Project Leader - Mechanics

TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool in Brookfield, WI seeks a Project Leader to manage moderately complex engineering projects with minimal direction. You will guide technical direction, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure timely implementation.

This role requires strong leadership, hands-on engineering aptitude, 10-15% travel, and ability to work in fast-paced environment. You will partner with Marketing, Operations, Quality, and Suppliers to deliver conforming products.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years engineering experience in related field.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering required.
• Proven success in mass-produced product design.
• Experience managing multiple complex NPD projects.
• Strong knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes for hand tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership over multiple moderately complex projects.
• Give direction, guidance and engineering expertise to local and global team members.
• Review work of designers, engineers and other project team members.
• Develop and maintain schedules, agendas, facilitates and documents project meetings.
• Track project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines.
• Regularly make presentations of project status to executives.
• Coordinate project planning efforts for low to moderate complexity projects.
• Identify critical path tasks and project risks with moderate supervision.
• Frame up technical tradeoff discussions with Marketing and other cross functional team members.
• Exercise effective scheduling development work to meet overall project milestones.
• Ensure effective communication with cross functional international team as well as management team.
• Identify possible design/manufacturing hurdles to manufacture product.
• Work with Operations, Quality, and Suppliers to confirm delivery of conforming products.
• Motivate cross functional team to work toward, and accomplish, project objectives.
• Maintain focus of project team on cost, performance and schedule.
• Potential for supervisory responsibilities, input for performance appraisals for Engineering and cross functional project team members.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Communication

Scheduling

Budget management

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering

Tools

3D CAD

Tolerance analysis

Job description

Project Leader

The Project Leader is responsible for managing moderately complex engineering projects with minimal direction. Individuals in this position will provide project management and necessary technical direction to assure successful and timely implementation of projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides leadership over multiple moderately complex projects.
• This includes a variety of hand tools with a focus on mechanics hand tools.
• Gives direction, guidance and engineering expertise to local and global team members.
• Reviews work of designers, engineers and other project team members.
• Set goals for the team.
• Develops and maintains schedules, agendas, facilitates and documents project meetings.
• Tracks project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines.
• Regularly makes presentations of project status to executives.
• Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
• Able to coordinate project planning efforts for low to moderate complexity projects.
• Identify critical path tasks and project risks with moderate supervision.
• Frame up technical tradeoff discussions with Marketing and other cross function team members.
• Exercise effective scheduling development work to meet overall project milestones.
• Ensure effective communication with cross functional international team as well as management team.
• This includes daily team communications as well as high level project summaries.
• Identify possible design/manufacturing hurdles that must be overcome to manufacture product.
• Effectively scrutinize designs for potential weaknesses and suggest improvements.
• Work with Operations, Quality, and Suppliers to confirm delivery of conforming products.
• Motivate cross functional team to work toward, and accomplish, project objectives.
• Maintain focus of project team on cost, performance and schedule.
• Potential for supervisory responsibilities, expected to provide input for performance appraisals for Engineering and cross functional project team members.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Minimum 7 years engineering experience in related field.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering.
• Proven success in past work experience in designing a product that was mass produced.
• Experience in managing multiple complex new product development projects.
• Must possess a high level of engineering aptitude including a broad knowledge of materials and manufacturing process associated with Milwaukee Tool hand tool products.
• Solid understanding of part costing methodology.
• Good understanding of engineering specifications and the roles of Suppliers, Quality, and Purchasing in delivering conforming parts and assemblies.
• Excellent problem identification and resolution skills.
• Results driven and deadline orientated.
• Ability to manage projects to aggressive schedules and results.
• Ability to handle fast paced, and agile culture.
• Ability to adapt to constant change and competing priorities.
• Thrive in a collaborative work environment.
• Ability to develop and nurture productive business relationships, and influence and educate internal team members and external suppliers.
• Basic understanding of 3D CAD, and familiarity with tolerance analysis for better communication purposes.
• 10-15% travel required (mostly international).

Milwaukee Tool, founded in 1924, is a global leader in delivering innovative solutions to the professional construction trades that increase productivity and safety.

Milwaukee Tool is known for their world-leading M12, M18, and MX FUEL cordless systems, the ground-breaking performance of their cordless innovations, safety solutions, battery-powered outdoor power equipment, jobsite lighting and clean-up, time-saving accessories, and innovative hand tool and PACKOUT Modular Storage Products.

The company is dedicated to delivering a steady stream of advanced, trade-specific solutions.

Milwaukee Tool is a Brookfield, Wisconsin-based subsidiary of Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (TTI) (HKEx stock code: 669, ADR symbol: TTNDY).

For more information on the full line of Milwaukee products, please call 1-800-SAWDUST or visit Milwaukee Tool.

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.