Project Engineer

Job description:

What makes our team stand out? Several things, but one of the most important things is that we offer AMAZING benefits! We pay 100% for your medical, dental, and vision benefit premiums. We also offer 17 PTO days, 8 Paid holidays, 401K match, and paid OT.

**These roles are contract for 12 months with the possibility of a full-time role or contract renewal after a year based on performance!

Project Engineer Benefits:

• 5 weeks of Paid Time Off
• Medical Benefits, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits (100% employer paid premiums)
• 401(k)
• Paid OT at 1.5x (10 average per week expected)
• And more!

Project Engineer Job Overview:

• The client is looking for someone who has experience in defining and reporting overall project KPIs and Milestones using the Battery Master Operation Plan (OP).
• Defining standard reporting structure and standardized outputs for KPI and Milestone reporting.
• Supporting pre-production trial activity including coordinating trial parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting/management based on project phase and schedule.
• Ability for business travel, both domestic and international up to 10%. (Possibility of International but nothing on plan as of now.)
• Working in a collaborative team environment in a large corporate structure supporting other Engineers, Project Management Groups, Construction Management Group, Purchasing, etc. to develop and execute strategies to achieve project milestones for new model launch.
• Serve as primary contact point to other groups
• Coordinating new model launch activities between multiple divisions and companies (domestic and international) considering every phase of vehicle development through start of production.
• Problem solving issues that have potential impact to successful project or launch execution. Leading coordination across all departments to countermeasure and apply solutions to future projects to prevent recurrence.
• Contributing to department and jobway standardization by confirming reflections and feedback to Master OP, developing detailed job instruction documentation, and developing countermeasures for No Repeat.
• Supporting construction activity including coordinating achievement of building preparation milestones, installation kickoffs, construction Obeyas, and coordinating with the Facilities projects team based on project phase and schedule.
• Supporting pre-production trial activity including coordinating trial parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting/management based on project phase and schedule.
• Completing internal and external training
• Supporting additional ad-hoc requests and projects which require cross functional coordination which could include items such as budget, asset management, Shutdowns, and other company initiatives.
• This role requires an ability to multi-task with many areas with conflicting deadlines and priorities.
• This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and work with many individuals and entities at any given time.
• Specific tasks and responsibilities may shift to support the needs of the overall project.

Project Engineer Responsibilities:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or 5+ years equivalent professional work experience in a Project related role.
• Project management experience dealing with capital investments greater than $0.5M.
• Experience setting, managing, visualizing, and reporting KPIs, including reporting directly to Senior/Executive level leadership recommending company direction based on data analysis.
• Experience in creating and maintaining detailed schedules including milestone achievement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability for business travel, both domestic and international up to 10%. (Possibility of International but nothing on plan as of now.)
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods (such as July and December shutdown) as needed, based on project condition and schedule
• Ability to support evening meetings with Japan as needed, based on project condition and schedule.
• 8 -5 PM Schedule

Bonus Requirements:

• Battery or automotive manufacturing experience
• 3 Pillar management or execution experience
• Understanding and execution of Gated Management or BRAD milestones