About this opportunity

Tecknomic lists this Project Engineer, Battery New Model Launch (On-site, Liberty, NC) opportunity in liberty, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

A leading automotive and EV-battery manufacturer is hiring a Project Engineer to support new model launch for battery manufacturing in Liberty, NC (100% onsite, local): project KPIs and milestones via a master operating plan, project/trial review war rooms, cross-functional and international coordination, and problem solving through start of production.

What you’ll do

Develop and execute strategies to achieve project milestones for new model launch, serving as a primary coordination point across engineering, project management, construction management, and purchasing

Coordinate new model launch activities across multiple divisions and companies (domestic and international) through every phase to start of production

Define and report overall project KPIs and milestones using a master operating plan; define standard reporting structure and standardized outputs and lead project and trial review war rooms

Problem-solve issues with potential impact to project or launch execution and drive cross-department countermeasures and recurrence prevention

Support construction activity (building-preparation milestones, installation kickoffs, construction reviews) and coordinate with the facilities projects team

Support pre-production trial activity, including coordinating trial parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting and management by project phase

What you need

Bachelor’s degree or higher, or 5 plus years equivalent professional experience in a project-related role

Project management with capital investments greater than $0.5M

Experience setting, managing, visualizing, and reporting KPIs, including reporting to senior/executive leadership and recommending direction from data

Experience creating and maintaining detailed schedules with milestone achievement

Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Able to work onsite in Liberty, NC (local), travel up to 10% (domestic and possible international), and work about 25% overtime including weekends, holidays, shutdowns, and evening meetings with Japan; shop-floor access with steel-toed shoes