Job description
Manufacturing organization headquartered in Charlotte, NC has an immediate need for a Project Engineer to assist in estimating and then drive the project life cycle.
Position Responsibilities
- Create and manage project scheduling
- Develop project objectives by reviewing customer requirements
- Direct customer, vendors, and internal resource communications
- Prepare cost estimates used as planning, organizing, and scheduling work
- Prepare time, cost, capital, and labor estimates
- Manage and coordinate multiple simultaneous projects
- Maintain current and accurate documentation of systems
- Perform training as required on implemented control systems
- Troubleshoot and maintain new and existing control systems for customers
- Coordinate project activities with appropriate parties internally and externally
- Maintain positive budgets on assigned projects
- Perform all work in a manner consistent with policies, procedures, and standards
- Typical job training requires field presence during implementation
- Travel target 30%
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering required with preference to Master of Science degree.
- Five plus years of engineering and project management experience
- Three plus years of high volume manufacturing utilizing machining
- Automotive experience required
- Strong understanding of GD&T
- Process improvement experience using lean tools
- Strong desire and demonstrated ability to successfully develop and implement innovative products and/or processes.
- Must have experience in PFMEA, DFMEA, and various manufacturing methods
- Skilled with Microsoft Project software & MS Office products.
- Experience with engineering tools such as AutoCAD, Solidworks, ProE, Matlab, FEA / CFD Simulation, etc. a plus
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Open to travel to client and vendor sites