The ideal candidate is an organized and collaborative project manager who is comfortable working in a technical environment and can bring structure, follow-through, and clear communication to engineering projects.
Key Responsibilities
Project Management: Manage assigned engineering projects from planning through implementation, including New Product Introduction (NPI), sustaining engineering, and product improvement initiatives.
Project Planning & Scheduling: Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, action items, and resource requirements in collaboration with project teams.
Project Execution: Monitor project progress against established scope, schedule, and objectives and work with team members to address issues that may impact delivery.
Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate activities across engineering, product management, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and other functions to support successful project execution.
Engineering Coordination: Partner with electrical, mechanical, software, test, and other technical resources to coordinate project activities and deliverables.
Risk & Issue Management: Identify and track project risks, issues, and dependencies. Work with appropriate team members to develop mitigation plans and escalate issues when necessary.
Meetings & Follow-Up: Facilitate project meetings, document decisions and action items, and follow up with team members to maintain project momentum.
Stakeholder Communication: Provide clear and concise project updates regarding schedules, milestones, accomplishments, risks, and upcoming activities.
Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate project documentation, schedules, dashboards, action logs, and status reports.
Process Improvement: Support consistent project-management practices and identify opportunities to improve engineering project planning and execution.
Qualifications & Experience
2–3 years of experience in project management, engineering project coordination, or a related role, preferably within an engineering, manufacturing, or product-development environment.
Experience supporting or managing cross-functional projects involving engineering and other business functions.
Strong organizational and project-planning skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on project deliverables.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to understand technical project issues and translate their impact into schedules, actions, risks, and priorities.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business, or a related technical field.
Ability to work onsite at the Ashland, Massachusetts office a minimum of four days per week.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) or product-development projects.
Experience supporting hardware, software, or integrated product-development activities.
Familiarity with engineering requirements, design reviews, project scheduling, testing, validation, and product introduction.
Exposure to electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing, or physical-science disciplines.
Experience working in an industrial, manufacturing, regulated, or engineered-product environment.
Experience using project-management tools to develop schedules and track milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
Self-motivated, resourceful, and comfortable working independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status required.
