Project Manager Engineering at Civco Medical in Kalona, Iowa

Job Description:

The full-time Engineering Project Manager role is based in Kalona, Iowa and is eligible for telecommuting and flexible hours. Schedule to be set upon hire.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. (Other duties may be assigned.)

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  Project Management:
  
  
  
  • Serves as the team leader motivating and driving cross-functional team performance toward achieving the common goal of completing projects according to the defined objectives, on budget and on time.
  
  
  • Able to plan, schedule and manage multiple complicated projects simultaneously.
  
  
  • Responsible for working with cross-functional teams to fully define and document scope through a project plan or charter.
  
  
  • Manages, tracks and reports on project budgets
  
  
  • Provides inter/intradepartmental communication and information relating to project status.
  
  
  • Able to identify, communicate and mitigate issues and risks to project.
  
  
  • Responsible for reporting on projects. Communication of status to executive stakeholders may be required.
  
  
  • Facilitates communication between cross-functional teams, not limited to engineering, operations, finance, IT, quality, sourcing, as required by project scope.
  
  
  • Understands and follows company processes and procedures.
  
  
  • Manages external contractor teams if such resources are required
  
  
  • Engages in contract negotiation with vendors and development of applicable statements of work
  
  
  
  

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  Quality Assurance:
  
  
  
  • Generates quality systems and project related documentation as needed. (i.e., DHF documents, work orders, charters). Understands and follows company processes. Experience with the following processes of ISO 9001. Preferred experience with ISO 13485, FDA and MHLW requirements.
    
  
  
  
  


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  Leadership:
  
  
  
  • Provides technical and/or project management leadership.
  
  
  • Ability to lead a team in an “influencing” role
  
  
  • Works with departmental heads, managers, and other stakeholders to develop team goals and delegate tasks to the appropriate team member
  
  
  • Provides clear leadership for team allowing roles and responsibilities to be effectively and efficiently delegated
  
  
  
  


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  Personal Development:
  
  
  
  • Attends all relevant training. Keeps abreast of relevant developments in technology. Identifies opportunities for improvement and leads team toward implementation of proposed solutions. 
    
  
  
  
  

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  Qualifications:
  
  
  
  • 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 functions.
  
  
  
  

Other Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates documentation, project management, process management, and troubleshooting/problem solving skills.


• Demonstrates interpersonal, organizational and time management skills.


• Demonstrates effective communication skills and attention to detail.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Project and the standard Office 365 applications


• Requires face-to-face interaction with team members, peers and management to complete work and provide support.


• Provide leadership in Lean project management, employing the full Lean toolbox to promote Lean methodology across the business and will be responsible for executing and tracking continuous improvement savings and results.


• Experience with business processes including order entry, ERP systems, change management systems


• Experience with manufacturing processes including packaging, receiving/warehouse, molding, machining, and assembly preferred.


• May be required to travel between Kalona and Coralville locations.

 Education and/or Experience

 Bachelor’s degree in Technical/Business related field, Engineering or Sciences preferred. Minimum of four to six years’ experience in technical project management or equivalent combination of education and experience. Project management qualification (PMP) and ITIL or ITSM certification preferred.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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