Senior Project Engineering Manager - Control Systems - Medical Device (Finance)
The Project Engineering Manager (PEM) position in the Control Systems business that requires expertise in project management and executing for new product development in the medical device field. The Control Systems group is a start-up business inside an established medical device development organization. The PEM's primary responsibility is to lead the assigned technical team in meeting its objectives for design, schedule, program cost and product cost. Other responsibilities for this position include creation of plans and schedules, and the tactical execution of the engineering content for new product development. The incumbent will perform management activities in accordance with standard practices and policies. They will also provide presentations to convey program overview, status, and risks program to colleagues, management and customers.
Responsibilities:
- Decompose project requirements to ensure that all project work is estimated and scheduled
- Develop and maintain project plans for the Control Systems business
- Determine the applicable resources required to complete a specific task in a project plan including internal resources, external resources at either a supplier/contractor or another Elbit company
- Establish timelines, budgets/estimates and secure support/buy-in from management
- Work with a diverse team of engineers and facilitate the communication and interaction amongst the functional representatives
- Identify cross functional members to assure proper engineering discipline representation on a task
- Collaborate with customer counterparts and team members on projects where applicable
- Identify roadblocks and bottlenecks to project execution and determine a course of action to eliminate or avoid them
- Report project health using standard metrics, and determine if the project is on time
- Develop and implement recovery plans for off schedule and unanticipated events
- Communicate with the engineering resources to ensure that specific tasks assigned to them are progressing at the required completion rate
- Escalate engineering issues to the appropriate level of management for which the engineering team cannot reach consensus.
- Maintain action item lists
- Conduct engineering project reviews as required; present detailed plan status to senior management as required
- Represent engineering project execution issues in stakeholder or customer discussions
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (BS EE or SW is preferred) with at least 5 years of experience to include project management or team lead roles
- Requires a working knowledge of engineering processes related to systems, electrical, mechanical or software engineering, preferably in the medical device industry
- Demonstrated experience scheduling and completing variance analysis of moderately complex programs, preferably for various phases of program life cycle
- Experience with customer relationships and deliverables
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project and associated applications
- Professional Program Management certification and EVMS a plus
Skills and Abilities
- Must be a strong communicator, both verbally and in writing
- Must have demonstrated ability to negotiate with individuals and functions
- Need to be able to motivate and facilitate individuals and teams
- Need to be a strong problem solver, able to differentiate the important from the urgent and prioritize activities
- Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule providing every other Friday off
- Competitive compensation & 401k program to plan for your future
- Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
- Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
- Flexible Vacation & PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Employee Referral Program
- Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identify Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
- Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees
This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
HiArc, an Elbit America company, is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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