Project Manager – New Product Development - Orrville, OH(Onsite) - Contract

Contract

Job Description

SUMMARY:

The Project Manager is responsible for managing medium to large-size new product development projects for a construction equipment OEM, from project initiation through project closure.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project documentation for project planning, requirements analysis, risk management, issue management, status reporting, and project communication
• Coordinate internal and external resources to accomplish program objectives, including change management
• Plan and direct large projects/programs to completion, including development and maintenance of an integrated master schedule
• Manage project scope, cost, timeline and risk management
• Identify and coordinate all project scope change requests for approval
• Accept and delegate authority; establish priorities for work delegated to others
• Monitor project and processes for health, and suggest improvements as needed
• Coordinate communication between suppliers, customers, and cross-functional team members as needed (e.g., Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Assembly, Service, Testing, Quality, and Marketing departments)
• Prepare and present program status/issues to internal and external customers
• Provide guidance to Project Leads and other team members to ensure the project management processes are followed and projects are on track

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, engineering or related field
• 4 or more years related work experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Lean and Six Sigma experience
• PMP certification