Project Design Analyst III

Panasonic•De Soto, KS

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Project Design Analyst III? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today! Meet the Recruiter: Eric Laffey Summary: Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation. Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation. Job Summary: The Project Design Analyst III independently supports and enhances project design execution across complex, multi-disciplinary engineering and construction programs. This role coordinates advanced scheduling, drives scope alignment, maintains high-quality project documentation, and ensures design activities comply with PECNA PMO standards, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications. The Analyst leads design coordination workflows, supports adoption of PMO processes and tools, improves data accuracy, and ensures seamless information flow across engineering, construction, and project management teams. Success in this role requires strong analytical capability, technical proficiency, proactive communication, and the ability to anticipate and remove obstacles across fast-paced design and construction environments.

Responsibilities

Lead complex design coordination workflows, proactively aligning scope, schedule, and deliverables across engineering disciplines and external partners
Develop, manage, and maintain advanced project documentation systems, ensuring accuracy, version control, and compliance with organizational standards
Analyze design progress, resource needs, and sequencing impacts to support Project Design Managers in maintaining forecast accuracy
Independently facilitate multi-disciplinary design coordination meetings, prepare action logs, and drive follow-up until closure
Oversee receipt, review, and integration of submittals, RFIs, design packages, and vendor documentation, ensuring completeness and alignment with project requirements
Evaluate schedule adherence, deliverable quality, and workflow efficiency to identify risks, process gaps, and improvement opportunities
Recommend and implement process enhancements that strengthen documentation control, design coordination, and cross-functional communication
Support and occasionally lead continuous improvement initiatives aligned with PECNA PMO methodologies, including refinement of standards and templates
Analyze recurring design issues or delays and propose corrective actions or preventative measures to project leadership
Provide subject matter expertise to cross-functional partners on PMO processes, documentation standards, and project management tools
Develop training materials that support rollout and adoption of new documentation workflows, templates, and PMO procedures
Lead onboarding and training for new team members or stakeholders who interact with project documentation systems
Coordinate closely with Project Design Managers, engineering teams, construction partners, procurement, and external vendors to drive alignment on design scope and deliverables
Lead communication workflows that ensure project documentation remains accurate, accessible, and disseminated to relevant stakeholders
Facilitate issue resolution across disciplines by capturing technical concerns, routing them to the appropriate owners, and tracking resolution through implementation
Communicate potential risks, delays, or documentation gaps to project leadership with recommended mitigation strategies
Ensure adherence to PECNA PMO project controls procedures, documentation standards, and design review requirements
Conduct quality checks on incoming and outgoing documentation for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with contractual and regulatory standards
Promote compliance with safety, environmental, and industry-specific guidelines throughout the design coordination process
Support audit readiness by ensuring all project documentation is properly archived and compliant with internal retention standards

Benefits

Panasonic Energy prioritizes total well-being and offers comprehensive benefits options to support physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health:
Health Benefits – Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
Voluntary Benefits – Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP) – 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
Paid Time-Off Benefits – Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
Educational Assistance – Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
Health Management and Wellbeing Programs –Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.
Employee Recognition Program - High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition
Annual Bonus Program - Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.
On-site Food Options: Several on-site cafes, plentiful snack and beverage kitchens, revolving on-site vendor visits and employee events