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Poindexter & Co., Inc. (JBPCO) is a privately held, diversified manufacturing company forecasting over $2.5B in annual revenues and employing over 8,000 team members. The six operating subsidiaries, covering 60 locations, are engaged in the production of commercial truck bodies, step-vans, utility trucks, ambulances, electric and alternative fuel vehicles, and expandable foam plastic packaging. For more information, visit https://www.jbpoindexter.com.\n\nSenior Program Manager will be responsible for leading automation projects from concept to implementation across JBPCO’s manufacturing sites. The project’s life cycle includes, but is not limited to identifying automation opportunities, justifying, developing concepts, writing the scope of work, selecting the preferred vendor/integrator, business case development/presentation, design validation, ensuring the design & build follows JBPCO standards, and launching the solution at the plant. The Senior Program Manager will be executing multiple projects at one time, potentially in different facilities across North America that vary from welding chassis frames, laying fiberglass to machine tending to general assembly. \n\nEssential Job Functions:\nLead and support manufacturing initiatives aimed at process improvements through the targeted implementation of automated processes that drive improvements in key corporate metrics for safety, quality, cost and throughput.\nLeads Concept-to-Commissioning process for automation systems, working with our internal manufacturing customers and the external system integrators.\nHelp define better business processes that support the transformation and automation of JBPCO’s manufacturing footprint.\nDrives cross-functional engagement and stakeholder alignment to advance key projects, strategies, and initiatives, including the formulation, justification, and presentation of capital investment (CapEx) proposals and business cases that support organizational objectives.\nConfers with planning and design staff concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient Lean production methods.\nConfers with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, throughput ramp up plans, and other considerations to facilitate production processes.\nLeads cross-functional collaboration with subject matter experts to evaluate manufacturing requirements, develop innovative process solutions, assess project cost implications, and establish best-in-class manufacturing practices.\nCollaborate on the development and implementation of standardized work instructions, PFMEAs, and other control plans to ensure quality and consistency.\nDevelop equipment specifications (RFQ) to meet manufacturing requirements, and negotiate for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts. Evaluate equipment according to specifications and quality standards through design reviews, and gated acceptance testing.\nWorks with Business Units on production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to provide information for stakeholder decisions.\nAdheres to Quality policy by exceeding customer expectations, being customer focused and supporting continuous improvement activities.\nAdheres to JBPCO and industry safety policies and standards 100% of the time, including but not limited to, RIA, ANSI, ISO, IEEE, and NFPA.\nExecute internal concept development workshops with the manufacturing sites to define base project scope. Output to include, base process, automation selection, man-machine charts, cardboard mockups, cost estimates\nUtilize project management skills to maintain an appropriate level of project control with respect to project budget, project timeline, resource allocation, document control, and issuance of purchase orders.\nCreate and maintain the required level of control with all JBPCO documents, included but not limited to, solid models, drawings, procedures, and work instructions.\nLeads design reviews, build validation, FAT and SAT with the supplier ensuring the full representation of JBPCO is integrated into the process.\nDelivers comprehensive project updates to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, providing visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies to support informed decision-making\nLead training efforts across the enterprise to enable manufacturing operations to be self-sufficient at running, maintaining, and modifying automation systems. \nExecute or assist vendors/integrators with standardized Task-Based Risk Assessment in accordance with A3 and JBPCO (ANSI/RIA TR R15.306).\nWork with maintenance on policies, procedures, and spare parts. \nLead and train the Business Units on automation safety standards, mechanical and electrical.\nCoach and mentorship to junior engineers to help build internal capabilities on project management across the enterprise.\nPartner with site-level engineers, operations leaders, and corporate stakeholders to deploy best practices, standards, and advanced technologies.\nConduct process capability analysis, time studies, and value stream mapping to identify and eliminate waste.\nServe as a technical resource for new product introductions (NPIs), manufacturing cell designs, and layout optimization.\nStay current with emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g., Industry 4.0, robotics, additive manufacturing) and assess their fit within the organization.\nStay current with project management standards and technical skills to support and serve JBPCO’s business units.\n\nQualifications:\nA self-starter with strong project leadership experience.\nHas experience successfully leading projects transforming a traditional low volume/high mix manual manufacturing environment over to Automation. \nProven ability to lead various sizes of manufacturing projects and drive measurable improvement in cost, quality, safety, or delivery metrics.\nExperience with various types of automation, automation vendors, and automation applications. \nExperience working in a high-volume, complex manufacturing environment and/or high-mix, low volume manufacturing environment.\nAbility to communicate, collaborate, and build rapport with personnel at all levels in a manufacturing environment. \nUnderstanding of manufacturing design elements/tools/systems, processes, and regulatory requirements. \nUnderstanding of design principles such as Data Analysis, DOE, FMEA, DFM/DFA. \nMust possess excellent automation/electrical/mechanical aptitude. \nAbility to work collaboratively within a team as well as independently.\nMust have a passion and strong working knowledge for safety, workplace organization, and continuous improvement with a focus on Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Lean implementation.\nProficient with computer systems and software packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (email), Microsoft Project or Smartsheet, and JD Edwards.\nOptional: 3D CAD Competency (SolidWorks, Draftsite or similar software preferred).\nOptional: Visual Basic Programming, Ladder Logic, or other programming knowledge.\n\nEducation:\nBSME, BSIE, BSEE or equivalent.\nTen years or more of directly related experience in a manufacturing engineering or advanced manufacturing role, preferably in a multi-site or complex manufacturing environment. A minimum of five years must be in program/project leadership.\nPreferred: Certifications in PE, Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or relevant engineering credentials.\nTravel Expectation:\n75%.\nMust have a valid driver’s license and passport.\n\nJB Poindexter & Co., Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.\nThis policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.\n\n#LI-ER1","description_format":"text","description_chars":8159,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-15T06:26:51Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":76,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.805,"p_room":0.945,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:4","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T10:35:48Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/jbpoindexter-senior-program-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/jbpoindexter-senior-program-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T10:35:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":16019,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4420890},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4420890"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fjbpoindexter-senior-program-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fjbpoindexter-senior-program-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fjbpoindexter-senior-program-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/jbpoindexter-senior-program-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fjbpoindexter-senior-program-manager"}]}