Project Engineer - 1st Shift

PK USA; Hildebrand Village (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

PK USA is seeking a project liaison role to coordinate between internal departments, customers and suppliers to ensure on-time project launches within budget, with a strong focus on safety and quality.

The position involves budgeting support, documentation creation, cross-functional project management, and active involvement in pre-production builds and customer communications.

Qualifications

• 4-year college degree or 2-year college degree with relevant work experience.
• Background in mechanical or industrial engineering.
• Knowledge in Industrial automation, CNC machining or automated Mig welding preferred.
• Experience actively participating in and/or managing projects and project teams preferred.
• 2+ years of experience

Responsibilities

• Budget: assist in creation and management of project budgets.
• Documentation: create operation standards, APQP/PPAP docs, BOMs, schedules, part sketches, materials lists, layouts, and process plans.
• Project Management: oversee cross-functional teams and vendors to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with metrics and PDCA.
• Customer Support: support pre-production builds and shipments, customer visits, part approvals, communicate changes internally.
• Project Launch: track startup, manufacturing support, improve cell efficiency, troubleshoot, study cycle times.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Team collaboration

Quality assurance

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

2-year degree with relevant experience

Tools

Industrial automation

CNC machining

MIG welding

Job description

Description

This position is responsible for acting as a liaison between internal departments, customers & suppliers ensuring projects are launched on time, within budget, with a focus on safety and quality.

No Relocation Offered

Job Responsibilities

• Budget – Assist in creation and the managing of project related budgets in regard to manpower, customer tooling, capital equipment and other department or project needs.
• Documentation – Ability to create Operation standards, APQP/PPAP documents, Bills of materials, project schedules, part sketches, material/parts lists, plant layout designs, purchased components lists, process engineering plans.
• Project Management – Oversee internal and external cross-functional project teams and/or vendors to ensure successful project execution using performance metrics, schedule management, issue tracking, and corrective action planning while driving continuous improvement through PDCA principles.
• Customer Support – Support pre-production builds and shipments, customer visits when applicable, part approvals, communicate engineering/customer changes internally.
• Project Launch – Initial start-up tracking, manufacturing support, work cell efficiency improvements, trouble shooting, cycle time studies.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Investigate new sources for tooling, equipment, materials, and purchased parts.
• All other duties as assigned.

Business Travel:

• Employee must have ability for light business travel as required by project needs for Customer/Supplier visits & Equipment run-offs, as required.

Requirements

• 4-year college degree or 2-year college degree with relevant work experience.
• Background in mechanical or industrial engineering.
• Knowledge in Industrial automation, CNC machining or automated Mig welding preferred.
• Experience actively participating in and/or managing projects and project teams preferred.
• 2+ years of experience

Performance Skill Requirements:

1. Attention to Detail: Able to follow detailed procedures and ensure accuracy in documentation and data; carefully monitors processes; concentrates on details and organizes and maintains a system of records.

2. Innovation: Able to challenge conventional practices; adapt established methods for new uses; pursues ongoing systemic improvements; plays with concepts and ideas to create novel solutions to problems.

3. Customer Focus: Able to demonstrate a high level of service delivery; does what is necessary to ensure customer satisfaction; deals with service failures and prioritizes customer needs.

4. Initiative: Able to bring about great results through self-motivation; prepares for problems or opportunities in advance; undertakes additional responsibilities and responds to situations without prompting.

5. Planning: Able to manage multiple projects; determines project urgency in a meaningful and practical way; uses goals to guide actions; creates detailed action plans; organizes and schedules people and tasks.

Other Key Competencies:

1. Communication: Able to clearly present information through spoken or written words; reads and interprets complex information; talks with customers, clients, & management professionally; listens well.

2. Problem Solving: Able to apply systems thinking to generate solutions; focuses on processes rather than isolated events; obtains multiple assessments of a situation and identifies trouble spots; evaluates alternative solutions.

3. Quality: Able to maintain high standards despite pressing deadlines; establishes high standards and measures; does work right the first time; tests new methods thoroughly; reinforces excellence as a fundamental priority.

PK is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package. You will be eligible for coverage on the first of the month following 30 calendar days of employment.

PK USA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.