Engineering Ops & Projects Lead | Exec Reports & Smartsheet

Dn Solutions America Corporation; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Paid Time-Off

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

DN Solutions America is seeking an Engineering Operations and Project Manager to support the Director of Applications Engineering and keep key initiatives moving. You will own the Smartsheet task list, coordinate across departments, and develop executive-level PowerPoint presentations for leadership and HQ.

The role requires strong organization, writing and visual communication, and the ability to follow through with colleagues across engineering, sales, finance, and services in a fast-growing

Qualifications

• Five+ years in project management or engineering operations.
• Ability to manage multiple schedules without direct authority.
• Advanced Smartsheet skills (dashboards, reports, dependencies).
• Advanced PowerPoint skills with executive presentations.
• Strong Excel, writing, data-checking skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, project management, communications, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Smartsheet project task list with owners, due dates, dependencies, status, and key decisions.
• Coordinate project schedules and cross-functional activities across applications engineering, CTC, service, sales, facilities, finance, vendors, and HQ.
• Meet regularly with project owners to monitor progress, update schedules, identify overdue work, and drive completion of commitments.
• Track project budgets, quotations, purchase requests, documentation, and reported figures, ensuring information is accurate and ready for leadership review.
• Identify and escalate schedule, scope, and resource risks early, and develop practical recovery actions with project owners.
• Prepare concise weekly status reports, project updates, meeting summaries, briefing materials, and follow-up communications for the Director.
• Organize project meetings, agendas, notes, decisions, and action items, and coordinate information requests and deadlines through completion.
• Develop and maintain professional PowerPoint presentations for HQ leadership, customers, budget reviews, facility projects, executive meetings, and engineering updates.
• Translate technical input, drawings, data, and rough notes into clear narratives, accurate charts and tables, and polished presentations while verifying information with subject matter experts.
• Maintain organized project files, contacts, schedules, templates, version control, and reference materials to ensure current information is accurate, accessible, and consistently presented.

Skills

Smartsheet

PowerPoint

Excel

Writing

Budgeting

Cross-functional collaboration

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering/project management/communications

Tools

Smartsheet

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

DN Solutions America is seeking an Engineering Operations and Project Manager to support the Director of Applications Engineering and keep key initiatives moving. You will own the Smartsheet task list, coordinate across departments, and develop executive-level PowerPoint presentations for leadership and HQ.

The role requires strong organization, writing and visual communication, and the ability to follow through with colleagues across engineering, sales, finance, and services in a fast-growing