Project Engineer – Direct Hire
Leetsdale, PA
Up to $80,000.00 yearly
Monday thru Friday – 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
Benefits Available After Probationary Period
Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, FSA, Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Vacation Time, Personal Days, Paid Holidays, Overtime & Flex Time Upon Approval, On-site Training
**$1,000 Sign-on Bonus**
Responsibilities:
- Establish relationships with key customer contacts.
- Understand all customer priorities and efficiently communicate them back to CMR teams.
- Manage and monitor project schedule by studying project plan and specifications, calculating time requirements, and sequencing project elements.
- Conduct on-site visits to customer and other locations as needed.
- Develop and drive improvement within engineering practices and processes.
- Collaborate with other internal and external teams and departments including design engineering team to ensure the highest level of manufacturability for all products.
- Assist in quotations for new opportunities.
- Schedule project/engineering tasks and deliver to agreed timeframes.
- Lead weekly update meetings to present and explain proposals, reports, and findings to internal/external customer.
- Support the Group Engineering and US team in the implementation and management of a variety of projects –NPI, Change Control, and Customer Quotes
- Determine project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements, and performance standards.
- Complete technical studies and prepare cost estimates.
- Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, and resolving any problems.
- Support the design change process to ensure timely delivery of controlled design change.
- Support the implementation and embedding of the New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
- Analyze data for assigned projects and other projects to support informed decision making.
- Develop processes and define process maps to support engineering projects.
- Encourage and pioneer a culture of continuous improvement.
- Perform other project-related functions such as reviewing and writing reports and weekly meeting notes.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree is required, preferably in Manufacturing Engineering or other engineering/electrical discipline (or equivalent)
- 5+ years’ experience working in manufacturing environments including experience in a “hands-on” low to medium volume assembly process improvements and practical quality improvement implementation.
- Lean Tools / Six Sigma Problem Solving experience.
- Understanding of product data management system and ERP
- Core Tools – APQP, PPAP experience
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
We are an EOE.
