* Work with team leads to understand department processes, workflows, and business directives
* Clearly communicate workflows, goals, and direction to the project team
* Facilitate the definition of project scope, milestones, and deliverables
* Plan and schedule project timelines; communicate status, risks, and issues on an ongoing basis
* Act as a trusted intermediary, facilitating discussions with key stakeholders, customers, management, and other cross-functional team members
* Develop and foster a creative and collaborative team environment
* Utilize best practices to manage and control change
* Analyze project for problems and proactively resolve issues.
* Perform post-mortem evaluation of project and recommend improvements.
* Manage third-party resources.
* Prepare and manage third-party contracts and invoices.
* Assist with budgets and expense projections.
* Maintains safe and clean work environment; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures
* Perform other duties as assigned by supervision.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in management, business, or related field; certification or master's degree in project management preferred
* Previous project management work experience preferred
* Experience in manufacturing process and equipment development.
* Must have excellent verbal, written and listening skills and have the ability to provide written and verbal instructions and present information clearly
* Must exhibit professionalism when communicating with superiors and subordinates.
* Must be adaptable to a changing work environment, competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
* Must have the ability to work independently and within a team environment.
* Must have the ability to troubleshoot and problem solve.
* Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
* Must be able to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and follow through on issues in a timely manner.