Engineering Project Manager - Coralville, United States - Mindteck

Description

We are looking for a jump-starter to lead large projects for new product development within the Infection Control & Guidance business unit. This role provides mentoring and project leadership for team members within the Design Engineering team.

Responsible for project management in new product development with a focus on large, innovation projects and programs involving multi-disciplined engineers and/or multi-disciplined teams including both external and internal partners.

Primary Location: United States (US) – Iowa – Coralville

Function: Engineering

Onsite/Remote: Preferred Onsite, eligible for Hybrid/Remote.

This position is eligible for remote work at the present time. The arrangement may be delayed for training or other job acclimation purposes and remains subject to change.

Your Responsibilities

As an Engineering Project Manager at CIVCO you will:

• Project Management:
  • Demonstrate ability to plan, schedule, budget, and manage multiple complicated product development projects simultaneously.
  • Responsible for scoping the total resourcing, milestones, and deliverables required to complete a project
  • Be responsible for product development plans and schedules that include all cross-functional development milestones and gate reviews (Phase 0 - Phase 5) as required by product development and/or innovation processes.
  • Serve as the team leader motivating and driving cross-functional team performance toward achieving the common goal of completing projects according to the defined objectives, on budget and on time.
  • Provide inter/intradepartmental communication and information relating to project status, including executive stakeholders
  • Facilitate communication between internal and external customers on product design, product specification and development issues.
  • Manage external contractor teams if such resources are required on a project


• Design Engineering:
  • Coordinate with design resources to ensure completion of design and technical activities in accordance with development schedule.
  • Ensure product development documentation (innovation and design control processes) is generated in accordance with development schedule, assists with generation of documentation and facilitates approval of documentation as required.
  • Facilitate and document technical design reviews and stage gate reviews.


• Quality Assurance:


• • Follow company standard operating procedures and quality engineering principles.


• • Attend all relevant training. Keep informed of relevant developments in technology.
  • Participate in clinical evaluations.
  • Identify opportunities for increases in product development efficiencies and lead team toward implementation of proposed solutions.

Leadership: CIVCO's project managers are critical to cultivating a culture driven by our values. Our project managers must deliver consistent and transparent communication within project teams to enable our collective success

· Provide technical and project management leadership within the Business Unit and across the organization as it relates to projects

· Coaches decision-making related to technical design, regulatory, quality and manufacturing considerations within projects

· Clearly defines expectations for project teams and continually drives accountability to results

• Qualifications:
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What Skills You Need

• • Proven track record of documentation, project management, process management, and troubleshooting/problem solving skills.
  • Ability to understand, consult, and communicate technical engineering challenges through an understanding of basic engineering principle
  • Success demonstrating interpersonal and management skills.
  • Experience with Microsoft Project.
  • Ability to lead a team in an "influencing" role.
  • Self-starter, able to advance projects with minimal oversight.
  • Bachelor's degree (BS) in engineering and four years project management experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• • Experience with both Waterfall and Agile project management execution
  • Knowledge and understanding of compliance to ISO 13485, FDA 21CRF280PMP certification is a bonus, but not required.
  • Previous experience in medical device or other regulated environment.

What You'll Get

At CIVCO, you are empowered to create a career that will take you where you want to go. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box, and autonomy to lead from any position within the company. We offer a competitive benefits package including parental leave, hybrid work and flexible hours, relaxed dress code and 8 hours of community service annually to name a few.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, CIVCO requires a diversity of people, perspectives, and ideas to address the complex challenges of our global business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will frequently work within an office setting. Occasionally the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts or toxic/caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Do we keep this? Should we move it under the Engineering header?

Replace "experience" with "understanding" - Tim C

Add "project management" here