Project Manager - Engineering

Overview:

Who We Are:

Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries. We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation and premium products to all of our customers.

Why We are Different:

At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are. We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

What You will Get:

• A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.
• Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more!
• Fair and competitive compensation.
• Career development, mentoring and opportunities to grow.
• Holiday, personal and vacation days.

Summary/Objective:

The Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing the portfolio of projects for the organization’s engineering team from project intake and scoping through production.

This leader must be able to effectively communicate cross-functionally and to all levels of the organization, including face-to-face updates to senior leaders. They should be able to lead their project teams to accomplish challenging goals. This leader must be passionate, hardworking and have a sense of urgency.

In addition to leading projects, the Project Manager will work closely with the corporate PMO to define and implement project management process continuous improvement initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Understand business objectives and opportunities
• Manage new project intake process
• Lead cross functional project scoping
• Assess and communicate resource constraints
• Develop project charters to align project scope, schedule, budget, and KPI’s (quality, cost, ROI, etc.) with project sponsors and stakeholders.
• Establishes and manages the project schedule. Assigns clear tasks to specific team members and ensures project deliverables are completed as planned and documented in PLM system.
• Leads project core team to ensure cross functional coordination of all project activities.
• Supports the preparation for and ensures the completion of design reviews.
• Leads preparation for and conducts project gate reviews.
• Manage project scope through disciplined use of change management process
• Manage Risk Register and Issues List. Transparently communicate issues and action plans. Effective and timely escalation of issues not able to be addressed within project team or established timing.
• Own project status reporting. Communicates project updates to senior leadership and stakeholders in monthly reviews.
• Role model for project management best practices. Responsible for defining, teaching, and enforcing the use of good project management practices.
• Work with PMO team to continuously improve project management processes

Working Conditions:

• Primarily indoors in an office environment.
• May sit for several hours at a time
• May experience periods of prolonged exposure to computer screens.
• May require use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, business, or similar field
• 5+ years experience leading new product development projects
• Multiple reps successfully leading projects from initiation through launch
• PMP Certification
• Written and spoken communication proficiency, coaching, organizational skills, initiative, team player, decision making, time management, and thoroughness
• Able to effectively engage, manage, and communicate to stakeholders including senior le…