Project Engineer

A*STAR RESEARCH ENTITIES; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institute in Singapore is seeking a Project Manager to oversee full life cycle R&D projects. You will be responsible for managing project scope, budgets, and timelines, while leading cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or project management with at least 3 years of relevant experience. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential for driving project success and meeting customer requirements.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of project management experience in product development or research.
• Good business acumen, with a focus on customer requirements.
• Proactive, technically motivated, and innovative problem solver.

Responsibilities

• Lead project scoping and establish communication plans.
• Ensure successful delivery while managing project risks, quality, and budget.
• Drive design and compliance for R&D solutions.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor or Master in engineering/project management

Tools

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Job description

Overview

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities include leading and managing the full life cycle R&D projects and product delivery by planning, organizing, executing and evaluating from conception to completion.

Responsibilities

• Lead project scoping with internal and external stakeholders to establish communication plans, build project schedules and establish clear project deliverables and milestones.
• Ensure successful delivery of project scope and targets while managing project risk, quality, delivery, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Spearhead design, development, and delivery of R&D solutions to customers through active leadership of motivating and facilitating research rigour across multiple research institute project teams.
• Lead and drive quality, procurement, finance and legal challenges.
• Drive design / process validation testing, best practices and ensure compliance to project lifecycle governance requirements.
• Ability to demonstrate a good level of understanding of technical / engineering processes and lead teams throughout the project development cycle.
• Lead, monitor and report the progress of the multiple projects to all internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage and implement project changes and interventions to achieve project deliverables and mitigate risk.
• Interact with industry members and ensure effective communication throughout the project life cycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Masters in any engineering / project management related discipline
• At least 3 years of project management experience in product development or research project would be preferable
• PMP certifications or equivalent will be advantageous
• Good business acumen, driven to deliver customer requirements and project deadlines
• Proactive team player and technically motivated to solve problems, innovate and deliver to internal and external customers
• Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills

The above eligibility criteria are not exhaustive. A*STAR may include additional selection criteria based on its prevailing recruitment policies. These policies may be amended from time to time without notice. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.