Engineering Project Manager

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•             Facilitate collaboration between customers, sales, engineering, purchasing, production and field technical resources

•             Plan and coordinate all aspects of a project such as scope, scheduling and budget

•             Plan, review and coordinate detailed aspects of the engineering work including quoting, design and change management

•             Facilitate Kick-Off, Design Review, Status Update and Wrap Up meetings with in house and remote team members

•             Review daily, weekly and monthly order status for managed accounts and complete quarterly review for same accounts

•             Communicate effectively and professionally with customers, sales, engineering and production resources

•             Conduct post-project evaluations, identifying successes, challenges, and areas for improvement for future projects

•             Identify potential risks and challenges to the production process and develop strategies to mitigate them

•             Manage consistent product documentation, archiving and approval from all resources

•             Continuously identify, measure and improve processes

•             Collaborate with the quality control team to integrate quality checks throughout the incoming inspection and production processes, as well as RMA processing

•             Coordinate customer audits on-site and at remote locations as needed

•             Implement corrective actions when necessary

•             Develop and manage customer relations

•             Utilize project management tools

•             Ability to multi-task and maintain complex projects at one time

•             Schedule and coordinate material ordering and arrival dates with procurement and shipping

•             Provide forecasts to supply chain team for long lead time purchased items and for items with high fallout percentages

•             Implement and maintain Kanban methodology to optimize material planning, workflow, efficiency and product availability for the end customer

•             Track project progress using Kanban metrics (e.g., cycle time, lead time, work in progress)