Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire Automation Project Managers who land integration programs — FAT and SAT execution, robot and controls scope coordination, line-ramp schedules, and capex governance — on both the integrator and owner sides of turnkey automation packages for plants and distribution networks. Delivery records verified, not just project titles.
A structured process for the hire that answers for the schedule — where a weak project manager discovers scope gaps at SAT instead of at the design review, with the line ramp already sold.
30-minute call. Align on program scope, FAT and SAT calendar, integrator or owner side, capex governance, and start date.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 Automation Project Managers with verified delivery on comparable packages. References from program sponsors and plant leadership included.
Every placement carries a replacement guarantee. If the hire fails within the warranty window, we run a no-fee replacement search.
Automation capex is flowing faster than the bench of project managers who have closed a buyoff. The Automation Project Managers we shortlist have taken packages from kickoff through ramp — with the FAT, SAT, and schedule record to prove it.
Every candidate has run factory and site acceptance on named automation packages — protocols executed, punch lists closed, buyoffs signed — verified with the sponsors who owned the capex.
Integrator-side and owner-side context, verified — project managers who know where integration schedules actually slip and how change orders get argued from either chair.
Reference-verified line-ramp and SOP planning — capacity stairs, workforce readiness, and stage-gate discipline that keeps the ramp on the capex curve.
Automation Project Manager hires live and die on acceptance-test credibility, scope control, and governance discipline. Below is what every candidate has documented before you meet them:
Reference-verified factory and site acceptance events run to closure — protocols, punch lists, buyoff signatures.
Verified coordination of mechanical, robot, controls, and safety scopes across integrators, vendors, and trades.
Documented SOP and ramp schedules — capacity stairs, workforce readiness, and launch support plans that held.
Verified stage-gate reporting, change-order control, and cash-flow tracking on named automation packages.
References taken with sponsors, plant operations, EHS, and integrator counterparts on how the candidate ran the room.
Automation PM comp bands, including project bonus structures, aligned before finalists are introduced.
“Automation Project Manager” means different things on either side of the purchase order. Below are the profiles we recruit for:
We’ll help scope the role on the call — program scope, integrator or owner side, FAT/SAT calendar, and governance needs.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks from scoping call. Total time to placement is typically 3–5 weeks; candidates mid-FAT often need start dates sequenced around buyoffs, so we surface timing early.
Direct-hire search is contingency — a 20% success fee on first-year base salary, with no upfront fee on single roles. Multi-hire programs route through embedded recruiting or RPO, which price as a monthly volume-based fee plus a success fee — typically well below stacked contingency fees at volume.
Most US Automation Project Managers land between $115K and $150K base. Integrators and owners running multi-line capex programs typically pay $140K–$175K for project managers with FAT/SAT and ramp history, often with project bonus. We confirm live comps during scoping.
The Automation Project Manager owns the program — schedule, budget, FAT and SAT, and vendor coordination across the automation package. A Manufacturing Engineer owns the process the package serves — cycle times, layouts, and equipment specs. Capex programs need both, and we will tell you which seat your gap actually is.
Yes. Our robotics & automation practice places project managers with turnkey integrators delivering cells and lines, and with owners governing the capex — and we match candidates to the side of the purchase order your program sits on.
Yes. Every Automation Project Manager placement carries a replacement guarantee, with terms confirmed in writing at engagement start.
Yes. Multi-hire builds — automation project managers plus robotics engineers, controls engineers, and site technicians — route through embedded recruiting or RPO.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review the Automation Project Manager role you need — program scope, FAT/SAT calendar, integrator or owner side, governance cadence — then recommend the right hire path and start sourcing.
