Project Manager - Mechanical Component Design

Job Description

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world's fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we're eager to hear from you.

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:

Job Overview:

The Project Manager is responsible for Business Excellence aspects of Delivery: billable hours, project management, resource management, workload assignments of the team, etc. Project Manager span of control extends over a group of technical and people managers and by extension their direct reportees as well.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage employee workload and trainings
  Conduct daily touch points with each employee in your team and conduct regular team meetings to flow down company and immediate organizational communications
  Manage Time & Material, Tasked based, Unit Fixed Price, and Firm Fixed Price projects of medium complexity for work packages from our customers. Project management will include on-time delivery, proposal preparations, risk assessments, timesheet approvals, and financial management.
  Monitor the Health of Lower Complexity projects lead by Team Leaders and provide project approvals as applicable
  Conduct Root Cause Analysis and encourage and monitor Productivity and Continuous Improvements as required for the customer work package
  Manage Customer point of contact by assisting with scope and work package definitions, report weekly status, conduct quality and progress reviews, solicit regular Customer Satisfaction Feedback
  Escalate issues requiring customer action to the appropriate stakeholders
  Work with your Center's Technical Leadership and Subject Matter Experts to ensure projects are executed with high technical quality and technical career development is provided to your team members
  Create a team environment where your employees are encouraged to grow professionally and challenge themselves
  Support Hiring by conducting interviews as required and providing Hiring Manager with candidate feedback

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, project management, or a related technical field preferred but not required
  8-12 years of career experience
  3-6 years' experience in managing a team
  Experience in supervising and managing a team and their work load
  Experience in fostering customer relationships
  Strong project management and organizational skills
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience in leading project presentations
  Ability to lead cross-functional teams and work independently
  Proficient in Microsoft Office

Quest Global is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. EOE/AA