JOB SUMMARY
Provide the leadership role for managing the manufacturing process and customer interaction for new projects. A Project Manager has the responsibility of taking a project from start to finish and completing all of the objectives along the way. The Project Manager is responsible for the three most important elements or components of any project: time, cost, and quality. The Project Manager acts as a representative for the customer to determine exactly what is required for success.
HIGH-LEVEL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Works directly with the operations managers & production scheduler to define the project timeline and key benchmarks related specifically to the project
- Coordinates adherence to the project definition and scope of work per the customer RFQ and quote documentation
- Tracks all change requests related to items that fall outside the original project scope
- Manages project budgets including direct labor hours on a weekly basis
- Works with the accounting department to ensure invoicing is completed per the terms of the quote/P.O.
PROJECT COORDINATION
- Establishes, tracks, and maintains the open issue list related to the project.
- Works with all departments to resolve open issues in a timely manner to ensure project success.
- Facilitates Rolling Action Items List issue closure.
- Facilitates all meetings, including engineering kick-off meetings, design reviews, daily/weekly huddles & customer acceptance visits.
- Sends an updated timeline to the customer immediately when modified.
- Establishes the proper launch meeting with all assembly-level employees to guarantee the proper launch of a project to the assembly shop floor.
- Takes charge of quality assurance throughout each project.
- Ensures that all documentation is finalized and the property passed to the customer. IE: Manuals, drawing files, documentation related to sign off, etc.
