5-10 years of senior project management experience in automotive or manufacturing
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal abilities
Comprehensive project management expertise
Proven leadership skills to guide team members
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
Desired experience with cross-functional team product development
Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional teams (CFTs) on project deliverables and ensure stakeholder awareness of responsibilities
Facilitate regular CFT meetings to review project schedules and resolve issues
Provide senior management with status reports on schedules, revenue impacts, and program issues
Identify opportunities to streamline project processes and reduce waste
Communicate daily with Design Engineers, Materials Manager, Production Manager, Logistics Analyst, Quality Assurance, and Sales team on project-related issues
Benefits
Opportunities for professional development and growth
Collaborative work environment
Engagement with cross-functional teams
Focus on improving internal and external communications
Involvement in impactful engineering projects
Full Job Description
Senior Project Manager
The Sr Project Manager oversees internal/external customer project deliverables and is responsible for the coordination and completion of engineering projects. The Project Manager is also responsible for tracking all cross-functional team (CFT) deliverables and for driving the resolution of any conflicts that may impact the success of any applicable project(s) launch. This position's goal is to improve internal and external communications, which will result in completion of projects per the original plan and meet or exceed customer expectations while keeping the product's fiscal attributes in check.
Location: Portland, OR
Salary Range: $130,800.00 - 174,400.00 per year
Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in Oregon. Criteria such as the candidate's qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.
Your Challenge:
Effectively partner with and lead CFT's on associated projects and developments, ensuring all stakeholders are aware of individual and group responsibilities. Develop, manage and maintain product development and project outline plans; clearly defining all key milestones, phase gate reviews and design reviews.
Facilitate regular CFT project meetings to review schedule, status, and issues. Ensure maximum efforts and appropriate resources are applied to resolve conflicts and mitigate risks toward achieving project milestones.
Provide senior executives/management with regular status reports that identify schedule, revenue impacts and program issues. As required, provide best practice advisement on how to deal with associated issues that may arise; effectively eliminating/reducing potentially adverse issues that may de-rail any on-going project(s).
Proactively identify opportunities for streamlining and improving project and other business processes; thereby reducing lag/ waste times.
Communicate effectively at a cross functional level including:
Daily interface with Design Engineers on issues regarding workloads, prioritization and other project related issues.
Daily interface with the Materials Manager, Production Manager and the Logistics Analyst on issues regarding projects, timelines and other outstanding items.
Daily interface with the Quality Assurance on issues regarding on-going projects.
Daily interface with the Sales team on issues regarding product development, customer feedback and other project related issues.
What you bring:
Five to ten years of experience in a senior project management role, in an automotive or manufacturing environment.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Comprehensive project management skills.
Proven ability to effectively provide leadership to team members in order to maintain objectives or facilitate countermeasures to realign project deliverables.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
Exposure to the cross-functional team approach to product development is also desired.
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About Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of highly engineered, technologically advanced products and services. The company operates through three segments: Commercial/Industrial, Defense, and Power. The Commercial/Industrial segment provides products and services primarily to the commercial aerospace, general industrial, and naval defense markets. The Defense segment provides products and services to the defense markets of the United States, Canada, and other countries. The Power segment provides products and services to the power generation markets, including conventional and renewable energy sources. Curtiss-Wright Corporation was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina.
