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About the Role

The Technical Project Manager is accountable for the technical delivery workstream supporting complex transit vehicle technology implementations. The role leads mechanical engineering coordination, vehicle configuration development, mounting and installation design, prototype and conditional-installation support, technical documentation, and controlled transfer of approved technical information to field teams. This position combines technical judgment with disciplined workstream management. The Technical Project Manager partners closely with the Project Manager and Field Coordinator, but remains the primary owner for technical readiness, engineering deliverables, configuration accuracy, and technical issue resolution.

Responsibilities

Technical workstream planning and control
Develop and maintain the technical workstream plan, milestones, dependencies, resource assignments, priorities, and delivery forecasts in alignment with the integrated project schedule.
Lead and coordinate mechanical engineering and technical writing activities, collaborating with engineering teams and technical writers to ensure accurate, high-quality outcomes.
Coordinate product, supply-chain, production, quality, and field-support resources across vehicle types and project phases.
Maintain technical action, risk, issue, decision, dependency, and change records; assign owners and due dates and drive items to verified technical closure.
Provide accurate technical status, schedule impacts, risks, assumptions, and decisions to the Project Manager and customer-facing team.
Provide technical dependencies, configuration requirements, material lead-time assumptions, and engineering estimates for schedule recovery, kit-demand planning, and production forecasting.
Escalate resource, design, approval, configuration, and documentation constraints before they affect prototypes, production, or field installation.
Vehicle engineering and installation readiness
Plan and lead the technical portions of vehicle surveys, engineering reviews, dry fits, prototypes, first-of-type builds, conditional installations, and technical acceptance activities.
Confirm mounting solutions, hardware, cabling, connections, materials, drawings, Bills of Materials (BOMs), and installation methods meet contractual requirements, customer standards, and actual vehicle conditions.
Coordinate technical decisions with Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Field Service, Installation, and the customer; document approved direction and downstream actions.
Evaluate field discoveries and technical defects, establish containment and corrective action, and verify that approved resolutions are implemented across affected vehicles and documents.
Support OEM and retrofit configuration alignment by applying validated lessons from surveys, prototypes, and production installations.
Documentation, configuration, and change control
Own technical review and release coordination for installation guides, engineering drawings, BOMs, technical bulletins, configuration records, and related deliverables.
Perform quality reviews for technical accuracy, revision alignment, usability, completeness, and consistency before information is released to the customer or field teams.
Lead or support Engineering Change Order reviews, technical impact analysis, required approvals, and coordinated updates to drawings, BOMs, guides, work instructions, and affected configurations.
Own the technical intake and disposition of urgent parts requests and BOM-change requests; confirm technical suitability, obtain required engineering approvals, and release controlled revisions before field use.
Translate survey, dry-fit, prototype, and field feedback into repeatable approved installation instructions before scaled deployment.
Develop standard work, review checklists, approval workflows, naming conventions, and controlled repositories to reduce single-person dependency and preserve program knowledge.
Technical stakeholder leadership
Serve as Safe Fleet's technical project contact during engineering reviews, readiness meetings, field investigations, demonstrations, and customer approval activities.
Explain technical decisions, alternatives, constraints, and risks clearly to customer, project, field, and leadership audiences.
Facilitate rapid technical triage while maintaining engineering authority, change control, documentation, and safety requirements.
Participate in the defined after-hours coverage rotation as the technical escalation owner and document decisions for the Project Manager and next-shift handoff.
Provide technical coaching and knowledge transfer to installers, field leads, support personnel, and designated backup resources.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, systems, manufacturing, or engineering technology; equivalent relevant technical experience may be considered.
Five or more years of experience leading technical delivery in vehicle systems, transportation, systems integration, manufacturing, engineering, or field implementation.
Working knowledge of electromechanical vehicle installations, technical drawings, BOMs, configuration management, installation documentation, and engineering change control.
Experience coordinating engineers, technical writers, suppliers, production personnel, installers, field-service teams, and customer technical stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to plan technical work, manage dependencies and risks, document decisions, communicate schedule impacts, and drive technical actions to closure.
Strong technical writing, review, troubleshooting, facilitation, and customer communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration/document-control tools; ability to learn or use Jira, Confluence, SharePoint/OneDrive, Salesforce, and Arena.
Valid driver's license, ability to satisfy applicable site-access requirements, and ability to travel and work flexible shifts at customer and field locations.
Experience with public transportation agencies, vehicle retrofits, onboard video, communications systems, or multi-vehicle equipment rollouts.
Project-management certification or demonstrated formal project-management training.
Experience with requirements traceability, prototype validation, customer acceptance, quality gates, and production-readiness reviews.
Professional Engineer license or advanced engineering credential.

