Project Leader – Engineering (m/f/d)
General responsibility for successfully managing small to medium size projects, including cross-divisional initiatives. Responsible for meeting the project objectives in terms of schedule, scope and budget. Leads project teams and executes a phase-gate process acc. the PROLaunch system to drive customer satisfaction, continuous product and process improvement and financial performance through all project phases.
Job Responsibilities:
Manage the Profit and Loss of the projects. Responsibility, Authority and Accountability (RAA) for project scope delivery and successful execution within technical, schedule, cost and quality commitments- Execute leadership across the Project(s). Seeks team input to promote rapid resolution to issues. Provide feedback on performance indicators
- Establish objectives and goals and provides direction to the project teams in areas of customer concerns (internal + external), potential changes in scope and risk assessment
- Manage effective communications. Improve organization responsiveness to customer requirements. Communicate and manage customer expectations and contractual commitments internal to the business
- Ensure standard project management processes are utilized and adequate support to the project team by coordinating project reviews, preparing & publishing project metrics and reports
- Maintain metrics for project for earned value, quality, technical performance and delivery through all of the PROLaunch phases.
- Coordinate all risks and requirements of the project. This is accomplished by planning, controlling, integrating all project activities and deliverables and measuring all elements to ensure the requirements and goals are successfully achieved
- Coordinate negotiating pricing by system and/or product, market and by customer aligned with Product Line. Ensure that an effective change management process is utilized
- Provide periodic project updates (Project Status Report – Green/Yellow/Red) including milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g. technical, cost, schedule). Provide updates to the Product Line as well as divisional levels.
- Act as overall project interface with internal and external customer
We would like you to bring:
University degree- Work experience in electrical business or R&D
- Solid knowledge of technical project management processes, methodologies and tools (Microsoft Project, Oracle Crystal Ball – Monte Carlo Simulation)
- Knowledge of the PROLaunch system
- Good experience in Risk Management
- Very good analytical, organizational skills and business acumen
- Interpersonal skills and the capability to lead a project team
- Very good communication and presentation skills – both verbal and written with ability to make necessary status reports and technical presentations to Eaton management and customer
What Eaton offers:
Competitive compensation and benefits package.- Excellent working environment – safety and ethic are really important for us.
- Culture & Values – We are more than the products we invent and produce – the way we do business is just as important. At Eaton, our values and culture define who we are – both individually and as an organization – and direct our activities every day.
- Inclusion & Diversity - Openness to diversity widens our access to the best talent. Inclusion allows us to engage that talent fully.
At Eaton, we make the energy transition work. Whether it’s efficient power management of machinery and buildings or the integration of electric vehicle charging, we work to improve people’s lives and the environment. And with the electrification of everything in full swing, accompanied by the acceleration of renewable energy generation and distribution, this is an especially exciting time to join our Power Management & Control Components (PMCC) division.
As the electrified future goes hand in hand with digitalisation, we also focus on developing smart, Industry 4.0-enabled devices, from the smallest electrical components to entire power ecosystems. We thus deploy innovative technologies to offer an enhanced user experience and more intuitive user interfaces, including for the remote operation of machinery and equipment
