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Imagine yourself… Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project. Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. It’s possible with a role at McCrometer. McCrometer, a Veralto company, is a global leader in flow instrumentation. We design, develop, and manufacture world‑class flow measurement equipment used across water and wastewater management, agriculture and irrigation, oil and gas, and industrial processes. Our products help customers manage some of the world’s most critical resources with confidence and precision. Behind McCrometer’s innovations is a highly skilled team with deep expertise in flow physics and real‑world operating dynamics. When you join our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects, collaborate across functions, and contribute to solutions that support essential industries around the world. Along the way, you'll benefit from professional development opportunities, ongoing learning, and a culture that values growth and continuous improvement.

We offer:

• Professional onboarding and training programs
• Career coaching and professional development opportunities
• Collaborative and supportive team environment
• Health and wellness benefits
• 401(k) program
• Exposure to a global network of Veralto operating companies
• Hybrid work environment
• Opportunities to work on customer‑facing projects with visible business impact

Reporting to the Project Management Manager, the Project Manager will take ownership of customer projects from order receipt through final delivery and documentation closeout.

This role serves as a key link between customers and internal teams, helping to ensure projects remain on schedule, documentation requirements are met, and customer expectations are exceeded. The Project Manager will coordinate with production, engineering, quality, sales, and customers to manage project timelines, documentation milestones, inspections, and order fulfillment activities.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing customer communication, project execution, manufacturing coordination, and process discipline in a fast‑paced environment.

This position is part of the V‑Cone Project Team located in Hemet, California and will be hybrid.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Manage multiple customer projects simultaneously while balancing quality, delivery timelines, and customer satisfaction.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for customers and internal stakeholders throughout project execution.
• Coordinate documentation requirements and customer deliverables to support production and shipping schedules.
• Review customer purchase orders for accuracy and manage sales order entry within the ERP system.
• Generate production work instructions and support bill‑of‑material reviews and updates.
• Coordinate inspections, project schedules, and internal resources to meet customer commitments.
• Update technical and project documentation based on customer feedback and project changes.
• Maintain V‑Cone project documentation, approval records, job books, and document archives.
• Ensuring the final invoicing is submitted to finalize the project.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in a manufacturing, construction, operations, or project management environment.
• Experience managing multiple customer‑facing projects or programs simultaneously.
• Experience working with ERP systems for order management, project tracking, or production coordination.
• Experience coordinating documentation, schedules, and deliverables across multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work on‑site in a hybrid environment in Hemet, California.
• Responsible for providing a daily project‑status update during management meetings.

It would be a plus if you also possess the following:

• PMP certification
• Oracle EBS experience
• Experience within flow instrumentation, industrial equipment, water technologies, oil and gas equipment, or engineered‑to‑order manufacturing environments
• Experience supporting highly regulated or documentation‑intensive manufacturing operations

McCrometer is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrants global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

US ONLY: The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue‑based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. The compensation range for this role is $75,000 - $90,000 USD per year.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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