Engineering Project Manager

Engineering Project Manager

Job Description
Would you jump at the chance to start your own business, but with the support network and funding of a global company behind you? Have you been waiting for a chance to apply your manufacturing and leadership experience to innovative solutions for major OEMs and Suppliers in the Aerospace Industry? If you are fatigued with bureaucracy, come and create a new business with us.

Who is QuEST?
Our goal is to become the most recognized and trusted global engineering partner for our customers—Fortune 500 companies in the Aerospace, Medical Devices, Oil & Gas, Power, and Transportation industries. We know we can find solutions to their most important technical and business challenges they encounter. We aren’t consultants. We help them make their products the most competitive in the world and that’s how we’ve grown to over 11,000 problem solvers from 50 centers around the world. We aspire to be a 100-year company, which doesn’t mean staid and boring, but rather, we evolve and adapt to create the frontier of the engineering services industry.

Our Culture
We just crossed the 21-year mark, and despite remarkable growth, we have maintained a culture of empowerment at all levels—what we call intrapreneurial. You will be part of the decision making to drive continuous improvements so we can stay happy and healthy as a business in a challenging industry. Not everyone is a great fit. We will throw you into the deep end (with lots of support), but if you want to swim, you have much opportunity. We’re not a place where laziness, ego, or rigid thinking fit in, and that’s intentional. You can do more at this company than you can in twice the time anywhere else. We accelerate success; you control the throttle and hold the yoke.

The Team
The Engineering Project Manager leads a team of mechanical and electrical engineers. The team will be comprised of team leads, subject matter experts and independent contributors. We are a growing team working with some of the biggest aerospace companies in the world. Our projects range in size, scope and application from proof of concepts, to execution of major equipment changes, to sustainable life-cycle maintenance. You and your team-mates will oversee, manage and lead projects with some of the most cutting edge technologies in the industry.

The Role
The successful candidate will take a leading role in our Engineering team. In additional to steering the team’s efforts, you will be the face of QuEST to our customer’s senior and executive leadership, so clear and effective communication is a must. The Project Manager will also play a significant role in developing sales for their service.

Job Functions
Effective delegation, team development, resource & project tracking, and identifying new resources to hire onto the team will be essential for the Project Manager’s success. Additional responsibilities include ensuring that the team develops and executes the following:

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  Process development
  • Document processes, tools and templates
  • Gather and develop training materials
  • Establish reporting rhythm with customer
  • Ensure conformance to process across team
• Employee development
  • Setting and monitoring Key Result Areas (KRAs) quarterly
  • Annual performance reviews
  • Review team’s skills and create competency matrix
  • Mapping career development plans
  • Mentor and facilitate training for team members
  • Hold team meetings to flow out information
  • Develop future leaders
• Project Management
  • Meet with customer’s regularly to monitor project health
  • Providing weekly status reports to all customers
  • Weekly hours reporting
  • Monthly deliverables reporting
  • Gathering MFAs and acting on low MFAs
• Growth
  • Seek out new work opportunities for QuEST
  • Collaborate with Account Management
  • Lead hiring activities
  • Assisting with on?boarding of new employees
• Center Initiatives
  • Work closely with other project manager, program managers and center manager to achieve goals set to for the Center
  • Lead employee engagement activities
  • Monitor QuEST metrics to ensure your

• Bachelor's Degree / Master’s Preferred in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar field of study
• 8+ years of previous leadership / managerial experience in engineering
• The candidate must have the ability to virtually manage an experienced team of professionals with a track record of coming through on commitments
• You can understand a customer’s problems and create new solutions to solve them. This is both a creative and innovative process as well as being able to monetize the solution.
• Like to work in a fast paced, creative environment without a lot of management oversite. You are independent and forward facing.
• Enjoy people and dynamic teams with diverse experiences. We have fun together!

Location: Windsor, CT
Travel: 25 to 50%
Compensation type: Salary Exempt
Reports to: Center Manager/Site Lead

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