Milwaukee Tool · 7 hours ago
Sr Project Leader
Brookfield, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expMilwaukee Tool is seeking a Senior Project Leader responsible for managing multiple complex engineering projects with minimal direction. The role involves providing project management and technical direction to ensure successful project implementation and completion within budget and schedule.
Consumer GoodsElectronicsIndustrialManufacturingSoftware
Responsibilities
Provides leadership over moderate to highly complex global design projects with minimal supervision. Provides direction, guidance and engineering expertise to team members. Review work of designers, engineers and other project team members. Sets goals for the team
Responsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines
Builds relationships and motivates cross-functional team to accomplish project objectives. Maintains focus of project team on cost, performance and schedule
Communicates, both verbal and written, to assure all groups are working toward the goal of timely project completion. Communicate technical details, ideas, and concepts to engineers and non-engineers in multiple locations
Drive design of project to meet market driven design guides and fulfill cost, timing, reliability, and high volume manufacturing requirements
Analyze, evaluate and select from design execution alternatives to best meet specification objectives and implement designs into mass production
Accountable for technical elements of project execution including integration of complicated components and assemblies, material selection, packaging and safety, regulatory and standards compliance
Applies a good understanding of the NPD process from concept through product launch
Leads technical tradeoff discussions with Marketing and other cross-functional team members
Demonstrates effective negotiation skills to reach a compromise when needed
Conduct design and safety reviews as needed to gain necessary approvals for product development phase progressions
Comply 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 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
May occasionally recommend changes to existing standards and procedures
Maintains an awareness of competitive offerings and the general business climate in the power tool industry
May have formal supervisory responsibilities and oversees day-to-day activities of project team members
Identify cross-functional project risks and implement risk reduction plans
Interacts extensively with manufacturing plants and outside suppliers to achieve project goals
Makes component material or process recommendations
Designs new experiments and test systems
Exhibits vision and foresight to test the extremes of a design and guide the team members through well thought out, logical test regimes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
Minimum 10 years engineering experience in related field
Experience successfully managing low-moderate 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
Ability to draft comprehensive test plans and specifications
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software including Microsoft Project
Preferred
Graduate studies preferred in the business areas such as Project Management, Finance, Marketing, or Organizational studies
Formal project management training preferred
Mechanical and/or Electrical Project Experience is preferred
Company
Milwaukee Tool
Milwaukee Tool manufactures electric power tools and accessories.
5001-10000 employees
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