NPD Engineering Project Manager II

Generac • Waukesha, WI

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About The Position

The Engineering Project Manager II plans and executes product development activities, including new product introductions, cost reduction, technology integration, and lifecycle product support. The role provides leadership and management for projects supporting a Generac business area or product line, with the goal of delivering superior products to customers. It works closely with product business groups and leaders across product management, engineering, service, manufacturing operations, supply chain, marketing, quality, IT, and finance. The position requires technical and cross-functional product development and business process knowledge, people leadership, functional and project management experience, proficiency in quality systems, and business planning knowledge.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• At least 7 years of progressive work experience in engineering, project engineering, or brand/product management of equipment, machinery, or other powered products.
• At least 5 years of project management experience in product development of industrial/commercial equipment, machinery, or other powered products.
• Advanced ability to deliver results across multiple projects while balancing resources, timing, and outcome quality.
• Advanced ability to transform product requirements into product design and realization plans that meet or exceed product and business goals.
• Ability to influence people and teams who are not all direct reports.
• Advanced team-building and leadership skills.
• Strong understanding of engineering technical issues and needs, manufacturing, supply chain, service, customer service, financial, sales, and marketing considerations related to product design and development.
• Advanced communication skills.
• Self-driven, highly motivated, flexible, and able to learn at a high capacity.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated project management experience with cross-functional teams, including full-system product releases.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management leadership for new product development teams by creating schedules and product development plans and integrating cross-functional team activities.
• Translate product requirements into project scope, design, and product realization requirements.
• Lead project execution in collaboration with engineering and product management for new product development and similar product initiatives.
• Plan and execute multiple large, complex projects to meet or exceed schedule, cost, scope, and quality commitments.
• Achieve target product cost for Generac and product lifecycle cost for customers.
• Execute and suggest improvements to the product development process, using Generac Development Process (GDP) milestones and design reviews to drive progress.
• Define and drive project risk and mitigation plans; lead contingency option assessments and select and execute mitigation plans when needed.
• Facilitate cross-departmental collaboration to identify and develop product concepts, technologies, techniques, standards, and procedures.
• Manage decisions and attributes including global make-versus-buy, shipping and logistics costs, and the bidding process.
• Participate in identifying and implementing continuous process improvements to the Generac NPI phase/gate process, and lead some improvement initiatives.
• Identify, evaluate, document, and communicate project lessons learned and best practices to project teams on future projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level