Project Design Analyst III

Project Design Analyst III role at Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Project Design Analyst III? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world‑class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision.

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Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium‑ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation. Our state‑of‑the‑art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions.

If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

The Project Design Analyst III independently supports and enhances project design execution across complex, multi‑disciplinary engineering and construction programs. This role coordinates advanced scheduling, drives scope alignment, maintains high‑quality project documentation, and ensures design activities comply with PECNA PMO standards, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications. The Analyst leads design coordination workflows, supports adoption of PMO processes and tools, improves data accuracy, and ensures seamless information flow across engineering, construction, and project management teams.

Success in this role requires strong analytical capability, technical proficiency, proactive communication, and the ability to anticipate and remove obstacles across fast‑paced design and construction environments.

• Lead complex design coordination workflows, proactively aligning scope, schedule, and deliverables across engineering disciplines and external partners
• Develop, manage, and maintain advanced project documentation systems, ensuring accuracy, version control, and compliance with organizational standards
• Analyze design progress, resource needs, and sequencing impacts to support Project Design Managers in maintaining forecast accuracy
• Independently facilitate multi‑disciplinary design coordination meetings, prepare action logs, and drive follow‑up until closure
• Oversee receipt, review, and integration of submittals, RFIs, design packages, and vendor documentation, ensuring completeness and alignment with project requirements

• Evaluate schedule adherence, deliverable quality, and workflow efficiency to identify risks, process gaps, and improvement opportunities
• Recommend and implement process enhancements that strengthen documentation control, design coordination, and cross‑functional communication
• Support and occasionally lead continuous improvement initiatives aligned with PECNA PMO methodologies, including refinement of standards and templates
• Analyze recurring design issues or delays and propose corrective actions or preventative measures to project leadership

• Provide subject matter expertise to cross‑functional partners on PMO processes, documentation standards, and project management tools
• Develop training materials that support rollout and adoption of new documentation workflows, templates, and PMO procedures
• Lead onboarding and training for new team members or stakeholders who interact with project documentation systems

• Coordinate closely with Project Design Managers, engineering teams, construction partners, procurement, and external vendors to drive alignment on design scope and deliverables
• Lead communication workflows that ensure project documentation remains accurate, accessible, and…