Sr. Specialist - Project Engineer

Job description

Job Title: Sr. Specialist, Project Engineer

Job Code: 46098

Job Location: Onsite - Waterdown, On

Primary Responsibilities:

- Provide project leadership and technical guidance for internally and externally funded product developments

- Coordinate, prepare-for and lead presentation of design stage gate packages

- Align and motivate cross-functional development team to successfully execute the New Product Introduction (NPI) company standard process

- Responsible for presenting to various levels of cross-functional leadership in design reviews and business meetings

- Develop and maintain project risk registers including mitigation plans, drive closure of risk actions

- Responsible for providing project forecasts and maintaining adherence to project budgets and schedules

- Use of JIRA and other project tools for Earn Value Management reporting

- Maintain project schedules to align with integrated master schedule milestones and customer contract deliverable

- Participate in and support the bids and proposal/sales process by providing engineering inputs including feasibility, NRE, risks and schedule estimates for new products or features

- Lead project scrums, closely involved in material shortage and build meetings

- Understand and communicate cause and effect of changes affecting schedule, quality and cost

- Coordinate engineering changes and lead Enterprise Change Assessment (ECA) technical pillar through the change process

- Lead department strategic goal alignment and continuous improvement projects as needed

- Understand and comply with the company Quality Management System

- Accountable to the Product Manager and Project Engineering Management

Preferred Capabilities:

- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office including MS Project

- Strong technical communication skills, both written and verbal

- Well-rounded project management background with experience in a highly technical environment

- Excellent project organization and planning skills

- Strong interpersonal skills, capable of maintaining and growing relationships with stakeholders

- Experience presenting technical project content to senior leadership stakeholders

- Knowledge/experience using Atlassian Confluence/JIRA

- Working knowledge of root cause analysis or reliability techniques (5 Why, Cause Map, 8D, FMEA)

- A sense of urgency; dynamic, resourceful, innovative and takes initiative

- Understanding of electro/mechanical/optical/video systems

- Design/working knowledge of mechanical design, bill of material structures and mechanical design terminology

- Design/working knowledge of electrical circuit design, circuit board assemblies and electrical design terminology

- Design/working knowledge of feedback control systems, video standards, grounding/bonding practices and motors/potentiometers/encoders and other electro-mechanical devices

- Working knowledge of optical assemblies, cameras and laser devices is an asset

- Knowledge of AS9100 Quality Standard

- Experience in aerospace industry preferred

- PMP Certification is an asset

- P.Eng license is an asset

Desired Education and Experiences:

- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.

- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience, and in lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

*This posting is for a current vacancy. In the province of Ontario, Canada, the pay range for this position will be $102000 - $152000