Engineering Project Manager

Sonny's Enterprises Inc. - Conveyorized Car Wash Equipment Leader; Savage (MN); On-site; USD 115,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical plan

Short-Term Disability (STD)

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

Sonny’s Enterprises is seeking an Engineering Project Manager to oversee engineering initiatives from charter through APQP approval. You will implement gateway processes, manage costs, and use Smartsheet for tracking while coordinating cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5–7 years in engineering project management, strong communication, and leadership skills, with a focus on cost control, resource allocation, and quality assurance. A competitive benefits package is included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred.
• PM certification a plus.
• 5–7 years of Project Management experience in engineering.
• Proficiency with MS Sheets/Project or similar tools.
• Familiarity with gateway processes in project management.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project plans with scope, goals, schedules, and deliverables.
• Use gateway processes to define, review, and approve project stages.
• Implement project-tracking tools to monitor progress, risks and dependencies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop accurate cost estimates and budgets.
• Create and manage project budgets and monitor expenses to meet constraints.
• Allocate resources across departments to meet requirements.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Lead status meetings and report progress to management.
• Ensure quality assurance and regulatory compliance throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

Project planning

Communication

Leadership

Gateway/process knowledge

Risk assessment

Cost management

Resource allocation

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

PM certification

Tools

Smartsheets

MS Planner

Job description

Sonny's Enterprises is the world's largest manufacturer of conveyorized car wash equipment, parts, and supplies. We are the industry leader, recognized and awarded by the International Car Wash Association for innovating new technologies to advance the industry with products proudly designed and built in the USA. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We embrace change and the opportunity it produces to maximize the potential of our most valuable resource — our PEOPLE! We invite you to explore our opportunities and grow your career with us.

The Engineering Project Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing engineering projects from charter approval through production release and APQP approval. This role involves implementing and adhering to gateway processes, utilizing Smartsheet for efficient project tracking, and managing project capital and costs to ensure successful and timely project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project plans, including scope, goals, schedules, and deliverables.
• Utilize knowledge of gateway processes to ensure project stages are defined, reviewed, and approved at appropriate gateways.
• Implement project tracking tools, such as Smartsheets, to monitor progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Work closely with stakeholders to develop accurate cost estimates for projects, considering materials, labor, and other relevant factors.
• Create and manage project budgets, monitoring expenses and ensuring adherence to financial constraints.
• Collaborate with department heads and stakeholders to allocate resources effectively, considering skillsets, availability, and project requirements.
• Optimize resource utilization to ensure efficient project delivery while maintaining a balanced workload.
• Identify potential risks that could impact project timelines, costs, or quality.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies and action plans to address identified risks and uncertainties.
• Facilitate regular project status meetings and ensure effective communication among project teams, stakeholders, and management.
• Prepare and present project reports, dashboards, and updates to communicate project progress, issues, and achievements.
• Implement quality assurance processes to meet industry standards and ensure project deliverables meet the required specifications.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, industry regulations, and safety standards throughout the project lifecycle.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, managing their expectations and ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Act as a primary point of contact for stakeholders, addressing inquiries and providing updates on project progress.
• Effectively manage the timely completion of tasks by the cross functional project team and inter-departmental stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery of projects that meet customer requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Project Planning and Execution: Develop comprehensive project plans, including scope, goals, schedules, and deliverables. Utilize knowledge of gateway processes to ensure project stages are defined, reviewed, and approved at appropriate gateways. Implement project tracking tools, such as MS Planner, to monitor progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Cost Estimation and Budget Management: Work closely with stakeholders to develop accurate cost estimates for projects, considering materials, labor, and other relevant factors. Create and manage project budgets, monitoring expenses and ensuring adherence to financial constraints.
• Resource Allocation and Management: Collaborate with department heads and stakeholders to allocate resources effectively, considering skillsets, availability, and project requirements. Optimize resource utilization to ensure efficient project delivery while maintaining a balanced workload.
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential risks that could impact project timelines, costs, or quality. Develop risk mitigation strategies and action plans to address identified risks and uncertainties.
• Communication and Reporting: Facilitate regular project status meetings and ensure effective communication among project teams, stakeholders, and management. Prepare and present project reports, dashboards, and updates to communicate project progress, issues, and achievements.
• Quality Assurance and Compliance: Implement quality assurance processes to meet industry standards and ensure project deliverables meet the required specifications. Ensure compliance with organizational policies, industry regulations, and safety standards throughout the project lifecycle.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, managing their expectations and ensuring alignment with project goals. Act as a primary point of contact for stakeholders, addressing inquiries and providing updates on project progress. Effectively manage the timely completion of tasks by the cross functional project team and inter-departmental stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery of projects that meet customer requirements.
• Communication Skills - The ability to write clearly, succinctly and understandably. The ability to effectively communicate and relate well to all kinds of people. Treats all people with respect, courtesy and consideration; respects differences in the attitudes and perspectives of others; listens observes and strives to gain understanding of others.
• Professionalism – demonstrates appropriate businesslike behavior when dealing with coworkers, vendors and customers. Understands and adheres to the values of honesty and integrity.
• Personal Accountability - A measure of the capacity to be answerable for personal actions. Accepts personal responsibility for the consequences of personal actions; avoids placing unnecessary blame on others.
• Teamwork - The ability to work effectively and productively with others. Shares responsibility with team members for successes and failures.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Safety - Practices safe work habits and encourages others to do the same. Identifies ways to improve the safety of the work environment. Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures to promote effective safety operations.
• Dependability-the individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.

Working Conditions / Education / Experience

Working Conditions: Majority will be an inside office environment.

Physical Demands: Regularly required to stand or sit and move about the facility.

Education and Formal Training:

• Bachelor’s degree Engineering preferred.
• Project Management (PM) certification a plus.

Experience:

• 5–7 years of Project Management experience, specifically in the engineering domain.
• Proficiency in utilizing MS Sheets, MS project, or similar project tracking tools.
• Familiarity with gateway processes and their application in project management.
• Strong understanding of project capital and cost management principles.
• Ecellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills.

The pay for this position is dependent upon experience, between $115,384.50 and $155,925.00.

We offer a 100% employer-paid medical plan for eligible employees.

In addition, the Company provides employer-paid Short-Term Disability (STD) coverage.

Employees and their eligible family members may also elect from a variety of voluntary, employee-paid benefit options, including additional medical plan choices, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Long-Term Disability (LTD), life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a Company matching contribution.

EEO Statement

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sonny’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.