Engineering Project Manager

Midmark Corporation; Versailles (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Midmark Corporation seeks an Engineering Project Manager to join the R&D team. You will plan and execute development activities per corporate procedures, ensuring deliverables are on time and within budget.

Initiate, plan, schedule, direct and lead medium to large projects in a cross-functional environment. This role involves communicating project status to management, developing risk-based schedules and maintaining project documentation throughout all stages of product development for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/quality/PM; 5 years in regulated medical device projects preferred.
• PMI certification preferred but not required.
• Experience in all phases from concept to launch; manufacturability knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to complete projects within budget, scope, and timeline.
• Develops project plans, schedules, resources, risks, and contingency plans.
• Leads cross-functional project meetings and communicates status to management.
• Manages scope changes and documents decisions impacting timelines and costs.

Skills

Communication

Influence outcomes

Product development process

Detail oriented

MS Office

Lead projects

External resources

Conflict resolution

Multidisciplinary dev

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering/quality/PM

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

The Engineering Project Manager will work as a member of the Research and Development team. The Engineering Project Manager's responsibilities will be to plan and execute development activities in accordance with corporate procedures, to assure the project deliverables are completed accurately, on time and within budget. Initiate, plan, schedule, direct and medium to large size projects.

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY: The Engineering Project Manager will work as a member of the Research and Development team. The Engineering Project Manager's responsibilities will be to plan and execute development activities in accordance with corporate procedures, to assure the project deliverables are completed accurately, on time and within budget. Initiate, plan, schedule, direct and medium to large size projects.

This role is an individual contributor role working within a cross-functional team toward a common goal. This role will also be responsible for communicating project status and updates to management levels.

ESSENTIAL/PRIMARY DUTIES

• Collaborates with functional engineering, advanced sourcing, advanced quality, manufacturing, product management, and other functions to successfully complete engineering projects that meet the project budget, project scope, project timeline, and product cost.
• Works with product management on customer research to deeply understand customer needs.
• Ensures proper customer knowledge and capabilities exists on the team to satisfy customer needs.
• Makes effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress the project.
• Assists in developing and managing project plans, project strategy, resources, WBS, detailed schedule, budget, risk register, and contingency plans.
• Leads a cross-functional team in the development of a risk-based schedule.
• Collaborates with teammates to identify, prioritize, and schedule critical project milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinates project activities and teammates to ensure project goals and requirements are met.
• Leads cross-functional project meetings at set cadences.
• Ensures timelines are reviewed with teammates and appropriate action items are taken and driven to closure.
• Prepares and presents project status reports, facilitate technical meetings, and design reviews.
• Manages technical and project risk within the project including adequate risk mitigation efforts and effectively issue escalation.
• Collaborates with project and functional personnel to resolve problems.
• Manages and documents scope changes from original specifications and the impact to timelines, resources, and/or project & product costs.
• Develops and maintains technical and project documentation.
• Maintains a list of key decisions and their impact that are made during the life of the project.

SECONDARY DUTIES

• Provides functional managers with feedback and development opportunities for those participating on development teams.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, or project management and 5 years of experience developing projects in a highly regulated environment (medical devices, FDA regulated industry) preferred. Applicable certification preferred (PMI) but not required. Program leadership roles either as a technical lead or project manager preferred. Experience in all phases of product development from concept to launch preferred. Experience in developing products designed for manufacturability – background and/or functional knowledge in manufacturing operations preferred.

Midmark will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

COMPETENCY and/or SKILL

• Excellent communication skills. Ability to express technical and program issues in a succinct and clear manner to a variety of audiences (ability to tailor the message to the audience)
• Ability to influence positive outcomes to meet goals at an organizational level
• Knowledge of product development process, requirements and regulatory processes
• Detail oriented, and organized
• Proficient in MS Office Suite of tools, including Microsoft Project
• Led projects within engineering or a closely related field
• Ability to manage external development resources
• Proficient in conflict resolution
• Multidisciplinary product development experience (understanding of electromechanical, embedded systems and software) preferred

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• N/A