Operations Project Manager

About Us We are a global climate technologies company engineered for sustainability. We create sustainable and efficient residential, commercial and industrial spaces through HVACR technologies. We protect temperature-sensitive goods throughout the cold chain. And we bring comfort to people globally. Best-in-class engineering, design and manufacturing combined with category-leading brands in compression, controls, software and monitoring solutions result in next-generation climate technology that is built for the needs of the world ahead.    Whether you are a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring your first opportunity, or recent graduate with an advanced degree, we have opportunities that will allow you to innovate, be challenged and make an impact. Join our team and start your journey today!   Position Summary The Operations Project Manager will lead and support cross-functional projects within the Operations functions of Copeland, including Manufacturing Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Operational Excellence. This role is responsible for translating business priorities into structured project plans, coordinating execution across functions, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring projects deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, customer delivery, cost, inventory, and productivity. The successful candidate will serve as a central coordinator among plant operations, engineering, quality, procurement, planning, logistics, finance, information technology, external suppliers, and service providers. This role is designed for a candidate who combines practical operational knowledge, strong analytical skills, and disciplined project execution in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Key Responsibilities Project Planning & Governance Lead small to medium operational projects, or defined workstreams within larger programs, from initiation through closeout Develop project charters, scope statements, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and measurable success criteria Maintain action, risk, issue, decision, dependency, and change-control logs; ensure owners and due dates are clear and current Establish project governance, meeting cadence, stage-gate reviews, and concise status reporting for sponsors and stakeholders Monitor schedule, cost, scope, benefits, and resource performance; escalate variances with fact-based recovery recommendations Capture lessons learned and transition completed deliverables to process owners with documented controls and sustainment plans Stakeholder & Change Management Coordinate cross-functional teams and facilitate effective working sessions, readiness reviews, and steering committee updates Build productive relationships with plant leadership, functional teams, suppliers, carriers, and other external partners Communicate project status, decisions, risks, and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences Use practical change-management methods to assess stakeholder impacts, prepare communications and training, address resistance, and reinforce adoption Create a culture of accountability by following up on commitments and driving actions to closure Project Management Reporting Develop dashboards and analyses to support decisions, and monitor readiness Define baseline performance, target outcomes, KPI ownership, and benefit-realization tracking before implementation Protect confidential information and follow applicable cybersecurity, data governance, and records-management requirements Operations Functions Support Manufacturing Operations Support production readiness, capacity expansion, equipment installation, facility changes, product transfers, new product introductions, and manufacturing ramp-up initiatives Assess constraints affecting throughput, capacity, takt time, cycle time, yield, changeover, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) Partner with Environmental, Health and Safety and Quality teams to ensure project deliverables comply with site requirements and do not compromise safe work practices or product quality Procurement Coordinate sourcing and procurement workstreams, including requirements definition, supplier selection support, purchase-order milestones, tooling, samples, qualifications, and delivery readiness Track critical supplier commitments, lead times, capacity, quality, cost, and recovery actions that may affect project objectives Ensure supplier changes and project decisions are documented and communicated to affected planning, engineering, quality, and operations teams Supply Chain and Logistics Lead or support initiatives that improve on-time delivery, inventory turns, freight performance, warehouse throughput, and end-to-end material flow Support Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), demand and capacity planning, and scenario analysis for changing volume or product-mix assumptions Evaluate warehouse, transportation, distribution, packaging, material flow, and inbound/outbound logistics capabilities; identify capacity gaps and corrective actions Operational Excellence Lead or support Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, value-stream mapping, 5S, standard work, visual management, and waste-reduction initiatives Facilitate structured problem-solving using methods such as A3, DMAIC, 5 Whys, fishbone analysis, Pareto analysis, and root cause/corrective action Develop current-state and future-state process maps; define countermeasures, implementation plans, control plans, and benefit-tracking methods Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, throughput, lead time, inventory, cost, and process reliability Promote process standardization and adoption through stakeholder engagement, training, documentation, and change management Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Logistics, Business, or a related field; eq