Project Leader

Grayhill Inc. • La Grange, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Leader of our Components team will direct and coordinate activities of custom and/or standard product projects across fully cross-functional teams. This role involves directing team activities to design new products, modify existing designs, or custom projects, ensuring product development meets APQP requirements, and meeting customer expectations for budget, timeline, and quality. The Project Leader will also investigate and resolve manufacturing problems related to design and production, work with the operations team to plan and coordinate manufacturing activities, develop product assembly lines, arrange for agency approvals, evaluate designs, and provide product specifications or test data. Additionally, this role involves developing and maintaining a project priority schedule, recommending and coordinating suppliers, conferring with customers to clarify design objectives, accepting or rejecting parts and products, and providing technical support to internal and external customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Minimum of four (4) years of related experience
• Ability to analyze a design and find the potential risk areas and work towards a solution.
• Demonstrated determination and perseverance through a full product development cycle.
• Determined to meet project deadlines and complete work at a high-quality level
• Must be a U.S. person within the meaning of ITAR (U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident, Political Asylee, or Refugee).

Responsibilities

• Direct team activities to design new products, modify existing designs, or custom projects.
• Ensure product development meets APQP requirements.
• Insure the budgetary, timeline and quality expectations of customers are met.
• Investigate and resolve manufacturing problems related to design and production of products.
• Work with operations team and review production orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates in order to plan department operations.
• Work with operations team and prepare operational schedules and coordinate manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.
• Work with Grayhill associates to develop product assembly lines using industry leading equipment and processes.
• Arrange for agency approvals as needed.
• Evaluate the designs and provide product specifications or test data as required.
• Develop and maintain a project priority schedule for projects.
• Recommend and coordinate suppliers and/or other outside sources for technical information as needed to meet design objectives and share resources with the Purchasing team.
• Confer with customers, as necessary, to clarify design objectives and share this information with the Sales & Marketing team.
• Accept and reject parts, assemblies, final products and to act as a final authority for questions relating to performance and quality.
• Provide technical support to internal and external customers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Insurance; medical, dental, prescription, and vision starting on day one.
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401(K) match up to 4% of salary
• Company paid holidays
• Optional gap insurance coverages
• Company paid disability and basic group life
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Catered company events

What This Job Offers

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