Program Manager

Velvac Inc.
New Berlin, WI, United States
Full-time

VELVAC, INC.

Position : PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGER

Put your Career in the Passing Lane

When you're riding with Velvac , your career is like an open road : full of interesting directions to go, things to do, and people to meet.

Ours is a fast-growing, fun, friendly company that designs and produces the best in leading edge mirror, camera, vision and telematics systems and accessories for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

We are currently guiding several high profile Tier 1 projects with Navistar, Peterbilt and Kenworth through our engineering pipeline.

These are business critical projects for which we want to provide some additional milestone support. Bring your teamwork skills and your experience in coordinating details, schedules and resources to Velvac, and join us in the passing lane.

The Role :

Can you see the critical path and help troubleshoot the roadblocks? Can you work hand in hand with individuals and teams alike?

Can you deliver a project?

If so, get it in gear and join us as a Program Manager , reporting to the Manager of Program Management.

Your Responsibilities :

Providing hands-on guidance during all phases of design work, from program kickoff to program launch you will :

  • Assist in preparing and maintaining timelines, critical paths and schedules.
  • Advise on and escalate key issues as needed to insure work-arounds and resolution.
  • Assist in planning meetings and attend other meetings as required.
  • Prepare progress reports as required and assist with project dashboards.
  • Maintain and follow up on open issues trackers.
  • Coordinate topics and notes for Design Reviews.
  • Drive and follow up on project assignments.
  • Assist in coordination of production sample builds, including shipment.
  • Assist in coordinate with manufacturing to insure smooth handoff to production status.

Required Education

  • BSME, BSEE or related engineering degree, or
  • Associates or Technical Degree with related experience.

Required Experience and Skills

  • Five to ten years of experience and familiarity with electromechanical / mechatronics type product design and / or program management.
  • Experience includes strong background of success in program management.
  • Expert user of project management tools such as Excel, Microsoft Project, and Visual Management of project plans ranging from 100 to 33 lines.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Strong, tactful and effective communication and coaching skills.
  • 8 days ago
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