Project Engineer, Battery New Model Launch (On-site, Liberty, NC)

A leading automotive and EV-battery manufacturer is hiring a Project Engineer to support new model launch for battery manufacturing in Liberty, NC (100% onsite, local): project KPIs and milestones via a master operating plan, project/trial review war rooms, cross-functional and international coordination, and problem solving through start of production.

What you’ll do

• Develop and execute strategies to achieve project milestones for new model launch, serving as a primary coordination point across engineering, project management, construction management, and purchasing
• Coordinate new model launch activities across multiple divisions and companies (domestic and international) through every phase to start of production
• Define and report overall project KPIs and milestones using a master operating plan; define standard reporting structure and standardized outputs and lead project and trial review war rooms
• Problem-solve issues with potential impact to project or launch execution and drive cross-department countermeasures and recurrence prevention
• Support construction activity (building-preparation milestones, installation kickoffs, construction reviews) and coordinate with the facilities projects team
• Support pre-production trial activity, including coordinating trial parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting and management by project phase

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, or 5 plus years equivalent professional experience in a project-related role
• Project management with capital investments greater than $0.5M
• Experience setting, managing, visualizing, and reporting KPIs, including reporting to senior/executive leadership and recommending direction from data
• Experience creating and maintaining detailed schedules with milestone achievement
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Able to work onsite in Liberty, NC (local), travel up to 10% (domestic and possible international), and work about 25% overtime including weekends, holidays, shutdowns, and evening meetings with Japan; shop-floor access with steel-toed shoes