**Job Description:** **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** • Working with Innovation Strategy Manager to understand industry strategy changes and apply these to new product and application designs • Innovates creative product solutions to meet customer needs and works with internal patent department, collaborating with program managers, manufacturing, and sales team throughout the innovation process – from Discover through Create and into Develop • Plans and formulates for project timetable to meet CBI pipeline needs • Works with S&E teams to partner with customers (Automotive OEMs) and understand the needs, using market trends and current product knowledge to make appropriate recommendations • Coordinate activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling and resolving engineering design and test problems reporting results and status as needed • Manages and develops suppliers in various fields of manufacturing concerning metal, plastic injection mold makers and rubber industries. • Forms production, QA and engineering teams dedicated to specific phases or aspects of project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans and product testing. • Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards and customer contract requirements and related specifications. • Acts as facilitator to ensure commitments to customer are met in a timely manner and within budget. • Coordinates parts design and tool design activities per customer specification • Responsible for financial budget for individual preproduction and development projects • Follows IATF 16949 procedures if customer required and descriptions per the ITW handbook. • Interprets engineering specifications • Authors DFMEA’s, PFMEAs and champions 8D problem solving activities • Review RFQ package: Identify customer part numbers, create bills of materials, derive part weights, evaluate annual volumes, key dates, assembly plant locations. • Develop BOM’s (bill of Materials) • Interpret customer specifications. • Prepare customer reviews, technical presentations and open issues list. • Develop design validation test plans. • Develop and maintain tooling, assembly and test equipment financial plans and documents. • Participate in regular APQP activities and meetings and AAR events. • Create FEA reports. • Lead customer, supplier and ITW tooling and product design signoffs and kick offs. • Lead RFQ activities with tooling, automation and gauge suppliers. • Nominate supplier: Tooling/Parts/Gauges/Automation. • Develop packaging plans per customer requirements. • Support customer build and launch activities. • Monitor tooling, gauge and assembly concepts according to ITW standards. • Maintain customer milestone timing in customer portals. • Issue molding sample requests. • Monitor serial part history. • Monitor release of production to operations. **QUALIFICATIONS** • B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with an emphasis in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience • 5+ years of experience in engineering and project management in a manufacturing environment • Project management experience preferably Tier 1 automotive. PMI PMP certification preferred • Knowledge in Plastic Injection Molding part design, performance, material selection, tooling technology • Must be adaptable, flexible, organized and act with a sense of urgency and able to operate independently • Must have demonstrated analytical/problem-solving, project management/task planning, engineering risk assessment, creativity/innovation and technical leadership skills • Must be able to make sound, logical judgements using deductive reasoning, attention to detail; understand the cause and effect of such decisions • Ability to travel up to 35% to support the customer and launch process • Strong organization skills, and ability to take on special projects from concept to implementation and maintaining • Fluent in MS Project, and MS Office Suite • Decision making skills • Project Management • Cross functional communication • Customer launch team interfacing • Root cause analysis Interpersonal Skills Alternative or combined skills in understanding, counseling, and/or influencing people are important in achieving job objectives, causing action, understanding others, or changing behavior; and, skills of persuasiveness or assertiveness, as well as sensitivity to the point of view of others. **COMPETENCIES** • Technical and Analytical Skills • Time Management and Communication Skills • Prioritizes regular workload, special tasks and concurrent projects, allocating time and resources to ensure that work is completed accurately and efficiently within established time frame. • Data collection and analysis • Risk Taking • Sales Negotiation • Creativity **Compensation Information:** $79,000-$105,000