Project Engineer

***ONLY FOR CANDIDATES LOCAL TO PLYMOUTH, MN AND WILLING TO RELOCATE AND NEARBY LOCATION****

Job ID: Sedaa48780

Title: Project Engineer

Position will be fully onsite with the possibility of becoming hybrid temporarily and long term to be fully onsite.

Manager is looking to hire ASAP.

Job Description

• Lead the planning, execution, and implementation of sustaining engineering, supplier change, design change, and continuous improvement projects in accordance with Abbott project management methodologies.
• Independently manage project scope, schedules, milestones, risks, action items, and deliverables to ensure projects are completed on time and aligned with business objectives.
• Lead cross-functional project teams including R&D, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, Packaging, Labeling, Technical Publications, and other functional stakeholders.
• Facilitate project team meetings, drive accountability for project deliverables, and ensure alignment across functional groups.
• Identify project risks, issues, and dependencies; develop mitigation strategies and coordinate resolution activities.
• Partner with functional team members and managers to support project resource planning, priority setting, and issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, risk registers, action-item logs, and project documentation.
• Communicate project status, risks, key decisions, and recommendations to project stakeholders and management.
• Support project governance activities through development of project metrics, dashboards, status reports, and leadership communications.
• Lead assigned workstreams within larger strategic initiatives while ensuring alignment with overall project objectives and timelines.
• Execute project support activities including ownership of Change Orders (COs), procurement coordination, project reporting, and maintenance of project tracking systems.
• Utilize Windchill, SAP, Planview, Ariba, and other business systems to support project execution, reporting, portfolio visibility, and procurement activities.
• Partner with suppliers and external stakeholders to support project implementation activities and issue resolution.
• Ensure project activities comply with FDA regulations, applicable quality system requirements, Company policies, and Business Unit operating procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years of medical device experience in R&D, Manufacturing and/or Quality Engineering
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate to all levels of the organization as well as Abbott suppliers and consultants
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional team members in a geographically diverse, matrixed organization
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects or project workstreams
• Ability to initiate, prioritize, and coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time domestically and/or internationally

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a technical or business field
• PMP, CAPM, or other project management certification
• Familiarity with Windchill (Product Lifecycle Management System), SAP (Enterprise Resource Management software), Planview (Project and Portfolio Management software), and Ariba (Purchasing system)
• Experience leading sustaining engineering, supplier change, or operations projects within a regulated industry
• Experience supporting product lifecycle management activities, including Change Orders (COs), documentation updates, supplier changes, and design transfer activities
• Experience developing project metrics, dashboards, and leadership communications
• Experience working in a regulated industry such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, or manufacturing
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen

*******ONLY FOR CANDIDATES LOCAL TO SACRAMENTO, FRESNO, OAKLAND CA, TRAVEL REQUIRED*****

Details

Job ID: Sedaa4788

Title: Senior Substation Project Engineer

Location: West Sacramento, CA (Hybrid)

5 month project with possibility of extension.

Rate: 120k to 140k annually

• Hybrid, 2 days in office/week, in West Sacramento, Fresno, or Oakland.
• Re 20% Travel: Area includes all of client territory (almost to Oregon, down to Santa Barbara, and almost to Tahoe).
• Equipment: Client laptop will be provided. Any other tools must be vendor-provided.
• PPE: yes, vendor-provided. (list has been requested to be provided by the hiring team)

Department Overview

The hard working coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable work plan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers.

Position Summary

This position is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

This is a senior-level engineer job that requires mastery of the journey engineer job duties and is responsible for leading engineering and design of complex projects. Applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices to resolve complex problems with only general direction. Provides leadership, coaching, technical direction, knowledge transfer and assistance to technical employees and teams. Additional responsibilities beyond the Project engineer include, but are not limited to, the following: Deliver presentations, lead team meetings, interpret industry practices and codes.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the client Service Territory.

Responsibilities

• Manage large complex projects and perform engineering analyses, studies, and develop conceptual designs.
• Lead, coach, direct, and assist technical employees and teams on technical issues. May act as an engineering mentor.
• Assist in finalizing contract project specification and technical evaluation of contract project bids.
• Provide support to other departments in land, permitting, and legal issues.
• Resolves problems of complex scope. Assignments may provide an opportunity for creative or non-standard approaches. Under general direction, independently plans work to meet assigned general objectives. Work may be reviewed upon completion; solution may provide an opportunity for creative/non-standard approaches.
• External contacts are with contractors, vendors and local public agencies with ministerial authority. Internal contacts are with clients, project team members, and company management. May provide technical direction to less experienced team members. Exchanges information and solves problems with others outside the team.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
• 8 years of cumulative experience in electrical engineering and design

Desired:

• Experience in multiple large-scale, large budget electric substation projects
• Experience in substation engineering
• Skilled in project management
• Current California PE license