Project Engineer

O.F. Mossberg & Sons Inc • North Haven, CT

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the successful and timely execution of product development projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field.
• Experience in new product launch with a development, management, or manufacturing responsibility.
• Thorough understanding of the fundamentals of manufacturing, sourcing, quality systems, and project management.
• Knowledge of a wide variety of manufacturing processes such as forging, stamping, casting, polymer injection molding, machining, metal injection molding, and heat treatment.
• Ability to manage a cross functional team to meet program deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing or willingness to learn and participate in Lean Manufacturing processes or activities

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities among all the elements necessary to plan, design, develop, and produce new products from project initiation to sustained production.
• Lead cross functional project teams ensuring the product development process is followed and required tasks are completed to schedule.
• Participate in process improvement activities using lean manufacturing principles and tools.
• Interact with supply chain management, operations, manufacturing engineering, quality, and suppliers.
• Participate in vendor selection, qualification, DFM, and process approval.
• Lead cost estimates and track product cost throughout the development cycle.
• Ensure production preparation tasks are identified and completed.
• Follow progress of process/part pre-production approval and assist in resolution of issues.
• Monitor pilot production and process qualification.
• Coordinate schedules for prototyping, pilot production, and serial production.
• Communicate project progress to management. Identify issues and propose mitigation steps.
• Manage project risks and mitigation activities.
• Interact with Sales and Marketing to clarify customer needs and to provide technical data and sample product.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees