Job Title: Project Planner III

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary: $85,700 - $100,000

Reports to: Technical Program Manager

Location: Onsite.

KULR Technology Location: Webster

Travel: Infrequent travel required to attend customer design reviews and other meetings as needed.

Position Overview:

The Mechanical Engineering Division provides battery pack design and analysis for Li-ion chemistries. The Project Planner, within the Mechanical Engineering Division, supports battery-level design, prototyping, and production programs for both internal and external engagements. This position develops and maintains utilities for schedule and milestone tracking, high level cost and labor tracking, and action item management. The Project Planner also supports communications with customers in preparation for meetings, design reviews, and other technical interchanges.

Functions:

• Work directly with the engineering team to ensure successful and timely completion of assigned projects and programs.
• Evaluates current procedures and recommends changes to improve the efficiency of planning and scheduling of projects.
• Develop and maintain schedules in Microsoft Project for assigned projects and programs.
• Updates detailed project schedules, focusing on resource allocation, task sequencing and timeline management
• Uses Microsoft Project or other project management tracking tools (such as ClickUp) for tracking of schedule improvement/slippage, labor burndown, project cost (high level), and critical path actions.
• Documents work orders and projects and closes them in scheduling systems.
• Monitors schedule compliance levels and identify reasons for completion shortfalls.
• Assists in project management administrative activities that pertain to SharePoint curation.
• Develops and maintains utilities in Excel or SharePoint for action recording item from initial assignment through completion.
• Aids in coordination with customers of weekly meetings, design reviews, and technical interchanges.
• Aids in internal inter-departmental communication between the positions assigned KULR Engineering team and other business units in the company (e.g., Operations, Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing).
• Prepares and submits weekly status reports.
• Prepare charts for status meetings by gathering information from the engineering team.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:N/A

REQUIREMENTS

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in related field, required or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 4-7 years of related experience.
• PREFFERRED:
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or evidence of path towards achieving PMP.
  • Science, technology or math background preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Skilled in: Fit/gap analysis, needs analysis.
• Knowledge of project administration, project controls, project development and documentation.
• Knowledge of project planning, scheduling, status reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others, build effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to accomplish business objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to assume personal accountability, address limitations, exhibit honesty and respect towards others, the company and oneself.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, assessing business needs and using problem solving skills to address challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to serve and actively contribute as an active team member on the immediate team and the larger organization. Ability to support the team effort without necessarily taking the lead.
• Able to generate new insights into situations and encourage innovation to generate successful outcomes. Creates, designs, and implements programs or processes.
• Ability to achieve measurable goals and results to support organizational success.
• Ability to understand and analyze underlying organizational issues.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to build effective relationships to achieve business results.
• Strong demonstrated written and verbal communication skills to work effectively with a wide range of individuals in a diverse community.
• Cooperative spirit within a team of diverse cultures while working in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines and frequently changing priorities.

• Expert use of computers and Microsoft Office Suite Applications such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The work environmental characteristics described here represent those an employee may encounter while performing this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Office Work Environment

Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and viewing a computer terminal. Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, which permits the employee to communicate effectively on the telephone and in person. Sufficient manual dexterity with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to frequently operate a personal computer (estimated 80%-100% of the typical workday) and other office equipment. Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permit the employee to work at a computer workstation for an extended period.

Special Conditions:

• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.
• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to federal contract requirements.
• Successful applicant must meet ITAR requirements.