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:

Responsibilities:

•    Responsible for planning, execution & delivery of multiple VAVE or cost down projects or portfolios, including NPD, sustaining and advanced projects.

•    Responsible for leading project core team to conduct thorough analyses of products, components, and processes to identify opportunities for cost reduction, quality improvement, and functional enhancement.

•    Work closely with key stakeholders, including R&D, Design, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Quality teams to develop and implement VA/VE proposals.

•    Lead VA/VE projects from ideation to execution, ensuring timely delivery of results and alignment with business goals.

•    Work with project team for well control of project documentation following LEANPD process

•    Organize, lead and motivate global project team, and challenge the functions to take ownership of the project objectives to meet the targets.

•   Continue improvement/optimization for LEANPD process including VAVE process.

•    Project Schedule Management:

     - Ensure project schedule is reasonably planned and updated in time.

     - Lead Project team to launch products quickly and meet Time to Market target.

•    Project Budget and Financial Management:

     - Ensure project budget are well planned and updated in time.

     - Achieve a competitive Cost from both Design and Manufacturing efforts.

     - Lead team to create Project P&L to evaluate Project financial performance.

•    Project Scope and Change Management:

     - Ensure PRD is clearly defined under Key Stakeholder agreements.

     - Clarify the Project Scope, make sure no Scope Creep happens.

     - Lead Project team to evaluate impacts on Project changes and to meet Project PRD.

     - Ensure all changes adhere to industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications.

•    Project Resource Management:

     - Ensure the project is “staffed for success”.  

     - Negotiate with functional managers and stakeholders to alleviate resource constraints as needed.

•    Project Risk and Issue Management:

     - Lead Project team to identify Project Risks, create and follow up mitigation actions proactively.

     - Manage project on-going Issues.

     - Escalate Project Risk or Issues when needed to get supports.

•    Discipline the System:

     - Ensure that the team are operating according to the LEANPD process.

     - Keep people focused on the matters at hand as well as their area of responsibility.

     - Report out project status to PAC following contract date.
 

Competencies