Project Leader - Mechanics

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).

Pay

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Schedule

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Benefits

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