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Job Description
Job Title:  Program Engineering Manager, Transmission Engineering

India

Required Travel:  0 - 10%
Job Description: 

Primary purpose of the Role:

The Program Engineering Manager is responsible for Project Management support of the initiatives assigned to the India Transmission Engineering team. You will work closely with product engineers in Pune and Indianapolis, and PE support organizations (Design Graphics and Engineering Operations) to successfully achieve project / program delivery requirements. This role will utilize exceptional communication and planning skills to manage programs.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Key participant in India Engineering and Interacts with cross-function product line team representing Product Engineering and coordinate parallel Controls Systems Team cooperation as required
  • Manage PE deliverables to Engineering Change Management process: 
    • Attends PLTs representing PE Function (interacts with Peers and Director, Program Management)
    • Schedule PE Tech Reviews
      • Interacts with Executive Director and PE team
    • Tracks required action items to completion
    • Provide Business case and timing input to PLTs representing vertical Hardware PE org
    • Build slides and present to PE Staff in PE Products reviews
  • Plan and track PE project inputs to project timelines and business case inputs based on program deliverables and milestones
  • Manage engineering compliance to engineering processes, including Engineering Change Management, DFMEA and Best Practices
  • Contributes to identifying potential process improvement opportunities and opportunities to efficiently combine DVP&R tests
  • Coordination of Open Issues Meetings, including Customer Integration Engineering venue and topics for ONA
  • The role requires regular collaboration with global teams and flexibility to work overlapping hours as needed.

Key Performance Measures:

  • Delivery of quality product/program without delays
  • Ensures thorough and organized documentation from PE Organization
  • Accuracy of timing estimates to aid successful PLT project planning
  • Open Issues Meeting Coordination: Timely return topics to venue and comprehensive tracking of action items assigned

Competencies and Behaviours:

Project Management: Ensures PE meets deliverables to larger ATI organization (all action items deemed necessary are completed for project, on time, on budget)

Highest Standards:  Able to deliver transparency and drive clarity of PE positions in support of the cross-functional team risk mitigation planning

 Improve the way the world works / Technical Aptitude: Identification of continuous improvement opportunities within project management, meeting facilitation and other PEM-owned activities.  Familiarity with PE DVP&R methods to enable PLT integration of key PE activities and risk management assessments into project plans.

Power of Teamwork / Collaboration: Encourages / enforces collaboration between individual contributors, especially facilitating connections between PE and other functions represented on the PLT

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Excellent oral and written (e.g. presentations) communication skills
  • Ability to build positive relationships and influence cross-functionally

Experience:

10+ years of engineering or program management experience

Strong organizational skills - Ability to deliver own projects to timeline in previous PRI experience (engineering experience candidates) or proven ability to deliver programs to timeline (program management experience candidates)

Strong interpersonal skills

Scope Factors:

Products:

  • On-Highway, Off-Highway, and Defence

Responsibilities:

  • Manage PE deliverables to Engineering Change Management process:  
    • Attends PLTs representing PE Function (interacts with Peers and Director, Program Management)
    • Schedule PE Tech Reviews
      • Interacts with Executive Director and PE team
    • Tracks required action items to completion
    • Provide Business case and timing input to PLTs representing vertical Hardware PE org
    • Build slides and present to PE Staff in PE Products reviews

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Req Id:  813