Project Milestone Assessor

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

Stellantis Quality is seeking a highly skilled, solutions-oriented Project Milestone Assessor to support the independent review of vehicle development processes and help ensure launched products exceed customer expectations across the six types of Quality. The role assesses whether development work is completed to an acceptable standard for delivering quality products at launch. The successful candidate will bring experience in automotive engineering, manufacturing, and quality, along with the ability to lead and support cross-functional teams, establish standardization, and influence others with integrity and confidence. The assessor follows projects through key performance indicators covering quality, performance, cost, timing, industrialization, supply chain, brand, and other areas. They verify milestone deliverables, assess project risks and gaps, ensure corrective plans are in place for QCDP risks, and give particular attention to product and industrial quality results. They prepare milestone assessments and summaries, facilitate their review with project teams and other relevant leaders, and ensure the assessments are distributed appropriately. The role supports project and mass-production teams in applying quality methods and other methods needed to achieve and sustain product quality and quality-process results. It also contributes to improving standards and processes by documenting and sharing lessons learned, identifying good practices, and analyzing project difficulties across the assessor’s overall scope. The scope includes vehicle projects and projects developed with joint-venture or other partners.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a related technical field.
At least 8 years of quality, manufacturing, and/or design-release-related experience.
Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work with people at all organizational levels.
Ability to collect and synthesize data into meaningful information and communicate it clearly to all organizational levels.
Self-directed and team-oriented, with demonstrated planning and problem-solving skills.
Experience with and working knowledge of computer systems and software.
Experience managing cross-functional teams and broad knowledge of the automotive engineering, manufacturing, and quality landscape.
Proven ability to develop and execute standardization and leadership.
High-energy, hands-on approach, strength of conviction, self-confidence, and unquestioned integrity.

Nice To Haves

Exceptional communication skills and the ability to build solid internal and external partnerships.
Expertise in planning, prioritizing, and goal setting, including managing multiple projects, determining urgency, creating detailed action plans, and organizing schedules, people, and tasks.
Assertive and ambitious nature.
Motivation to learn new principles and ideas and apply them.
Motivation to make a positive impact on the work environment and product quality.

Responsibilities

Follow projects through relevant KPIs, including quality, performance, cost, schedule, industrialization, supply chain, and brand.
Verify that expected project deliverables are achieved at each milestone by managing interviews with key project participants.
Assess project risks and ensure objective QCDP risks or gaps have corrective plans.
Pay particular attention to product and industrial quality results.
Prepare milestone assessments and summaries according to project development progress.
Support project and mass-production teams in deploying quality methods and other methods needed to achieve and sustain product quality and quality-process results.
Work with project teams and the PMK to obtain regular feedback and follow progress toward milestone deliverables.
Establish a roadmap of actions with project teams leading up to each milestone, based on ratings of topics to be fulfilled.
Facilitate proofreading meetings for milestone assessments with project teams and key representatives from other involved functions.
Ensure final milestone assessments are distributed to the appropriate people in the company.
Ensure proper implementation of the project quality referential.
Attend methods and standards improvement meetings and contribute experience.
Arrange meetings with relevant stakeholders and projects to help define action plans when needed.
Identify good practices, analyze project difficulties across the assigned scope, and share lessons learned with other projects.
Contribute to improving standards, processes, or methods based on lessons learned during project or mass-production development.