Jr Project Engineering Manager

ALPLA Group is a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. The Jr Project Engineering Manager assists with managing project development, coordinating stakeholders, planning schedules, supporting quotations and budgets, facilitating production line trials, and maintaining service contracts and corporate databases.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with directing and managing project development from beginning to end to include, defining project scope, goals, success criteria, project plans, and deliverables that support business goals
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion, and delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Assist with ensuring correct information for quotations (Cost, Feasibility, Cycle time estimation, Efficiencies, Machine and mold configuration, Secondary packaging layout) and then draft and submit budget proposals and recommend changes when necessary
• Assist with estimating and negotiating with other internal and external functional areas for required personnel, and any additional staff and/or consultants that may be necessary during project cycle
• Assist with setting and continually managing project expectations with team members and other stakeholders and resolve issues and conflicts when necessary
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools and manage project dependencies and critical path for optimized scheduling
• Assist with developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements, documentation, and presentations
• Assist with proactively manage project scope changes according to the standard process, along with rebase lining revised plans
• Assist with conducting project Lessons Learned and postmortems and create recommendations in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
• Facilitate full production line trials including product & equipment qualifications
• Create and maintain corporate databases (eMis, MP2, layouts, etc.) according to ALPLA standards
• Maintain global service contracts
• Support local service agreements by setup negotiations and giving technical support to the plants

Requirements:

• Four-year degree in engineering, project management or equivalent experience, required
• Good understanding of technical and financial aspects of ALPLA's processes
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Project, AUTOCAD
• Good organizational skills
• Good leadership skills
• Effective communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Strong computer skills, proficient with MS office applications and AUTOCAD
• Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear
• Occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low
• Technical Engineering background, prefer mechatronic experience