Project Manager
Publication date:
15 August 2024Workload:
100%- Place of work:Minneapolis
The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for managing all activities related to operations of PCI Group and delivering a customer “turnkey” project and software products. The PM is typically active beginning with the review of a customer order together with Manager - Machine Development, Projects, and Applications (Manager-MDPA) and has primary responsibility for managing the scope of work, deliverables, timeline, resources, and budget from start to close
- Coordinate and run the project kick-off meeting along with the manager
- Understand and manage the scope of the work
- Develop a work breakdown structure for key deliverables within the scope of work
- Develop timelines in the form of Gantt Charts and manage activities and deliverables to these timelines
- Create and maintain an issues list and manage the closure of issues in a timely manner Enter and maintain budgeted costs and actual costs
- Work with Procurement on purchasing activities
- Manage sub-contractors to deliverables and timelines accordingly
- Schedule and attend meetings with the customer to review progress as needed to assure customer satisfaction
- Coordinate resources, both internal and external, to meet milestones
- Maintain project – tracking reports
- Participate in creating proposals and approval meetings as needed
- Execute the project closure process
- Lead cross functional project team of application engineers, software engineers, algorithm engineers, automation engineers to deliver solutions
- Build/improve project process for 24 hours development and operation with teams in Asia, Europe, and USA.
- Degree in an engineering discipline is preferred, equivalent project management work related experience may be considered
- Minimum 5 years of Project Management experience in a related industry
- Strong expertise in software development lifecycle and Agile process, experience in algorithm/machine learning is preferred
- Experience with Microsoft Project or equivalent Project Management software Able to read and understand engineering drawings
- Experience with automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, and medical manufacturing environments, corporate standards, and automation systems used in these target industries
- Excellent verbal communication skills and be comfortable presenting technical information to customers and vendors Able to communicate the requirements across different technical and managerial levels at PCI Group and customer site
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Lisa Stone