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Project Lead roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship when employers complete the PERM labor certification process, documenting that no qualified U.S. worker is available. Most Project Lead positions meet the specialty occupation threshold, making employer-sponsored permanent residency a realistic path for credentialed foreign professionals.
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TITLE: Project Manager
FLSA: Exempt
UPDATED: 6/9/2026
DIVISION: Operations
REPORTS TO: Director of Project Management
Summary
This position manages assigned projects to ensure the proper execution of schedules, budgets, resources, and deliverables from receipt of order through final acceptance by customers.
Essential Functions
- Ensure successful execution of all assigned projects, exceeding targets for quality, on-time performance, and cost.
- Responsible for establishing required communication, as the main point of contact with the customer, throughout the life of all assigned projects.
- Help to define, clearly understand, and manage to the boundaries of the sold project scope, goals, and deliverables.
- Plan, create, maintain, and properly communicate detailed project schedules and follow-up on actual performance against estimate.
- Understand, track, and effectively communicate financial data, payment milestones, and terms and conditions related to assigned projects.
- Lead and actively participate in cross functional project reviews as necessary to identify problems related to budget, schedule, and quality, escalate as required, and create pro-active solutions to troubled projects.
- Responsible for working with Quotation Engineering and other department managers to help define and understand task assignments and schedules as related to assigned projects.
- Ensures that job schedules are adhered to and achieved by all necessary personnel.
- Tracks and reviews performance and attainment of goals, budget and cost adherence, as well as conformance to company policy and guidelines.
- May be required to visit specific locations at request of the customer or Sales force.
- Produce required documentation, such as purchase requisitions or field service requests.
- Maintain all internal documentation and reports, as assigned by management.
Core Competencies
Job Specific Competencies
- Communication
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KM Operations & Product Knowledge
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Results Oriented
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Negotiation
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Initiative/Urgency
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Customer Focus
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Problem Solving
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Analytical Thinking
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Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork
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Influence
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Flexibility/Adaptability
- Ethics/Confidentiality
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment in our Florence, KY or Brighton, MI facility. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines which create low-moderate noise.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach, stoop, and kneel.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
- Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.
- Moderate lifting is required up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness required.
Expected Hours of Work
This is a salaried, exempt level, full-time position with standard working days/hours of Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm with additional time as necessary to complete required tasks. Actual working hours may vary based on needs of customers. Must be willing to work long hours as dictated by the situation. This will periodically include evenings and weekends.
Travel
Travel is moderate, roughly 20%, and is primarily local and during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected. Travel to Germany or other international locations possible for training/conferences.
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering or similar field and 2-4 years’ related experience or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Mechanical aptitude with creative ability to generate design solutions for various machine components.
Preferred Education and Experience
Experience working with highly technical, engineered capital equipment projects.
Krauss-Maffei Corporation is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Project Lead
Frame your credentials around PERM job requirements
Your degree and work history must align precisely with the employer's PERM-filed job description. A mismatch between your transcript field and the posted role is one of the most common causes of I-140 denials for Project Lead candidates.
Target employers with established PERM filing infrastructure
Prioritize mid-size and large companies with a dedicated HR or legal team that has processed PERM applications before. First-time PERM sponsors often underestimate DOL audit risk and recruitment documentation requirements, which delays your case significantly.
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Use Migrate Mate to filter Project Lead openings by employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history, so you're applying to companies already equipped to sponsor rather than hoping a recruiter will agree to start the process from scratch.
Negotiate PERM sponsorship terms before accepting an offer
Confirm in writing whether the employer covers PERM filing costs and attorney fees. DOL rules prohibit passing PERM costs to you, but some employers structure offers in ways that effectively shift attorney fees onto the employee if terms aren't clearly defined upfront.
Understand how prevailing wage affects your job offer
DOL requires your offered salary to meet the prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify your offer hits at least the Level II or Level III threshold before your employer submits the PERM application.
Document project management credentials to support EB-2 eligibility
For EB-2 classification, gather evidence that your Project Lead role requires an advanced degree or the equivalent, including letters from prior employers quantifying team size, budget authority, and technical scope that a bachelor's degree alone wouldn't qualify someone to handle.
Green Card Project Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Project Lead role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Project Lead positions can qualify under either category depending on the employer's requirements. EB-2 applies when the role requires an advanced degree or equivalent specialized experience. EB-3 covers roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree. The employer's PERM job description must match your actual duties and credentials, and USCIS evaluates each petition individually.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for a Project Lead?
Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 leads to permanent residency, not a temporary work authorization period. Unlike the H-1B visa, EB-3 green card petitions have no annual lottery. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM alone takes six months to over a year before the I-140 is even filed, and priority date backlogs vary significantly by country of birth.
How can I find Project Lead employers who sponsor green cards?
Migrate Mate lets you filter Project Lead job listings by employers with verified EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history, removing the guesswork of cold-applying to companies that may never have run a PERM case. Searching by sponsorship track record dramatically improves your odds of reaching an offer stage with an employer prepared to file.
What documentation do I need to support a PERM-based green card petition as a Project Lead?
You'll need academic transcripts, official degree evaluations if your credential is from outside the U.S., employment verification letters detailing job titles and responsibilities, and any professional certifications relevant to the role. If the employer is using a combination of education and experience to satisfy PERM requirements, each year of qualifying work experience must be documented precisely by a prior supervisor.
Can my employer start the PERM process while I'm on an H-1B?
Yes, and most immigration attorneys recommend starting PERM as early as possible while you're on H-1B status. PERM and I-140 processing can run concurrently with your H-1B, and under AC21 portability rules, you can generally change employers without losing your priority date once the I-140 is approved and your priority date is within 180 days of becoming current.