Project Engineer - 1st Shift
Summary
On-site project engineer at PK USA in Shelbyville, IN, implementing and maintaining manufacturing or automation systems for industrial projects.
This position is responsible for acting as a liaison between internal departments, customers & suppliers ensuring projects are launched on time, within budget, with a focus on safety and quality. You must submit a resume to be considered for this role.
No Relocation Offered
Job Responsibilities
- Budget – Assist in creation and the managing of project related budgets in regard to manpower, customer tooling, capital equipment and other department or project needs.
- Documentation – Ability to create Operation standards, APQP/PPAP documents, Bills of materials, project schedules, part sketches, material/parts lists, plant layout designs, purchased components lists, process engineering plans.
- Project Management – Oversee internal and external cross-functional project teams and/or vendors to ensure successful project execution using performance metrics, schedule management, issue tracking, and corrective action planning while driving continuous improvement through PDCA principles.
- Customer Support – Support pre-production builds and shipments, customer visits when applicable, part approvals, communicate engineering/customer changes internally.
- Project Launch – Initial start-up tracking, manufacturing support, work cell efficiency improvements, trouble shooting, cycle time studies.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
- Investigate new sources for tooling, equipment, materials, and purchased parts.
- All other duties as assigned.
Business Travel:
- Employee must have ability for light business travel as required by project needs for Customer/Supplier visits & Equipment run-offs, as required.