compliance, or startup readiness requirements.
• Experience using production data, OEE, or process monitoring tools for improvement.
• Experience with controls, automation, manufacturing engineering, or digitalization projects.
• PMP or equivalent certification and Lean or Six Sigma knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with global teams on industrial connectivity and digitization projects.
• Limited direct people leadership initially, with an opportunity to grow into broader technical leadership or manufacturing engineering responsibility.
• Some initial travel for equipment review, planning, and transition coordination; limited travel longer term.