Senior Project Engineer

The Senior Project Engineer leads CIVCO’s large, complex, and most visible projects or programs with limited oversight. This role integrates business, technical, regulatory, quality, customer, supplier, financial, and organizational considerations; brings clear recommendations to leadership; mentors other Project Engineers; and improves project execution practices.

Senior Project Engineer is based out of our production facility in Coralville, IA. This position may have opportunities for flexible scheduling and part-time telecommuting based on business needs.

• Project Planning
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  Develop and maintain project plans, including scope, objectives, and timelines. Ability to propose tailored project approaches (waterfall, agile, hybrid) based on understanding of scope and delivery target.
• Meeting Coordination
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  Organize, lead, and actively participate in project team meetings, ensuring action items are accurately documented, assigned, and completed on schedule.
• Risk Identification and Recovery
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  Monitor project progress against established plans, identify potential risks, and elevate concerns with prepared risk mitigation options promptly to leadership.
• Collaboration & Problem Solving
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  Partner with internal teams to apply structured problem‑solving methodologies to assigned tasks and project challenges.
• Resource & Financial Management
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  Develop credible resource and budget forecasts that frame opportunity‑cost, cost‑benefit, make‑or‑buy, dual‑source, and sequencing tradeoffs for leadership.
• Regulatory Compliance
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  Ensure all design control activities comply with applicable standards, regulations, and company policies.
• Quality & Change Management
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  Apply CIVCO’s quality and change management processes consistently and effectively across all responsibilities.
• Reporting & Communication
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  Prepare and deliver clear, timely project status updates for internal and external stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Leadership
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  Manage executive, customer, OEM, and senior cross‑functional communication; create clarity around decisions, risks, implications, and required actions; and lead through conflict, uncertainty, resistance, and competing priorities.
• Mentorship & Process Improvement
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  Mentor Project Engineer I and II employees, provide practical feedback, review plans and decision framing, model disciplined governance compliance, and lead department-level process improvements and training

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Demonstrated success leading large or complex cross‑functional projects with limited oversight.
• Strong working knowledge of medical‑device design controls, quality systems, regulatory considerations, verification and validation, risk management, project financials, and executive communication.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Typically 6-12 years of relevant experience, often including 3-5 years at the Project Engineer II level or equivalent demonstrated capability.

• Familiarity with stage‑gate or similar structured development frameworks.
• Basic understanding of design verification/validation and regulatory considerations in product development (ISO 13485, 14971, 10993, etc.).
• Experience with FDA and EU regulatory environments, human factors, supplier development, customer programs, or complex product‑development portfolios.
• Demonstrated mentorship and implementation…