R&D Project Manager

Job Summary

TekniPlex is hiring a R&D Project Manager for our Eatontown, NJ facility. This position involves planning, directing, and coordinating activities of designated projects to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frames and funding parameters.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Reviews project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
• Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Confers with project staff to outline a work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
• Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Reviews status reports prepared by project personnel and modifies schedules or plans as required.
• Conferences with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems.
• Prepares project reports for management, client, or others.
• Holds customer meetings and manages customer communications.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of all processes and equipment.
• Understand and document customer/project requirements.
• Define and document product/engineering specifications and other project deliverables.
• Develop and optimize designs or processes for implants and catheter-based systems.

Skills And Attributes

• Good interpersonal and organizational skills
• Good written and verbal communication
• Able to follow direction and work in a team environment
• Able to adapt to changes and manage multiple tasks
• Strong work ethic

Qualifications/Experience; Minimum Requirements

• 4 yr. Bachelor of Science degree in an Engineering or related science field
• Project Manager certification a plus
• 3+ years’ experience in a new product development environment, manufacturing environment, or related field
• Strong leadership experience
• Proficiency with required Computer Aided Design and Engineering tools (Creo and AutoCAD are preferred)
• Proficiency with typical office software, word processors, spreadsheet, databases, etc.

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Telemedicine
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Basic Term Life/AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short Term Disability (STD)
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Voluntary Buy-Up LTD
• Hospital Indemnity
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Daily Pay
• Business Travel Insurance
• Legal Plan
• Identity Protection

Reasoning Abilities

• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variable in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Interpret an extensive variety of technical procedures and read blueprints and technical drawings, such as machine, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand, walk, and talk or hear
• Frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms
• Sometimes sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally taste or smell
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic, flammable or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme heat
• Work environment characteristics usually moderate
• Work environment characteristics usually moderate

Work Environment

• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts and vibration
• Occasional exposure to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic, flammable or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme heat
• Work environment characteristics usually moderate

EEO Statement

TekniPlex is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.