Engineering Project Leader – New Product Development

Generac; Sussex (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac is seeking an Engineering Project Manager II to lead product development projects, cost reduction initiatives, technology integration, and lifecycle support across our product lines. The role collaborates closely with product management, engineering, service, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams to deliver superior products for customers.

The successful candidate will provide leadership for cross-functional teams, drive schedules and budgets, define risk plans, and ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in engineering or technical field.
• 7 years of progressive engineering/brand/product management experience.
• 5 years PM experience in manufacturing of industrial equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management leadership to teams for new product development projects including: creating schedules, building product development plans, integrating the activities of cross-functional team members
• Implement product requirements into project scope, design and product realization requirements
• Lead key project execution, in primary collaboration with engineering and product management for new product development or similar product initiatives
• Execute projects to schedule, project cost, scope and quality commitments
• Achieve target product cost for Generac and product life cycle cost for Customers
• Define and drive Risk and Mitigation plans for projects; lead contingency option assessments and execute accordingly
• Facilitate collaboration between departments to identify and harvest new product development concepts and standards
• Manage make vs. buy, shipping and logistics cost, bidding process
• Identify, evaluate and document lessons learned for future projects

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Quality systems

Business planning

Communication skills

Multi-project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

GDP Milestones

Job description

Generac is seeking an Engineering Project Manager II to lead product development projects, cost reduction initiatives, technology integration, and lifecycle support across our product lines. The role collaborates closely with product management, engineering, service, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams to deliver superior products for customers.

The successful candidate will provide leadership for cross-functional teams, drive schedules and budgets, define risk plans, and ensure