Project Manager with (Automotive/or Manufacturing domain exp) || Liberty, NC

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Title: Project Manager with (Automotive/or Manufacturing domain exp)
Position Type: Contract
Location: Liberty, NC
Description:

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This role is 100% onsite in Liberty, NC, so local candidates only.

A leading automotive and EV-battery manufacturer is hiring a Project Engineer to support new model launch for battery manufacturing in Liberty, NC. You will develop and execute strategies to achieve project milestones, define and report project KPIs and milestones using a master operating plan, lead project and trial review war rooms, coordinate launch activities across domestic and international divisions, and drive cross-functional problem solving from planning through start of production.

• Develop and execute strategies to achieve project milestones for new model launch, serving as a primary coordination point across engineering, project management, construction management, and purchasing.
• Coordinate new model launch activities across multiple divisions and companies (domestic and international) through every phase to start of production.
• Define and report overall project KPIs and milestones using a master operating plan; define standard reporting structure and standardized outputs and lead project and trial review war rooms.
• Problem-solve issues with potential impact to project or launch execution and drive cross-department countermeasures and recurrence prevention.
• Support construction activity (building-preparation milestones, installation kickoffs, construction reviews) and coordinate with the facilities projects team.
• Support pre-production trial activity, including coordinating trial parts orders, schedule creation, and KPI setting and management by project phase.
• Contribute to standard-work documentation and detailed job instructions; support ad-hoc cross-functional requests (budget, asset management, shutdowns, and other initiatives).

• Bachelor's degree or higher, or 5+ years equivalent professional experience in a project-related role.
• Project management with capital investments greater than half a million dollars.
• Experience setting, managing, visualizing, and reporting KPIs, including reporting to senior/executive leadership and recommending direction from data.
• Experience creating and maintaining detailed schedules with milestone achievement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Able to work onsite in Liberty, NC (local), travel up to 10%, and work about 25% overtime including weekends, holidays, shutdowns, and evening meetings with Japan; shop-floor access with steel-toed shoes.
• Preferred: battery or automotive manufacturing; supplier management; 3-pillar management; gated-management/milestones; structured problem solving methods; OEM product-planning process knowledge.

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Anikat Kumar

Sr. Technical Recruiter

ShiftCode Analytics Inc.

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