Engineering Project Manager (EPM)

 

• Direct Manager
• Functional Manager

 

 

 

 

 

• Direct Report

 

 

• Organizational interfaces / Communication & Cooperation

Engineering Manager, Customer Engineering Manager

Program Manager

 

 

 

 

None but insures cross functional management of specialists and experts of his/her extended team

 

Core team : MPM, CPM, SPM, PM, PQL

Extended Team: Product Line Engineer, Design Leader, CAD Engineer, CAE Engineer, Material Engineer, Geometry Engineer, Injection & Tool Engineer, Validation Engineer, Rheology Engineer and associated expertise.

 

Competences requirements

• Knowledge / Qualification

 

• Previous Experience (if relevant)

 

 

• Key technical competencies
• Key behavioral competencies (on top of PO Group competencies)
• Other requirements

Bachelor’s with experience or Master’s degree.

English

 

Design and/or development of plastic parts for automotive industry

 

 

 

 

 

Project management skills

Leadership, able to make clear synthesis, organized, rigorous, good communication

Missions

• Missions

 

 

 

• KPI and/or main deliverables

• Ensures the product design and product industrialization including associated tools (moulds, checking fixtures, validation equipment, etc.) within the QCT requirements (non-event launches, robust manufacturing)
• Ensures cross functional management of the extended team
• Ensures lessons learned

 

 

• OPTIMAP work packages
• Budget hours, CNQ (Cost of Non Quality)
• Product convergence (CTQ) & tools PRU convergence (scrap, cycle time

Activities

 

Product design & validation:

• Works according to HSE requirements
• Can be involved in upstream phases of the project (expertise phase, acquisition phase)
• Analyses Customer Needs and Draw-up PO Specifications
• Defines the concepts of the product design to meet customers specifications and GD&T and ensure that the Plastic Omnium standard conception rules are respected
• Ensures that the design for manufacturing (assembly, paint, plant & packaging) are fulfilled
• Is the main technical contact with the customer during the design & tuning phases
• Is responsible for providing functional specifications for baby parts
• Manages and perform risk analysis (DFMEA + Design reviews)
• Manages Specifications, manufacturing and validation of the means (injection tools, checking fixtures, test jigs, End Of Arm Tooling)
• Manages Product validation (functional, geometry and cosmetic quality)
• Manages Product tuning (mold tuning, checking fixture tuning)

 

Project Management:

• Defines initial Statement of Work of product engineering perimeter including extended team, regarding project perimeter, development budget (hours, hourly rate, travel cost) and Optimap Work Packages
• Defines and set up the engineering project planning
• Manages the engineering project reviews, consolidates actions and provides reporting and action plans
• Participates to QUAD (product & process feasibility milestones) reviews
• Tracks perimeter changes and reports to the PM
• Proposes adjustments and modifications linked to perimeter evolution during project life time
• Participates in Launch Readiness process

 

Budget management:

• Ensures product PRU commitment for the design relevant criteria
• Determines the project provisional budget (hours and cost)
• Allocates the budget to his extended team & guarantees resource availability with the manager
• Determines internal and external perimeter regarding SOW,
• Tracks perimeter changes due to customer or internal ones and reports to the PM. Proposes adjustments and modifications linked to perimeter evolution during project life time,
• Insures the follow up of project budget and releases warnings to PM and métiers managers in case of gaps.
• Contributes to investment optimization through part design

 

Continuous Improvements:

• Participates to capitalization and to productivity actions
• At the end of the project, participates to the closure of project and gives feedback regarding best practices and difficulties

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