Job Details:

Job Title: NPI CapEx Engineering Program Manager

Job Duration: 6 - month contract (Possibility for extension)

Job Location: Austin TX – Onsite

JOB SUMMARY

• Imagine what you could do here.
• At Client, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly.
• Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.
• The people here at Client don’t just build products — they craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries.
• It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts.
• Join Client, and help us leave the world better than we found it.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Working knowledge of procurement, finance, and program development processes
• Impeccable organizational, multi-tasking, and management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

DESCRIPTION

• The NPI CapEx EPM is responsible for coordinating equipment requirements between Engineering and contract manufacturers in Asia to support engineering prototype builds and development through the entire product life-cycle (up to hand-off to mass production).
• This EPM is responsible for coordinating with cross functional partners, to ensure program equipment needs are met.
• Program managers are confident leaders capable of working with multi-functional teams to identify risks, explore solutions, reach consensus and execute mitigations quickly.
• This requires an in-depth understanding of new product development and manufacturing processes.
• A Client EPM must respond quickly to changes to the overall goals, schedule, and/or architecture.
• EPMs must be fearless leaders capable of working with cross-functional teams to identify risks, explore solutions, reach consensus and execute mitigations as quickly and efficiently as possible.
• As this requires an in-depth understanding of development and manufacturing process.
• The NPI CapEx PM also creates an overall project budget and tracks expenditures in a dynamic and ever changing design and schedule atmosphere to make sure the team stays within that budget.
• The role includes the following main duties:
• Drive cross-functional teams towards consensus of requirements
• Manage and drive in-region resources at contract manufactures (typical in Asia) to drive procurement activities on Client’s behalf
• Build overall project budget, compile budget requests, and generate capitalization plan based on project schedules
• Calculate ROI of change in process/equipment requested by OEM or internal teams
• Provide monthly/quarterly budget updates and capitalization plan
• Succinctly communicate overall equipment status to the management team
• Work with new product teams to support product launch and sustaining activities
• Understand the impact of cycle time changes and be responsible for adjusting forecasts accordingly
• Verify demands and lead the business team to ensure equipment is tracked to delivery
• Work with appropriate business and procurement teams to ensure support from vendors regarding setup, installation, repairs and maintenance
• Respond quickly to changes to the overall goals, schedule, and/or architecture

EDUCATION

• BS/BA degree (engineering, business, finance or related discipline)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Experience in manufacturing or test engineering is a plus
• Experience in new product development is another plus
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as needed

EEO:

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”