Sr Project Leader - P&E/Hydraulics

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages multiple moderate to highly complex engineering projects with minimal direction.
• Provides project management and necessary technical direction to assure successful and timely implementation of projects.
• Provides leadership over moderate to highly complex design projects.
• Provides direction, guidance, and engineering expertise to team members.
• Reviews work of designers, engineers, and other project team members.
• Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
• Communicates, both verbally and in writing, to assure all groups are working toward the goal of timely project completion.
• Communicates technical details, ideas, and concepts to engineers and non-engineers in multiple locations.
• Ability to lead tradeoff discussions and conversations around risk management with cross-functional teams.
• Drives design of projects to meet market-driven design guides and fulfill cost, timing, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and selects from design execution alternatives to best meet specification objectives and implement designs into mass production.
• Conducts design and safety reviews as needed to gain necessary approvals for product development phase progressions.
• Complies with all METCo procedures covering new product development and design output in addition to procedures of non-engineering departments related to project flow.
• Consistently visualizes the entire scope of a project with very little guidance.
• Schedules, develops agendas, facilitates, and documents project meetings.
• Tracks project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines.
• Regularly makes presentations of project status.
• Makes recommendations for changes to existing standards and procedures.
• Maintains an awareness of competitive offerings and the general business climate in the power tool industry.
• Identifies project risks and implements risk reduction plans.
• Interacts extensively with global manufacturing plants and outside suppliers to achieve project goals.
• Supports a global team on DFMA initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering. Graduate studies preferred in the business areas such as Project Management, Finance, Marketing, or Organizational studies.
• Formal project management training preferred.
• Minimum 10 years engineering experience in related field.
• Experience successfully managing multiple moderate-high complexity projects and/or subsystems of larger projects.
• Must possess a high level of Mechanical/Electrical engineering aptitude.
• Must have a working design knowledge of a wide variety of the technologies associated with Milwaukee products.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software including Microsoft Project.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead tradeoff discussions and conversations around risk management with cross-functional teams.
• Drives design of projects to meet market-driven design guides and fulfill cost, timing, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
• Conducts design and safety reviews as needed to gain necessary approvals for product development phase progressions.
• Complies with all METCo procedures covering new product development and design output in addition to procedures of non-engineering departments related to project flow.
• Consistently visualizes the entire scope of a project with very little guidance.
• Interacts extensively with global manufacturing plants and outside suppliers to achieve project goals.
• Supports a global team on DFMA initiatives.

Skills

• Project Management
• Technical Direction
• Engineering Expertise
• Tradeoff Discussions
• Risk Management
• Design Execution Alternatives
• Design Reviews
• Product Development Phase Progressions
• Competitive Analysis
• Global Manufacturing Plant Interaction
• DFMA Initiatives

Benefits and Perks

• Robust health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• Generous 401(K) savings plan.
• Educational assistance.
• On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service.