Skills

Mechanical engineering coordination
Vehicle configuration development
Mounting and installation design
Prototype and conditional-installation support
Technical documentation
Technical judgment
Workstream management
Technical readiness
Engineering deliverables
Configuration accuracy
Technical issue resolution
Technical writing
Electromechanical vehicle installations
Technical drawings
BOMs
Configuration management
Installation documentation
Engineering change control
Technical action tracking
Risk management
Issue tracking
Decision logging
Dependency management
Change record maintenance
Schedule impact communication
Technical closure
Technical status reporting
Schedule impact analysis
Risk assessment
Assumption logging
Decision communication
Technical dependency identification
Configuration requirement definition
Material lead-time estimation
Engineering estimation
Schedule recovery planning
Kit-demand planning
Production forecasting
Constraint escalation
Vehicle surveys
Engineering reviews
Dry fits
Prototypes
First-of-type builds
Conditional installations
Technical acceptance
Mounting solution confirmation
Hardware confirmation
Cabling confirmation
Connection confirmation
Material confirmation
Drawing confirmation
Bill of Materials (BOM) confirmation
Installation method confirmation
Contractual requirement verification
Customer standard verification
Actual vehicle condition assessment
Technical decision coordination
Product Management coordination
Supply Chain coordination
Production coordination
Quality coordination
Field Service coordination
Installation coordination
Customer coordination
Approved direction documentation
Downstream action documentation
Field discovery evaluation
Technical defect evaluation
Containment action establishment
Corrective action establishment
Resolution implementation verification
OEM configuration alignment
Retrofit configuration alignment
Validated lesson application
Installation guide review
Engineering drawing review
BOM review
Technical bulletin review
Configuration record review
Deliverable quality review
Revision alignment verification
Usability assessment
Completeness verification
Consistency verification
Engineering Change Order (ECO) review support
Technical impact analysis
Approval coordination
Drawing updates
BOM updates
Guide updates
Work instruction updates
Affected configuration updates
Technical intake
Disposition of urgent parts requests
Disposition of BOM-change requests
Technical suitability confirmation
Engineering approval acquisition
Controlled revision release
Field feedback translation
Repeatable approved installation instruction development
Scaled deployment preparation
Standard work development
Review checklist development
Approval workflow development
Naming convention development
Controlled repository development
Single-person dependency reduction
Program knowledge preservation
Technical project contact
Engineering review facilitation
Readiness meeting facilitation
Field investigation facilitation
Demonstration facilitation
Customer approval activity facilitation
Technical decision explanation
Alternative explanation
Constraint explanation
Risk explanation
Customer audience communication
Project audience communication
Field audience communication
Leadership audience communication
Rapid technical triage
Engineering authority maintenance
Change control maintenance
Documentation maintenance
Safety requirement maintenance
After-hours coverage rotation participation
Technical escalation ownership
Decision documentation
Next-shift handoff documentation
Technical coaching
Knowledge transfer
Installer coaching
Field lead coaching
Support personnel coaching
Designated backup resource coaching
Public transportation agency experience
Vehicle retrofit experience
Onboard video systems experience
Communications systems experience
Multi-vehicle equipment rollout experience
Project management certification
Formal project management training
Requirements traceability
Prototype validation
Customer acceptance
Quality gate participation
Production-readiness review participation
Professional Engineer license
Advanced engineering credential

Location

US
Canada

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Five or more years of experience leading technical delivery

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, systems, manufacturing, or engineering technology
Equivalent relevant technical experience may be considered

Salary/Compensations

$125,000 - $145,000 USD Annual

About the Company

At Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles – and everyone in and around them – safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world’s biggest fleet safety problems.
Our core value is safety. Without safety first, efficiency and productivity are not possible. This is true for our products, our culture, and our relationship with our community. Our vision is to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in and around fleet vehicles with a goal of ZERO accidents.
We are re-defining what safety means for fleets of every type – from school buses to waste collection trucks, firefighting to utility vehicles, police cruisers to delivery vans.
Whether you work in our Charlotte plant to build life-saving stop arms for school buses, or design advanced camera vision products in our Vancouver office, forge valves and high-quality nozzles to fight fires, or dream up new ways to protect fleet operators in our Corporate HQ in Kansas City, you’ll contribute to our goal to keep everyone safe.
We are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1700 employees in over 15 locations across Canada and the US. We’re looking for motivated self-starters with innovative thinking to join our team and help us achieve our growth and performance goals.

Equal Opportunity

At Safe Fleet, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Our core values of integrity, innovation, teamwork, customer focus, and safety guide our efforts to provide a workplace where all employees can thrive and reach their full potential.