Fire Truck Project Manager

Company Information

Sutphen Corporation is the oldest continuously family-owned and operated fire truck manufacturer in the United States of America.

With a mission to build the safest, most reliable fire trucks in the world, Sutphen has manufactured emergency fire apparatus for fire departments all over the country for more than 134 years.

Sutphen is seeking a project manager to join our growing team in Dublin, Ohio.

In this role, you will oversee the planning, execution, and completion of fire truck construction projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and to Sutphen's required quality standards. You will coordinate with various teams, such as design, manufacturing, and testing, to ensure project milestones are met. Additionally, you will communicate progress to stakeholders and address any issues or changes that may arise during the project lifecycle.

Why Join Team Sutphen?

• Safety is our priority
• Family-owned and operated
• First shift operation 
• High-quality and extremely affordable benefit packages
• A collaborative and challenging environment fostering high engagement and retention
• We have fun building the highest quality product that saves lives and property

Essential Job Functions

Our ideal candidate would be able to:

• Run through the configurator order and insert engineering and clarification notes.
• Print the configurator order and create the Initial Component Report.
• Draft a 2-dimensional drawing of the apparatus based off a sales proposal drawing.
• Send the Initial Package Letter and Initial Shop Order to the dealer and ask to schedule pre-construction II.
• Create the initial package documents.

Run an effective pre-construction meeting.

• Capture any changes or clarifications to the original order requested by the customer.
• Ask questions that will need to be answered for design and production purposes.
• Record all changes that will affect the contract price.

Project management throughout the building process.

• Meet department objectives by maintaining project timelines on the Project Dashboard.
• Answer questions from engineering, purchasing, and production throughout the entire build.
• Act as liaison between internal departments and the dealer / customer externally.
• Continually update and improve all project documents and maintain an up-to-date and accurate shop order revision at all times.
• Provide updates to the dealer and the customer at different points in the production process as requested.
• Be available at mid and final inspection to capture and communicate requests from the customer.
• Capture all cost-affecting changes throughout production and add them to the contract price by updating the Change Order document.