Your Tasks:
- Lead and coordinate the engineering team from pre-award activities through final project closeout.
- Conduct scope-of-work reviews with engineering teams and ensure the complete project scope is clearly understood.
- Review contract documents, identify technical and commercial requirements, and track project compliance.
- Develop and monitor the engineering schedule in coordination with the overall project schedule.
- Partner closely with Project Managers and other departments to keep project activities aligned.
- Coordinate designs and engineering activities with other Dürr entities and global teams.
- Serve as a technical point of contact for customers, contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Facilitate project coordination meetings and support technical decision-making.
- Clarify and finalize technical bid documents.
- Prepare monthly project progress reports and customer updates.
- Develop project cost reports, cockpit charts, and cash-flow projections where applicable.
- Monitor project costs, schedules, milestones, and site activities.
- Identify, manage, and control project risks.
- Develop corrective actions and recovery plans when project activities fall behind schedule.
- Monitor site activities for schedule compliance, cost performance, quality, and health and safety requirements.
- Work within the guidelines of the Dürr Group Project Management Manual.
- Mentor Associate Project Managers and graduate trainees.
- Lead internal project closeout meetings and prepare final closeout reports.
- Complete project closeout activities with the customer and support collection of final payment.
- Review and approve customer warranty requests.
Your Skills:
- Bachelor Degree in appropriate subject (e.g. Engineering, Construction Management)
- Minimum 3 years of automotive paint facility project execution experience
- Knowledge of Paint & Final assembly Systems (PFS) such as Pre-Treatment & E-Coat systems, work decks and application systems, building utility systems, spray booths and paint application systems, ovens, coolers systems used in automotive manufacturing facilities
- Strong leadership, negotiation, and decision making ability
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Proficient with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of SAP is a plus
- Ability to understand and maintain project schedules
- Good time management skills
- Good organizational skills
- Good verbal communication skills
- Good technical writing skills
- Able to effectively communicate with engineering and estimating departments, contractors, suppliers, and customers
- Able to work well independently and in a team environment
- Able to technically define problems and propose solutions
- Adaptable to change in a learning environment
Willing and able to work overtime, weekends, and holidays when necessary
