Responsibilities
* To be accountable for the execution effectiveness and the results of key business projects, including introduction of the project deliverables.
* To sustain the ongoing manufacture of high quality products and spares with respect to compliance, safety, quality, delivery and cost targets;
* To recommend & develop, modify and implement product design iterations and manufacturing process improvements to support the company’s strategic improvement targets and in line with customer requests;
* To lead and apply engineering expertise to engineering activities.
* To propose and implement production process improvement to support the company’s continuous improvement targets.
* Oversees as the Core Team Lead all aspects of planning and day-to-day execution of the project:
* Leads the development of the integrated project plan, including budget, resource plans, and risk management plan.
* Facilitates strategic alignment during planning by ensuring agreement on the resulting design and development path and industrialization focus.
* Drives project integration and effective execution by identifying and actively managing interdependencies across sub-projects, deliverables, milestones and tasks, including ensuring that the resource implications of any changes are understood.
* Drives robust cross-functional trade-offs and decisions.
* Runs effective meetings with the right people and clearly documents conclusions (meeting minutes).
* Clarifies functional priorities and deliverables within the project, including resource needs and documentation requirements.
* Makes critical path activities and decisions visible and timely during planning and in execution, in order to minimize delays.
* Drives cross-functional accountability for delivery based on the project contract.
* Holds core team members accountable for their commitments
* Mentors the core team members on how to highlight and address risks and issues within their functional and/or sub-teams.
* Ensures effective project communications and buy-in by stakeholders.
* Communicates project progress, risks and issues in a timely and transparent manner, focusing on management actions and decisions required to drive best project outcomes.
* Documents and communicates project decisions so that execution is always aligned with latest direction.
* Leads the project risk management process (with the Core/Extended team):
* Ensures that risks are identified, and appropriate risk response plans are put in place for critical risks.
* Ensures that the integrated project plan is adjusted for risk prior to baselining.
* Keeps the sponsor and applicable Functional Managers abreast of critical risks and team’s ability to overcome them.
* Engages the sustaining governance core team for support to define trade-offs and risk management scenarios that produce the best business and technical outcomes.
* Facilitates project issue resolution:
* Leads non-technical problem-solving.
* Elevates issues to functional management, sponsor, or the PDT, as necessary.
* Tracks resolution of issues and manages the project issue log.
* Develops the project Core Team and evaluates performance:
* Provides coaching and mentoring to Core Team Members.
* Works with Functional Managers to resolve performance issues and initiate core team member changes as needed.
* Provides input to the performance objectives and reviews of Core Team Members.
* Develops/manages team rewards and incentives (with sponsor).
* Applies standardized project management practices and tools on the project.
* Works with the Core Team to create the project schedule.
* Aligns the (master) schedule with functional (sub) schedules when they exist.
* Manages the tactical details necessary to keep the project on track, e.g., action items, issues, decisions.
* Keeps project documentation in order.
* Manages the risk register and keeps critical risks visible to the team.
* Supports team communications by providing ongoing status and reporting within the team and with stakeholders per the communications plan.
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