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Project Manager roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in a related field and the employer files a PERM labor certification with DOL. Construction, IT, and healthcare project management firms regularly sponsor foreign nationals for permanent residency through this pathway.
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Get Access To All JobsTITLE: 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
-
KM Operations & Product Knowledge
-
Results Oriented
-
Negotiation
-
Initiative/Urgency
-
Customer Focus
-
Problem Solving
-
Analytical Thinking
-
Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork
-
Influence
-
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.
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
-
KM Operations & Product Knowledge
-
Results Oriented
-
Negotiation
-
Initiative/Urgency
-
Customer Focus
-
Problem Solving
-
Analytical Thinking
-
Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork
-
Influence
-
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 as a Project Manager
Align your credentials with PERM requirements
Your degree field must directly match the Project Manager job description your employer files with DOL. A business administration or engineering degree typically satisfies PERM requirements, but a mismatch between your transcript and the posted job duties can delay or invalidate your labor certification.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search OFLC disclosure data to identify companies that have filed PERM applications for Project Manager roles in your target industry. Construction, federal contracting, and enterprise IT firms file most frequently, giving you a practical shortlist of sponsorship-ready employers before you apply.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility before negotiating
If your employer wants to sponsor you under EB-2, the job description must require an advanced degree or its equivalent. Many Project Manager postings only require a bachelor's, which defaults to EB-3. Confirming the category upfront prevents costly amendments after the I-140 petition is filed.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers fast
Filtering by green card sponsorship history cuts weeks off your employer research. Migrate Mate surfaces Project Manager roles at companies with verified PERM filing records, so you're targeting employers who've already committed to sponsoring foreign nationals in this job category.
Negotiate a start date that accounts for PERM timelines
PERM labor certification alone can take six to twelve months before USCIS even receives your I-140. Build this into your offer discussion and ask whether the employer will begin recruitment advertising immediately after you accept, not after your start date.
Verify the employer's prevailing wage obligation early
DOL requires your employer to pay the prevailing wage for your Project Manager role in the specific metro area where you'll work. Cross-check the wage level against OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer to confirm the salary meets the PERM-required threshold for your location and experience level.
Green Card Project Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Project Manager roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Project Manager positions qualify under EB-3 because they typically require a bachelor's degree rather than an advanced degree. EB-2 sponsorship is available if the employer can document that the role genuinely requires a master's degree or its equivalent in years of progressive experience. Your employer's immigration attorney determines the correct category when drafting the PERM job description.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a Project Manager?
An H-1B visa is a temporary work visa with a three-year initial period and an annual lottery for most applicants. Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries outside India and China. The green card process takes longer overall, often two to four years or more, but the outcome is permanent status rather than a visa you must renew or win through a lottery.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for a Project Manager role?
Your employer must conduct a federally supervised recruitment campaign to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available for the position. For Project Manager roles, this typically includes postings in newspapers, job boards, and internal systems over a 30-day period. DOL reviews the recruitment results before certifying the application. The process usually takes six to twelve months, after which your employer files the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS.
Which industries sponsor Project Managers for green cards most frequently?
Federal contracting, construction, enterprise IT, healthcare systems, and engineering firms account for the majority of PERM filings for Project Manager roles. You can search OFLC disclosure data to identify which companies have filed in your target industry and metro area. Migrate Mate filters Project Manager roles by verified PERM filing history, making it straightforward to identify active sponsors without manually parsing government datasets.
Can I switch employers while my green card sponsorship is in progress?
Changing employers restarts the PERM process because the labor certification is tied to the sponsoring employer and the specific job. However, once your I-140 is approved and you've waited 180 days, portability rules under AC21 may allow you to move to a similar Project Manager role at a new employer without losing your priority date. Confirming this with an immigration attorney before accepting a new offer is essential.