Title: Project Manager - New Product Development

Location: Bolingbrook, IL

Starting Pay: Up to 130k plus bonus depending on experience

Direct Hire - Excellent Benefits

The Project Manager is responsible for the overall scope, schedule, cost management, risk management, and communication activities for the assigned development projects. The Project Manager also ensures that all customer and company cost, quality, and timing requirements are satisfied. Additionally, the Project Manager will manage the design process of new products for manufacturing at facilities or third parties and will ultimately be accountable for the performance and results of project teams.

As a Project Manager you will:

• Establish and lead a multidisciplinary global team in the development of new and innovative products. Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of the project(s), ensuring they meet the company’s quality standards and customer expectations.
• Ensure the successful execution of new product development projects, including planning, execution, monitoring, and closing.
• Facilitate stage gate processes to ensure project milestones are met and that projects progress through each stage efficiently.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, resource estimates, and budgets, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Aftermarket Service, Quality, Finance, Product Management, and Marketing, to ensure alignment and successful project outcomes.
• Conduct Core Team meetings to provide for cross-functional communication and to manage the project realization activities.
• Identify and manage project risks and issues, implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Provide regular project status updates to senior management and stakeholders, ensuring transparency and effective communication among all project team members and stakeholders.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the project team, encouraging innovation and the adoption of best practices.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and best practices in project management.
• Responsible for coordination of resources and completion of Product Realization Stage Gate requirements.
• Assign tasks, responsibilities and communicate accountability to team members to achieve project and product goals.
• Ensures builds are completed as scheduled including coordination with manufacturing, confirming inventory arrival dates, and prompt review with quality.
• Work with management to obtain and manage appropriate staffing levels for the project.
• Responsible for reviewing projects and processes against project and company goals for cost efficiency and reliability.
• Prepare written documentation of processes, material requirements, test results and project activity as required. Create / revise project management standards as needed.
• May perform other duties as assigned.
• Plans and organizes the resources necessary to complete a project utilizing the necessary principles, techniques, and tools used in planning, control, monitoring, and review of projects

We are looking for someone who:

• Holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related field required. Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred
• Has at least 5 years of project management experience in a highly technical product development role.
• Preferred experience in the development of at least one of the following: Distribution or Transmission power equipment, Protective relays, or Custom engineered industrial products.
• Possesses a strong understanding of good development engineering processes such as lean product development, Design for Manufacturing (DFM)/ Assembly (DFA)/ Excellence (DFX), Six Sigma, and Lean concepts.
• Has experience with industry quality actions such as PPAP and SPC.
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Has strong organization, facilitation, and arbitration skills.
• Possesses demonstrated ownership of tasks from cradle to grave, a “driver” mentality, and effective time management skills.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
• Proficient with project management software and tools (e.g. MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, etc)
• Has a history of creativity, innovation, and initiative. A self-starter driven to learn new methodologies. (Preferred)