Job Description
Job Details:
Job Title: NPI CapEx Engineering Program Manager
Job Duration: 6 - month contract (Possibility for extension)
Job Location: Austin TX – Onsite
JOB SUMMARY
- Imagine what you could do here.
- At Client, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly.
- Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.
- The people here at Client don’t just build products — they craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries.
- It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts.
- Join Client, and help us leave the world better than we found it.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- Working knowledge of procurement, finance, and program development processes
- Impeccable organizational, multi-tasking, and management skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
DESCRIPTION
- The NPI CapEx EPM is responsible for coordinating equipment requirements between Engineering and contract manufacturers in Asia to support engineering prototype builds and development through the entire product life-cycle (up to hand-off to mass production).
- This EPM is responsible for coordinating with cross functional partners, to ensure program equipment needs are met.
- Program managers are confident leaders capable of working with multi-functional teams to identify risks, explore solutions, reach consensus and execute mitigations quickly.
- This requires an in-depth understanding of new product development and manufacturing processes.
- A Client EPM must respond quickly to changes to the overall goals, schedule, and/or architecture.
- EPMs must be fearless leaders capable of working with cross-functional teams to identify risks, explore solutions, reach consensus and execute mitigations as quickly and efficiently as possible.
- As this requires an in-depth understanding of development and manufacturing process.
- The NPI CapEx PM also creates an overall project budget and tracks expenditures in a dynamic and ever changing design and schedule atmosphere to make sure the team stays within that budget.
- The role includes the following main duties:
- Drive cross-functional teams towards consensus of requirements
- Manage and drive in-region resources at contract manufactures (typical in Asia) to drive procurement activities on Client’s behalf
- Build overall project budget, compile budget requests, and generate capitalization plan based on project schedules
- Calculate ROI of change in process/equipment requested by OEM or internal teams
- Provide monthly/quarterly budget updates and capitalization plan
- Succinctly communicate overall equipment status to the management team
- Work with new product teams to support product launch and sustaining activities
- Understand the impact of cycle time changes and be responsible for adjusting forecasts accordingly
- Verify demands and lead the business team to ensure equipment is tracked to delivery
- Work with appropriate business and procurement teams to ensure support from vendors regarding setup, installation, repairs and maintenance
- Respond quickly to changes to the overall goals, schedule, and/or architecture
EDUCATION
- BS/BA degree (engineering, business, finance or related discipline)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
- Experience in manufacturing or test engineering is a plus
- Experience in new product development is another plus
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally as needed
EEO:
“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”
Job Tags
Contract work,