Project Manager

Company: WS Steel

Location: Steinbach, Manitoba

Position: Full-Time, Permanent

Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

About WS Steel

WS Steel is a Tier 1 OEM fabricator specializing in high-volume components and large-scale fabrication across multiple industries. We operate in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where quality, efficiency, communication, and execution are critical to our success.

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our team and lead multiple fabrication and manufacturing projects from initiation through successful completion.

The Role The Project Manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects, ensuring each project meets its defined scope, schedule, budget, quality requirements, and customer expectations.

This position serves as a key connection between customers, Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Production, Quality, and Operations, ensuring project requirements are clearly communicated and effectively executed throughout the project lifecycle.

The successful candidate will be comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and taking ownership of projects from initial handoff through completion.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage multiple fabrication and manufacturing projects simultaneously across varying scopes, priorities, and timelines.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including scope, schedules, milestones, resources, risks, and contingencies.
- Define and monitor project objectives, deliverables, timelines, and budget requirements.
- Work closely with Sales to ensure a explicit understanding of the scope of work, customer specifications, expectations, and commitments.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Purchasing, Production, Quality, and Operations to ensure project requirements are effectively communicated and executed.
- Coordinate project resources and priorities to support successful project execution.
- Monitor project progress, costs, schedules, and deliverables to ensure projects remain on track and within budget.
- Identify potential project delays, cost impacts, resource constraints, and other risks before they affect project delivery.




- Develop and implement appropriate mitigation and corrective action plans when project challenges arise.
- Manage and document project changes, ensuring changes to scope, schedule, cost, or customer requirements are properly communicated.
- Maintain proactive communication with customers regarding project progress, milestones, risks, changes, and issues.
- Act as a primary point of contact for project-related customer communication.
- Prepare and present project status reports, key metrics, risks, and action items to management and relevant stakeholders.
- Facilitate project meetings and follow up on assigned actions and commitments.
- Support resolution of technical, production, scheduling, quality, and customer-related issues.
- Maintain accurate and organized project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
- Promote accountability, collaboration, and effective communication among project stakeholders.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives related to project execution and internal processes.
- Perform other related duties as required.

Required Qualifications
- Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing systems, processes, workflows, and production environments.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects against scope, schedule, budget, and customer requirements.
- Strong organizational, planning, time-management, and multitasking abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers, management, production teams, and other internal departments.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- High level of accountability, professionalism, integrity, and attention to detail.




- Strong computer skills and ability to work effectively with project documentation and business systems.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in industrial fabrication, steel fabrication, OEM manufacturing, or a related environment.
- Formal education in Project Management, Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related discipline.
- Project Management certification such as PMP or equivalent.
- Experience working with technical drawings, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.
- Experience with ERP/MRP or project management systems.

Core Competencies
- Project planning and execution
- Manufacturing and operational awareness
- Budget and schedule management
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Customer and stakeholder management
- Cross-functional team coordination
- Leadership and accountability
- Managing competing priorities
- Attention to detail and documentation
- Clear and proactive communication

Hours & Compensation This is a full-time, permanent position, with regular working hours of:

Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The successful candidate must be willing to work additional or extended hours when required to support project deadlines and business needs.

Compensation will be based on experience and qualifications.

Why Join WS Steel?

This position provides the opportunity to manage challenging manufacturing and fabrication projects while working directly with customers and cross-functional teams across the organization.

If you are an experienced Project Manager who enjoys taking ownership, solving problems, managing multiple priorities, and seeing projects move from planning through manufacturing and successful delivery, we would like to hear from you.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume outlining your relevant project management and manufacturing experience.

We thank all candidates for their interest in WS Steel. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

WS Steel

Steinbach, Manitoba

Benefits

- Company events
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- RRSP match

Experience:
- Project management: 2 years (preferred)

Language:
- English (required)

Location:
- Steinbach, MB R5G 2G7 (preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Project Manager (Steinbach)
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