As the Manufacturing Project Manager, you will work with the engineering development team, managing the technical execution of engineering projects.
What will enable your success:
- Clearly define, bid and manage work packages for efficient execution.
- Ensure the right resources are being applied to your assigned project(s)
- Forecast and track cost and schedule performance
- Clearly communicate with the engineering team, development leadership team and the customer, ensuring internal process compliance while exceeding customer expectations
- Always promote the company values and safety culture
What you will have to be successful in the role:
- A technical education or experience in a technical or manufacturing environment
- Be a team-first leader and motivator
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and demonstrated project management skills
- Have the ability to execute tasks with reduced oversight
- High personal integrity
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide budgetary and schedule estimates for new programs and existing program modifications
- Participate in the analysis of contractual deliverables to establish project scope and engineering requirements
- Own the project schedule and drive execution to deliver solutions on time and within budget
- Proactively manage program risk and ensure mitigation plans are efficient and effective
- Lead and/or participate in customer reviews
- Regularly report status and performance to R&D leadership
- Liaise with other project technical teams, Quality, Safety, Manufacturing and Operations as well as customers/subcontractors/suppliers to ensure product integrity and manufacturability
- Promote and contribute to Continuous Process Improvement initiatives
What we need from you:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, engineering / technical / program management or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience in advanced manufacturing, prototyping or development engineering environment
- Demonstrated success managing engineering or manufacturing based development programs / projects
- Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously if required
- Able to effectively communicate, influence and deliver across organizational disciplines and levels
- Experience with requirements management, risk management, cost account management and reporting
- Working experience with product lifecycle management, configuration control and enterprise resource planning systems
- Energetic, collaborative leader with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
- Exemplary work ethic and attention to detail
Preferred:
- PMP certification or ability to obtain within a year
- Experience executing development projects in a production manufacturing environment