STAFF PROJECT MANAGER ENGINEER

Job Overview

TE Connectivity’s Engineering Project Management Teams manage cross functional engineering projects. They work with Product Management, Sales, Quality, Manufacturing, Finance, and other functions across TE to assure projects meet financial, schedule and customer expectations. They are responsible for defining and creating project schedules, portfolio management, communication and execution of programs, identifying resource constraints and working with management for resolution, while adhering to LeanPD processes.

What your background should look like:

•    University Degree: Engineering preferred.
•    Project Management experience in product development or advanced development of industrial products
•    Demonstrated experience of engineering assignments on mechanical & electrical components
•    Strong interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills and the ability to build strong, credible relationships with multiple organization functions (internal and external).
•    Strong communications skills in English (both speaking and writing) to facilitate global communication.
•    Project Management certification desirable (CAPM, PMP, Prince 2 or similar), understanding of agile development methodology.
•    Strong and thorough knowledge of technical tools specific to Project Management, as well as knowledge of general engineering tools.  Experienced Microsoft Project user.
•    Strong ability to set goals and motivate team members.
•    Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize and lead regional cross-functional teams.

Tasks and Responsibilities
•    Follow established stage-gate processes and assure the integrity of project deliverables including presenting to the Project Approval Committee.
•    Conduct frequent status meetings with the internal project team and internal/external customers.
•    Escalation of issues and risks that cannot be solved at the project team level.
•    Work within a global cross functional team to maintain schedule and financial goals throughout a project.
•    Manage and interface with customers, sales, product management, engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and suppliers.
•    Provide regular reporting to ADM senior management on project status in terms of schedules, project costs, and business case of all assigned projects.
•    Monitor project execution with specific emphasis on providing early warnings to detect, develop and implement corrective action plans where required.
•    Provide leadership over the project in accordance with TE project management policies.

 

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