Senior Project Manager - Communications

OTTO Engineering, Inc.; Carpentersville (IL); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

OTTO Engineering, Inc. in Illinois is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee product development from concept to production. You will coordinate engineering disciplines (EE, ME, FW, SW), sourcing, manufacturing, and partners to meet project goals on time.

The role requires translating business needs into actionable plans, strong proactive management and people skills to keep projects on track, with escalation to upper management when necessary.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of project management experience.
• Hands-on engineering experience from concept through production.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project or equivalent PM tool.
• Experience launching projects in a production facility.

Aufgaben

• Develop product requirements, schedules, and milestones that meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for flawless execution of projects.
• Apply modern project management tools and techniques to keep a project on schedule and within budget.
• Address root cause issues using problem-solving skills and implement contingency planning with the project team to keep schedules on track.
• Translate big-picture business needs into plans for detailed-oriented tasks.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Engineering experience

Microsoft Project

Production launches

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jobbeschreibung

• At OTTO, we don’t just manufacture products- we engineer mission-critical solutions with precision and pride. Our Communications Division designs and manufactures ruggedized, application-specific communication systems built to perform when failure isn’t an option, serving the military, law enforcement, public safety, and industrial customers worldwide.
• As a core value, we focus on delivering for our customers through innovative technology, superior quality, value, and responsiveness … as a result, our growth continues!
• Employees are our greatest asset, which is why we share our company’s profits to celebrate our collective success.
• As a privately-owned company, we are proud to invest significantly in our community and in our own growth, focusing on long-term business success.
• We are proudly American!

Specifically, we are seeking experience with …

• Project management - 7 years
• Previous hands-on engineering experience - concept through production
• Microsoft Project (or equivalent)
• Launching projects in a production facility

Our Senior Project Manager willmanage all the aspects of product development activities, from concept to production. Responsibilities include coordinating the activities between the engineering disciplines (EE, ME, FW, SW), sourcing, manufacturing, production, and in some cases suppliers, customers, and partners to achieve project goals in a timely fashion. Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor team members. Prepare reports for the upper management regarding the status of a project. Must have the ability to translate big-picture business needs into plans for detailed-oriented tasks. Strong, proactive management and people skills to encourage collaboration and keep projects on track (yet know when escalation to management is necessary).

The Senior Project Manager will:

• Work with the project teams to develop product requirements, project schedules, and milestones that meet or exceed customer expectations
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Apply modern project management tools and techniques to keep a project on schedule and within budget
• Ability to address root cause issues using problem-solving skills and execute contingency planning with the project team to keep schedules on track
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