Process Project Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Owns and controls project Scope, Schedule, Budget, and Quality . Understands customer needs and drives alignment and collaboration across all functions.
• Establishes and maintains project scope and inter-dependencies with other projects, including efficient response to change and adequate communication of impacts thereof
• Oversees product and process technical design and identifies mis-matches with market needs
• Understands technical design aspects and facilitates identification of failure modes and effects - asks probing questions to drive optimal design for product performance balanced with low cost and manufacturability
• Understands manufacturing principles and aligns solution to fulfill long term profitability
• Conducts risk analysis and develops risk mitigation and contingency plans to minimize effects to schedule and project delivery.
• Establishes and maintains project schedule, ensuring sound logic and techniques are used for estimations and uncertainty mitigation
• Establishes project budget and maintains spending to budgetary levels . Seeks resources (people, machines, materials) proactively in order to meet milestones and holds resources accountable for delivery
• Facilitates rational decision-making processes with team and steering members
• Manages resource responsibilities and time allocation within projects to meet milestones
• Ensures all the documentation is complete and stored properly
• Resolves conflict within the project through leadership & negotiates resolution to external conflict
• Communicates the project status internally & externally to the organization & stakeholders in both formal and informal settings
• Supports best practices for project management and improves / refines Innovation processes Travel Requirements
• Able to travel as needed to visit customers or meet internal team members and evaluate products and processes, up to 25%

Experiences/Education - Required

• BS in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or similar
• 5+ years in a Product Development preferred
• MS or MBA preferred
• Project Management Professional certification desired