Project Engineer Mechanical - PWT Machining

comauexternalcx; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

COMPANY NAME in the United States seeks a Project Engineer to oversee engineering projects from inception to customer buy-off. You will protect health and safety, manage budget and timeline, and coordinate with customers, internal teams and subcontractors to ensure smooth project execution.

You will review specifications, lead risk and change management, and maintain KPI-focused progress reporting across multiple projects. Strong experience in automation or automotive environments is required.

Qualifications

• Master's or bachelor’s degree in automation, engineering, or business preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in automation industry or automotive company, preferably Powertrain.

Responsibilities

• Protect health, safety and welfare of yourself and others per company policies.
• Coordinate with customer, internal teams and subcontractors for smooth project execution.
• Interpret customer requirements and specifications to ensure alignment across the organization.
• Review Government and Industry Specifications and ensure compliance.
• Lead project planning and handover meetings; manage open issues and lessons learned.
• Coordinate System Engineers to ensure homogeneous solutions across commodities.
• Maintain project schedule and manage budget; monitor scope changes and CTc.
• Scout suppliers and prepare RFQ contents; document scope changes with impact.
• Act as Customer Technical Interface and drive timely responses to client needs.

Skills

Change Management

Clamping Strategy

Controls Understanding

Cost Estimation

Design for Manufacturing

Design to Installation/Commissioning

Discrete Event Simulation

Ergonomics

Layout Design

Logistics Standards

Mechanical Understanding

NC Management

Open Issue Management

Process Engineering

Production Management

Safety and Risk Assessment

Safety Standards

Scope Control

Standard Product & Integrated Machines

Supplier Assessment

Technical Customer Management

Transportation/Conveyor Design

Value Analysis

Workload Capacity Tools

Project Risk Management

Project Management Fundamentals

Project Planning and Monitoring

Education

Master's degree in automation/engineering/business

Bachelor’s degree in automation/engineering/business

Job description

Summary

The Project Engineer is accountable for the design of Engineering projects with top-down oversight from inception (Proposal) to completion (Customer buy off).
Must ensure that all projects are prepared and completed safely adhering to the required standards of budget, timeline and scope.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work in a manner that protects the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others and adhere to all Company policies and procedures.
• Liaise with the customer, internal function and subcontractors to endure the smooth running if the project
• Evaluate and review customer Requirements & Specification and communicate them to all parties in the organization.
• Review Government and Industry Specifications
• Review as sold PBS
• Review original baseline planning
• Lead handover meetings with ESC
• Review Lesson Learned from previous projects
• Coordinate System Engineers involved in the project, ensuring homogeneous solutions among all commodities.
• Review the engineering make/buy strategy
• Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress.
• Manage the project within budget
• Continuously monitor Project scope of work and budget for matching
• Scout supplier and to create RFQ contents
• Identify and document added/reduced scope of work with potential impact on resource workload, timing and costs.
• Be appointed as Customer Technical Interface
• Review and update Project Open Issues List
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems

• Define, review and update Project Risk and Opportunities
• Monitor Project cost to complete (CTC)
• Review and update project performance KPI reports - actual cost/costs to complete – progress
• Attends to all Internal project reviews
• Attends to all Customer project reviews
• Attends to all Supplier project reviews
• Document Engineering management Lessons Learned
• Be appointed as Dispatcher and Gate keeper in the NC's management
• Provide feedback to Supplier
• React promptly and effectively to changing client and product needs
• Estimate budget for changes
• Review Engineering Change for timing evaluation
• Define the technical solution to meet the change requirements and consider the best strategy for implementing the change.
• Develop execution plan for the change activities and establish the timing (duration) to execute the change
• Monitor and update the status of the engineering change activities for each phase, e.g., progress, forecasted completion date, open issues (if required), etc.
• Compile risk assessments and method statements for site installations

Qualifications

• Education : o Master or bachelor’s degree in automation, engineering or business is preferred
• Previous experiences : o At least 5 years’ experience in automation industry or automotive company, preferred if in the Powetrain area

Knowledge & Skills

• Change Management
• Clamping strategy
• Controls understanding of industrial equipment and machinery
• Cost estimation
• Design for Manufacturing
• Design to Installation / Commissioning
• Discrete Event Simulation and availability / efficiency calculation
• Ergonomics evaluations
• Health assessment for reuse / retooling lines
• Layout design
• Logistics standards / processes
• Mechanical understanding of industrial equipment and machinery
• NC management
• Open Issue Management
• Process engineering and Cycle time
• Production management (scheduling, data management, traceability concept)
• Safety and risk assessment analysis
• Safety standards and norms
• Scope control and budget matching
• Standard product and integrated machines specifications release
• Supplier assessment
• Technical Customer management
• Transportation / Conveyor systems design
• Value analysis, design to cost
• Workload Capacity Tools
• Project Risk Management
• Project Management fundamentals
• Project planning and monitoring