Project Engineer

About Mubea

Are you ready to join a dynamic, innovative team and become an industry leader? Mubea is a global automotive supply company that can give you the career of your dreams. We employee over 15,000 employees in 20 countries and you could be one of them If you are ambitious, focused, open minded and want be part of the development, manufacture and sales of technical products of the highest quality, specifically in the areas of chassis, body, powertrain, e-mobility and electrification, you should apply now

Job summary

Job Overview: Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering project within area of assigned responsibility.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:
• Primary point of communication interface to the customer for the respective program(s) within the unit as well as all the deliverables that are in the program they will manage.
• Possesses the interpersonal skills to build relationships with key customer contacts responsible for the decision making process. Actively listens, probes and identifies concerns. Understands customer's business and speaks their language. Develops credibility, loyalty, trust and commitment.
• Ability to manage customers and keep them candid throughout the relationship.
• Preparation and communication of program status meetings to management steering committee and escalation of critical issues.
• Coordinating / monitoring project documentation, timelines, technical performance, production, quality deliverables, and corrective action initiatives throughout product launch(s).
• Manages tooling orders and samples for customers.
• Participate in cross functional development teams within the company to develop and communicate program deliverables, priorities ,and timeline targets based on customer derived expectations and internal requirements.
• Ability to understand, track, drill-down, and question activities and issues in all functional areas and make sound business decisions based upon that data.
• Strong influence-management, negotiation, leadership and assertiveness skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through skills.
• Plans and implements engineering program, including defining the project philosophy, activities, milestones, and staff requirements, per customer requirements.
• Develops and maintains a schedule for the assigned engineering project.
• Provides reports on the status of project milestones and adjusts schedules accordingly.
• Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget.
• Identifies project staffing requirements and coordinates staffing with supporting organization managers.
• Coordinates preparation and delivery of project deliverables, design documents, and bid packages.
• Assigns and oversee project personnel to specific phases or aspects of project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and product testing.
• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Directs integration of technical activities and products.
• Prepares interim and completion project reports for management, client, or others.
• Interfaces with customers to provide project status reports and ensure customer needs are met.
• Provides status and progress reports to customer, project team, and management.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) in Mechanical Engineering or another Technical / Engineering Degree
• Three to Five years of automotive program management experience within the automotive industry.
• Strong technical background that may include knowledge of body in white development and/or manufacturing (such as part development, forming, and joining), and a good understanding of cross-functional responsibilities.
• Must possess moderately advanced usage of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint); must be/become proficient in company & customer systems. Preferred Education and Experience:
• A master's degree in related field
• SAP experience
• Experience in automotive manufacturing and /or engineering and sales driven businesses

What We Offer

In addition to forward-looking perspectives in our growing family company worldwide, Mubea provides the opportunity for continuous development, actively supporting your ideas and goals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or veteran status. #LI-ZT1

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