Project Manager

Making complexity accessible

Mikron Automation is your worldwide partner for advanced automation solutions. At Mikron we are committed to delivering the best assembly systems and all needed services throughout your product’s entire life cycle. With our extensive engineering know-how, complex process expertise, scalable platforms, and lifelong support we are driving lasting success for your business.

Your main tasks

Our project managers are responsible for the successful execution during all project phases of Mikron. This includes delivery time, quality, cost, and customer satisfaction. Additional responsibilities include the supervision of all project team members, leading different activities and resources of a project with the support of the functional manager, and for providing on-time updated project financial information. In addition, you will be responsible for status reports during executive meetings or as requested by upper management.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Knowledge of industry accepted engineering practices
• Management skill with experience in automated industry
• Responsible for successful design of all mechanical activities to meet the budget and time expectations as defined in the project proposal and cost sheets
• Responsible for accurately and timely reviewing the Mechanical Engineering documentation package assigned to each customer project
• Responsible to meet the budget and deadline of pallets, critical stations and all systems
• Supervise Software Design Specification with the project’s Control Engineer and PE/ME
• Support Validation team to create and test validation package per customer’s specification
• Different jobs function during project phases
• Lead internal/external project design reviews
• Ability to prioritize activities during project execution phases
• Establish a partnership relationship with the customer at all times
• Track of customer products on hand for machine debug and keep the customer informed of potential impacts on a timely manner
• Drive daily work activities with the project team and in the debugging area for related projects
• Collaborate with Functional Managers for project execution activities
• Assign daily/weekly tasks to team members
• Responsible for reviewing Mechanical, Control, Electrical and assembly/debugging activities
• Lead project meetings and morning meetings in the debugging floor

Required Education, Experience, Knowledge & Skills:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering degree or 11 years of relevant working experience
• Able to provide root cause analysis techniques
• Able to analyze and interpret customer URS, design proposals, specifications and manuals to determine the feasibility of the requests
• Able to organize and lead large meetings with customers, suppliers and Mikron Team members
• Ability to prioritize activities during project execution phases
• Can provide guideline and/or sketches to design the stations
• Capable to coordinate project resources requests and forecast with functional Manager
• Capable to work with excel cost sheets and understand the formulas and the data behind the summaries
• Perform other duties as assigned by Director of Customer Projects 

Company Offered Benefits:

• PTO
• 10 paid holidays (2 floating)
• Parental Leave
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & ADD
• FSA, HAS
• Bonus Eligible
• Employee Assistance Program
• Straight Time OT Eligible
• 401k with matching up to 5%, immediately vested
• Tuition and Continuing Education Reimbursement
• Professional Growth Opportunities

If you are interested what you have read and want to join our team, we would be keen to hear from you!