Project Engineer - Battery Manufacturing

Kyyba; Estatoe (NC); In loco; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kyyba is seeking a Senior Project Manager to coordinate launch activities for a new model, working with Engineers, PM, Construction, Purchasing, and Battery Manufacturing to plan and execute milestones on time. This role requires strong KPI reporting, detailed scheduling, and cross‑functional problem solving, with international coordination including Japan.

Travel up to 10%, and occasional after‑hours meetings may be needed during project phases.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree or higher or 5+ years equivalent professional work experience in a Project related role.
• Project management experience dealing with capital investments greater than $0.5M.
• Experience setting, managing, visualizing, and reporting KPIs, including reporting directly to Senior/Executive level leadership.
• Experience in creating and maintaining detailed schedules including milestone achievement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability for business travel, both domestic and international up to 10%.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods as needed, 25%.
• Ability to support evening meetings with Japan as needed.

Mansioni

• Collaborate in a large corporate structure to develop and execute strategies for new model launch.
• Coordinate new model launch activities between divisions and companies (domestic and international).
• Problem solve issues impacting project or launch execution and share countermeasures.
• Define and report KPIs and milestones using the Battery Master OP and standardize reporting.
• Contribute to department and jobway standardization and develop detailed job instruction documentation.
• Support construction activity, including building prep milestones and coordination with Facilities.
• Coordinate pre-production trial activity including trial parts orders and KPI management.
• Complete internal and external training and support ad-hoc cross-functional projects.

Conoscenze

Project management

KPI reporting

Scheduling

MS Office

Travel

Communication

Formazione

Bachelor's degree or higher or 5+ years equivalent professional work experience in a Project related role

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

Key Responsibilities:

• Working in a collaborative team environment in a large corporate structure supporting other Engineers, Project Management Groups, Construction Management Group, Purchasing, etc. to develop and execute strategies to achieve project milestones for new model launch. Serve as primary contact point to other groups including direct coordination with Battery Manufacturing plant.
• Coordinating new model launch activities between multiple divisions and companies (domestic and international) considering every phase of vehicle development through start of production.
• Problem solving issues that have potential impact to successful project or launch execution. Leading coordination across all departments to countermeasure and apply solutions to future projects to prevent recurrence.
• Defining and reporting overall project KPIs and Milestones using the Battery Master Operation Plan (OP ). Defining standard reporting structure and standardized outputs for KPI and Milestone reporting . Leading project and trial Obeyas.
• Contributing to department and jobway standardization by confirming reflections and feedback to Master OP, developing detailed job instruction documentation , and developing countermeasures for No Repeat.
• Supporting construction activity including coordinating achievement of building preparation milestones, installation kickoffs, construction Obeyas, and coordinating with the Facilities projects team based on project phase and schedule.
• Supporting pre-production trial activity including coordinating trial parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting/management based on project phase and schedule.
• Completing internal and external training
• S upporting additional ad-hoc requests and projects which require cross functional coordination which could include items such as budget, asset management, Shutdowns, and other company initiatives.
• This role requires an ability to multi-task with many areas with conflicting deadlines and priorities.
• This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and work with many individuals and entities at any given time.
• Specific tasks and responsibilities may shift to support the needs of the overall project.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or higher or 5+ years equivalent professional work experience in a Project related role.

Requirements: Responsibilities:

• Bachelor's degree or higher or 5+ years equivalent professional work experience in a Project related role.
• Project management experience dealing with capital investments greater than $0.5M.
• Experience setting, managing, visualizing, and reporting KPIs, including reporting directly to Senior/Executive level leadership recommending company direction based on data analysis .
• Experience in creating and maintaining detailed schedules including milestone achievement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability for business travel, both domestic and international up to 10%. (Possibility of International but nothing on plan as of now.)
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods (such as July and December shutdown) as needed, based on project condition and schedule. 25%
• Ability to support evening meetings with Japan as needed, based on project condition and schedule.

Added Bonus

• Automotive OEM Supplier Management
• Battery or automotive manufacturing experience
• 3 Pillar management or execution experience
• Understanding and execution of Gated Management or BRAD milestones
• Experience with problem solving
• Understanding of Toyota planning process , specifications, and product development