
Engineering Project Manager
- Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide structured project execution for cross functional projects while championing a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and accountability.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans with input from stakeholders and team members. Establish action items, due dates, dependencies, and people responsible.
- Lead project team meetings, driving accountability among project team members to complete their required activities on time.
- Manage critical path, risks, and issues. Raise issues to project stakeholders quickly, identify mitigating actions and develop recovery plan.
- Own all project communication, including weekly project status meetings, weekly email status updates, and all stakeholder communications, effectively communicating to management project progress, risks, and mitigation plans.
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience with a minimum of 2 years of experience in Project Management, preferably in a manufactured-product development, engineer-to-order (ETO), configure-to-order (CTO), or machine design environment
- Associate's degree in a technical or manufacturing field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality projects on time
- Proficiency with implementing and/or improving processes
- Must be comfortable:
- Leading through influence while driving accountability across the project team to deliver
- Creating an inclusive, collaborative, customer-focused environment
- Working with globally dispersed sites
- Working with business leaders and team members on project timelines and problem resolution
- Strong communication skills with experience providing stakeholder project updates and communicating clear objectives with project team members
- Proficiency with project management tools and related technology
- Strong problem-solving skills with sound decision-making based on structured data analysis.
- Proficient in MS Office tools
- Ability to use collaboration tools such as team-based document control, video conferencing, scheduling meetings, conference calls, etc.
- Proficiency in managing external resources (suppliers, contracted service resources, etc.) to achieve project results
- Working knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools
- Demonstrated experience in working in an ISO 9001 Product Development Process System is desired
- Desire to obtain PMP certification (or PMP certification holder)
- Working knowledge of Configure Price Quote (Oracle CPQ), Customer Relationship Management and Field Service (Salesforce), Enterprise Resource Planning (Oracle JDE ERP), and Smartsheet is desired
- Proficiency in translating business needs into technical requirements (bridging the gap between business and technical stakeholders)
- Plastics Processing Industry experience desired
- Experience in a Manufacturing environment is desired