Project Coordinator, Engineering Operations
About The Position
The Project Coordinator, Engineering Operations plans and assists design and other technical engineers working on specific projects. The role manages the development, implementation, and evaluation of simple designs, and supports new development efforts for programs in the Sustain phase. This is a hybrid position based in Richardson, Texas. The coordinator supports PMO quoting schedules and design-cost activities for customer RFQs, coordinates internal product change requests for products in mass production, and helps streamline or automate reporting. The role assists with low-complexity projects, leads cross-functional global core teams, initiates programs, establishes schedules, and drives meetings. It communicates program status to functional management and may interact with customers. The role supports program planning and daily management, including creating and maintaining the Program Plan/WBS, monitoring progress, managing budgets and forecasts, handling risks and issues, coordinating interdependent projects and resources, aligning deliverables with intended outcomes, and maintaining program documentation. The coordinator works with the core team to achieve program objectives for cost, quality, schedule, features, supply continuity, solution delivery, and customer-specific needs.
Requirements
- Experience between 1 and 4 years.
- Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to manage a single-line engineering project with a limited number of participants, create project/change management plans, establish and distribute project roles, and communicate project needs.
- Demonstrate individual leadership behaviors in accordance with Celestica Leadership Imperatives.
- Solid understanding of Celestica's budgeting and accounting system and cost-accounting practices relevant to engineering work.
- Awareness of how work affects financial results, with clear and timely communication of matters that may affect project profitability or accounting and control.
- Relevant technical competencies may include project management, risk management, project planning, project management tools, proposals and quotes, and global or multisite project leadership.
Nice To Haves
- PMP certification.
- Agile project management methodologies.
- Contract management and project-management negotiation skills.
- Engineering partner or vendor selection and management.
- Building effective business cases.
- Test strategy and test plan creation for manufacturing project management.
- Electrical automation for test development project management.
- Communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Creative problem solving.
- Customer interaction and stakeholder management.
- Quality and Lean knowledge.
- Working effectively with others.
- D/PFMEA.
- 8D/corrective action.
- Equipment safety.
- Design of Experiments (DOE).
Responsibilities
- Coordinate PMO activities for quoting schedules and design costs related to customer RFQs.
- Coordinate and manage internal change requests for products in mass production with the CX-Sustaining team.
- Work with PMO staff to streamline or automate weekly and monthly reporting.
- Help manage one or more low-complexity projects; lead cross-functional global core teams, kick off programs, establish schedules, and drive meetings.
- Present and communicate status to functional management and, where applicable, interact with customers.
- Implement changes as directed through the product lifecycle process.
- Assist in overall program planning and monitor progress.
- Drive creation, review, approval, and updating of the Program Plan/WBS, including resources.
- Manage day-to-day program activities throughout the program lifecycle.
- Work with the program core team to meet or exceed program objectives for cost, quality, schedule, features, fulfillment and continuity of supply, solution delivery, and customer-specific needs.
- Manage program budgets and forecast actuals against planned or quoted budgets.
- Manage risks and issues and take corrective measures.
- Coordinate projects and their interdependencies; manage and utilize resources across projects.
- Align deliverables with program outcomes with the support of the functional manager.
- Manage program documentation, including Program Phase Exit presentations and checklists.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
