Engineering Project Manager — Ownership Path
Listed on 2026-08-30
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Engineering
Operations Management -
Management
Operations Management, Project & Program Management
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a motivated and hardworking individual to join our team in Burnsville, MN as a Engineering Project Manager. You will be part of a group of engineers dedicated to high-quality work, value-add solutions, skill development, and career growth. We welcome candidates from the Twin Cities metro and beyond to apply.
| Burnsville, MN
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a motivated and hardworking individual to join our team in Burnsville, MN as a Engineering Project Manager. You will be part of a group of engineers dedicated to high-quality work, value-add solutions, skill development, and career growth. We welcome candidates from the Twin Cities metro and beyond to apply.
Employees working in Burnsville, MN have a short commute from Savage, Apple Valley, Bloomington, Eagan, Lakeville, and Prior Lake and will enjoy professional growth and community engagement through our regional presence in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota.
As a Engineering Project Manager, you will:
- Manage engineering projects within a Research, Development and Engineering (RDE) environment, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget
- Build and maintain detailed project schedules, charters, financial summaries, and stakeholder communication plans
- Drive consistent project execution, governance, and reporting practices across RDE
- Lead onboarding, coaching, and mentoring of project team members in areas such as risk management, resource planning, scope control, scheduling, and stakeholder communication
- Coordinate project requirements, design reviews, verification and validation activities, engineering change control, and market launch readiness
- Support project planning, execution, tracking, close‑out, and lessons learned
- Identify project risks and implement mitigation plans that balance technical, financial, and business impacts
- Report project progress, risks, and performance to leadership on established cadences
- Promote effective stakeholder management, including navigating difficult conversations and aligning cross‑functional priorities
- Contribute to project governance standards, tools, templates, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Support portfolio reviews, resource balancing, and scenario analysis
- Collaborate cross‑functionally to remove barriers, align priorities, and improve execution effectiveness
- Lead projects through ambiguity, shifting priorities, and evolving business needs in a still-developing PMO environment
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Science degree or higher in a business‑related field and/or in an engineering discipline
- PMP (Issued by the PMI) or a Master's Degree in Project Management
- 7+ years leading engineering projects in mechanical, electrical, R&D, technology, or product development environments
- Proven experience building project schedules, charters, financial summaries, and stakeholder communication plans
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects in environments with immature or evolving PMO processes
- Strong business acumen with experience navigating difficult conversations, aligning priorities, and influencing without authority
- Proficiency with project scheduling and reporting tools including Microsoft Project, Planner, and related platforms
- Demonstrated success in business process improvement and structured project governance
- Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, and problem‑solving skills, including the ability to calm stakeholders during high‑pressure situations
- Experience with Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note, Teams, SharePoint), AI tools (Copilot/ChatGPT), and mind‑mapping tools (e.g., Mindomo)
- Experience driving technology or products to commercialization strongly preferred
- Ability to lead mechanical and electrical engineers while working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid environments
- Experience managing external vendors, suppliers, or development partners preferred
- Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and…
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