What You'll DoIn this role, you will:
- Lead and coordinate the engineering team from pre-award activities through final project closeout.
- Conduct scope-of-work reviews with engineering teams and ensure the complete project scope is clearly understood.
- Review contract documents, identify technical and commercial requirements, and track project compliance.
- Develop and monitor the engineering schedule in coordination with the overall project schedule.
- Partner closely with Project Managers and other departments to keep project activities aligned.
- Coordinate designs and engineering activities with other Dürr entities and global teams.
- Serve as a technical point of contact for customers, contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Facilitate project coordination meetings and support technical decision-making.
- Clarify and finalize technical bid documents.
- Prepare monthly project progress reports and customer updates.
- Develop project cost reports, cockpit charts, and cash-flow projections where applicable.
- Monitor project costs, schedules, milestones, and site activities.
- Identify, manage, and control project risks.
- Develop corrective actions and recovery plans when project activities fall behind schedule.
- Monitor site activities for schedule compliance, cost performance, quality, and health and safety requirements.
- Work within the guidelines of the Dürr Group Project Management Manual.
- Mentor Associate Project Managers and graduate trainees.
- Lead internal project closeout meetings and prepare final closeout reports.
- Complete project closeout activities with the customer and support collection of final payment.
- Review and approve customer warranty requests.
Nonessential Functions- Perform other related duties as assigned
Qualifications - Bachelor Degree in appropriate subject (e.g. Engineering, Construction Management)
- Minimum 3 years of automotive paint facility project execution experience
- Knowledge of Paint & Final assembly Systems (PFS) such as Pre-Treatment & E-Coat systems, work decks and application systems, building utility systems, spray booths and paint application systems, ovens, coolers systems used in automotive manufacturing facilities
- Strong leadership, negotiation, and decision making ability
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Proficient with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of SAP is a plus
- Ability to understand and maintain project schedules
- Good time management skills
- Good organizational skills
- Good verbal communication skills
- Good technical writing skills
- Able to effectively communicate with engineering and estimating departments, contractors, suppliers, and customers
- Able to work well independently and in a team environment
- Able to technically define problems and propose solutions
- Adaptable to change in a learning environment
- Willing and able to work overtime, weekends, and holidays when necessary
What You'll BringWe're looking for a technically knowledgeable project leader who can manage complex engineering workstreams, communicate effectively with customers, and keep multidisciplinary teams focused on successful project execution.
Ideal qualifications include:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
- At least three years of project execution experience within automotive paint facilities.
- Knowledge of automotive paint and final assembly systems, including:
- Pretreatment and electrocoat systems
- Work decks and application systems
- Building utility systems
- Spray booths and paint application systems
- Industrial ovens and cooling systems
- Experience managing engineering schedules, project costs, technical deliverables, and customer requirements.
- Ability to read and interpret contracts, technical specifications, scope documents, and project schedules.
- Strong leadership, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to technically define problems, evaluate alternatives, and recommend practical solutions.
- Strong organizational, time-management, and project-coordination skills.
- Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills.
- Ability to work effectively with engineering, estimating, project management, contractors, suppliers, and customers.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- SAP experience is a plus.
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative project team.
- Flexibility to work extended hours, weekends, and holidays when required to support project demands.
Nonessential Functions- Perform other related duties as assigned
