Senior Project Engineer - Automotive Production

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (Charleston, SC); Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company phone allowed

Health measures

Employee discounts

Employee events

Parking

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in Charleston, SC seeks a senior engineering leader to drive complex equipment and production-system projects from feasibility to handover. You will translate product changes into executable plans, coordinate suppliers, and ensure safety, quality, capacity, and cost targets are met.

You will develop project plans, manage budgets, and lead cross-functional teams through design reviews, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up, with a focus on lean production and lifecycle

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Electrical, Electronics Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Five or more years of relevant engineering, industrialization, manufacturing, or technical project experience, including experience leading equipment or production-system projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading equipment projects and coordinating suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in project planning, governance and milestone readiness, risk and change management, cost control, decision documentation, and project status reporting.
• Experience with product industrialization, technical specifications, quotation evaluation, design reviews, equipment installation, commissioning, production trials, acceptance, ramp-up, and handover.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex equipment, production-system, and industrialization projects from feasibility through production readiness.
• Translate product changes into equipment concepts, specifications, and plans.
• Coordinate suppliers, cross-functional teams, and governance to meet safety, quality, cost targets.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and milestone deliverables; conduct gate-readiness reviews.

Skills

Strong technical judgment

Analytical skills

Structured problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing/Electrical/Electronics Engineering

PMP certification (advantageous)

Tools

Office suite

Data analysis tools

Engineering tools

Job description

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in Charleston, SC seeks a senior engineering leader to drive complex equipment and production-system projects from feasibility to handover. You will translate product changes into executable plans, coordinate suppliers, and ensure safety, quality, capacity, and cost targets are met.

You will develop project plans, manage budgets, and lead cross-functional teams through design reviews, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up, with a focus on lean production and lifecycle