Engineering Project Manager

Engineering Project Manager

Location:

Minneapolis, MN
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Employment Type:

Temporary
• Industry: Medical Device Development
• Compensation: $50-$65 depending on experience
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Schedule:

Mon-Fri 9-5pm

The primary purpose of this role is to coordinate and administer (product) development and/or engineering projects of low complexity typically within a site or location. You work with internal and external customers and technical resources to ensure the effective execution of each project to a defined set of deliverables. You coordinate cross functional teams that may include representatives from functions such as design engineering, R&D, operations, quality, regulatory, supply chain, finance, sales, and environmental, health, and safety.

You leverage Project Management tools and systems to capture, track, and report on project costing, timelines, and overall progress to defined deliverables.

• Gather, create, and maintain project data leveraging project management tools and systems, ensuring integrity of such tasks as:
  • Project setup & update in the Oracle ERP system
  • Project forecasting & reporting
  • Oversight of specific governing customer agreements, billing events, & milestones related to a given project
  • Tracking expenditures charged to the project
  • Coordinating across functions to ensure appropriate revenue recognition associated with Non-recurrent Engineering (NRE) and/or sales of sample, prototype, or verification units as part of a defined project
• Accountable for completing an assigned project within budget and on time, meeting key performance objectives, managing issues to resolution or appropriately escalating issues for assistance in resolving, managing project and scope changes to what was defined in the quote and/or State of Work developed for the project.
• Provide regular project updates to sales, operations, quality, finance and other functions to ensure project scope, deliverable deliveries, and financial objectives are on track.
• Prepare, monitor, and manage the project to the defined plan, quote, budget, specification, and schedule, providing regular status reports as requested.
• Track the established Key Performance Indicators, including milestones, associated with a given project.
• Provide support for resolving project management system data entry and reporting issues and for conducting data audits.
• Use the established Program (Project) Management Office tools as prescribed in the PMO Handbook.
• Collaborate with functional stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration or related field of study preferred.

• Adept at using computer & project management applications
• Effectively able to multitask
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
• Previous experience working with project management and/or ERP system tools preferred
• Good understanding of project budgeting & forecasting based on previous experiences
• Excellent and demonstrable critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, Talent Rise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.