Technical Program Manager - Industrial Engineering (Factory Design)

About the role

We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life-from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group-57,000+ engineers in 30 countries-we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

As a Technical Program Manager - Industrial Engineering (Factory Design) you will be responsible for;

• Leading factory design programs from concept development through engineering reviews, construction readiness, implementation, and operational handoff.
• Developing and maintaining integrated project schedules, milestones, resource plans, and deliverables to ensure alignment with business and operational objectives.
• Coordinating with Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Construction, Operations, and EHS teams to define project scope, requirements, priorities, and execution plans.
• Managing the full change request lifecycle through systems such as MaintainX, Quickbase, or similar platforms, including initiation, approvals, execution tracking, and closure.
• Driving factory layout governance activities, including equipment placement reviews, space allocation planning, design approvals, and revision management.
• Identifying and proactively managing design changes, execution risks, infrastructure constraints, and schedule dependencies.
• Facilitating cross-functional decision-making and ensuring stakeholder alignment to maintain project timelines and commitments.
• Maintaining project dashboards, milestone trackers, action logs, decision registers, and status reports to provide program visibility.
• Coordinating engineering deliverables with construction schedules, equipment installations, commissioning activities, and operational readiness plans.
• Supporting continuous improvement of project management, design review, approval, and documentation processes.

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.
• PMP certification or equivalent project management certification is preferred.

Salary Range: $140K-$185K

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

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