Project Manager - San Juan Capistrano, United States - Quest Diagnostics
Description
Overview:
Onsite:
San Juan Capistrano, Travel Upto 25% - Domestic
Responsibilities:
- Leads projects and working teams to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close projects
- Leads projects
- Leads projects
- Acts as a change agent to drive teams toward success
- Guides team members to perform through issues and constraints
- Owns projects
- Owns the timeline, budget, resource constraints, and deliverables/results
- Shifts between the big picture and the smallbutcrucial details
- Is prepared to roll up their sleeves and work through detailed issues
- Manages projects
- Ensures all appropriate tools are completed and used effectively (e.g., charter, Gantt chart, status updates)
- Communicates
- Actively communicates with project sponsors and stakeholders
- Establishes regular points of communication
- Manages sponsor and stakeholders expectations
- Delivers the expected results
- Performs root cause analysis on project shortfalls and takes corrective action as necessary
- Applies QMS principles and tools toward a variety of small to medium projects as well as other necessary skills, such as:
- Identifying root causes of issues and designing solutions that address them
- Defining, monitoring, and controlling processes
- Understanding (internal/ external) customer needs and designing solutions around them
- Identifying the impacts from change and developing proactive change plans
- Supports various teams to achieve their goals by facilitating onsite workshops, rapid continuous improvement events, and providing ongoing guidance or consultation
- Coaches other employees on the use of various tools, concepts and practices foundational to QMS in order for Quest Diagnostics employees to build selfsufficiency, sustainability and scalability
- Participates in Communities of Practice
- Leads QMS training classes
- Documents business processes
- Completes required continued learning
Qualifications:
Work Experience:
- Demonstrated experience (1 to 3 years) of leading projects from initiation to completion
Demonstrated experience in implementing large automation projects.
(Robotics):
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Experience with PLC programming is a plus
:
- Demonstrated experience facilitating discussions or workshops, xperience in continuous improvement and experience with process management
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- The normal performance of duties may require lifting and carrying objects
- Frequent walking and/or standing.
Knowledge:
- Basic knowledge of VOC tools
- General knowledge of Hoshin and breakthrough planning
- Some experience leading changes
Skills:
- Problemsolving skills
- Demonstrated data analysis skills
- Demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships with others
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
- Interpersonal skills
- Decisionmaking skills
- Planning and organization skills
- Resultsoriented
- Creative
- Persistent
- Composed
- Able to learn new concepts rapidly
EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree in Scinces specifically in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering preferred.
LICENSECERTIFICATIONS
Formal training in project management or continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Lean, Theory of Constraints) preferred.
QMS Gold Level "Core Practitioner Training" (internally provided - completed within 18 months of entering into the role)(required)EEO:
Quest Diagnostics is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Our policy is to recruit, hire and promote qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by state or local law.
Quest Diagnostics observes minimum age requirements established by federal, state and/or local laws, and will ask an applicant for verification when deemed necessary.
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