Manufacturing Project Manager

Location: Ashland, KY (onsite) Type: Permanent · Full time · Daily shop-floor presence, 10–15% travel An industrial equipment and service company is hiring a Manufacturing Project Manager for its heavy repair center, which rebuilds and remanufactures steel mill components for producers around the country. You'll run dozens of customer repair jobs at once from the shop floor. Many of the best people in this seat came up through the trades. What you'll do Scope incoming repair jobs and turn customer needs into production work orders Decide what gets bought versus refurbished, and coordinate purchasing with engineering and production Track schedules and control costs on every active job, raising delay or overrun risk early Be the customer's main contact from intake to delivery, with regular updates Run kickoffs and coordinate machining and fabrication from drawings Write technical reports, keep clean job files, and travel 10–15% (domestic and international) What you bring Manufacturing, trades or industrial shop background (a PM title isn't required) Ability to keep 20+ jobs moving at once without dropping any Clear, steady customer communication Mechanical aptitude: reading drawings and understanding machining and fabrication Excel and MS Project or similar, and comfort in boots and a hard hat every day Nice to have: Mechanical engineering or related degree. Benefits: medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, paid time off. Mural Group is recruiting for this role on behalf of a client. Apply here and a Mural recruiter will be in touch.