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Long Term Open Ended Contract, Southfield, MI
Project Engineer Mechanical – PTW
(Powertrain - Machining & Assembly)
#37602426
Address
20950 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI 48033
Summary
The Project Engineer is accountable for the design of Engineering projects with top-down oversight from inception (Proposal) to completion (Customer buy off).
Must ensure that all projects are prepared and completed safely adhering to the required standards of budget, timeline and scope.
**Comau is looking for a Project Engineer who will be accountable for the design of Engineering projects with top-down oversight from inception (Proposal) to completion (Customer buy off).
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work in a manner that protects the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others and adhere to all Company policies and procedures.
- Liaise with the customer, internal function and subcontractors to endure the smooth running if the project
- Evaluate and review customer Requirements & Specification and communicate them to all parties in the organization.
- Review Government and Industry Specifications
- Review as sold PBS
- Review original baseline planning
- Lead handover meetings with ESC
- Review Lesson Learned from previous projects
- Coordinate System Engineers involved in the project, ensuring homogeneous solutions among all commodities.
- Review the engineering make/buy strategy
- Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress.
- Manage the project within budget
- Continuously monitor Project scope of work and budget for matching
- Scout supplier and to create RFQ contents
- Identify and document added/reduced scope of work with potential impact on resource workload,
- timing and costs.
- Be appointed as Customer Technical Interface
- Review and update Project Open Issues List
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
- Define, review and update Project Risk and Opportunities
- Monitor Project cost to complete (CTC)
- Review and update project performance KPI reports - actual cost/costs to complete – progress
- Attends to all Internal project reviews
- Attends to all Customer project reviews
- Attends to all Supplier project reviews
- Document Engineering management Lessons Learned• Be appointed as Dispatcher and Gate keeper in the NC's management
- Provide feedback to Supplier
- React promptly and effectively to changing client and product needs
- Estimate budget for changes
- Review Engineering Change for timing evaluation
- Define the technical solution to meet the change requirements and consider the best strategy for implementing the change.
- Develop execution plan for the change activities and establish the timing (duration) to execute the change
- Monitor and update the status of the engineering change activities for each phase, e.g., progress, forecasted completion date, open issues (if required), etc.
- Compile risk assessments and method statements for site installations
Skills:
- Change Management
- Clamping strategy
- Controls understanding of industrial equipment and machinery
- Cost estimation
- Design for Manufacturing
- Design to Installation / Commissioning
- Discrete Event Simulation and availability / efficiency calculation
- Ergonomics evaluations
- Health assessment for reuse / retooling lines
- Layout design
- Logistics standards / processes
- Mechanical understanding of industrial equipment and machinery
- NC management
- Open Issue Management
- Process engineering and Cycle time
- Production management (scheduling, data management, traceability concept)
- Safety and risk assessment analysis
- Safety standards and norms
- Scope control and budget matching
- Standard product and integrated machines specifications release
- Supplier assessment
- Technical Customer management
- Transportation / Conveyor systems design
- Value analysis, design to cost
- Workload Capacity Tools
- Project Risk Management
- Project Management fundamentals
- Project planning and monitoring
Education
Master or bachelor’s degree in automation, engineering or business is preferred
Previous experiences
At least 5 years’ experience in automation industry or automotive company, preferred if in the Powertrain area, Machining and or Assembly.
Additional
Travel will be required.
