Job Information
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC. Engineering Project Manager III in Salt Lake City, Utah
Position Summary
This individual leads various project teams within the Manufacturing E ngineering department. Their main responsibility is to ensure that assigned projects are completed on schedule and meet quality objectives. This individual develops project plans, sets schedules, secures resources, makes technical decisions as necessary, provides status reports, and ensures all project documentation is completed in accordance with B iomerieux ’s Quality System. This individual is expected to work and communicate well with team members, other departments, and Executive Management to meet the goals of assigned projects.
Primary Duties
Performs all work in compliance with company policy and within the guidelines of the Biomerieux Quality System.
Develops project plans, including scheduling and milestones. Maintains these plans and schedules, updating as necessary.
Works with other Engineering Project Managers and Engineering Management to allocate resources for projects.
Provides recurring project updates to Management and other departments.
Manages and trains multi-discipline engineering project teams:
Communicates with team members and disseminates project information
Manages roles and responsibilities of team members, ensuring all engineers understand their role and the interdependencies within the project team
Motivates team members and provides incentives and morale boosters as necessary
Ensures projects are developed to BFDX’s design control processes.
Maintains project Design History File and ensure all documentation meets project and team needs, and is completed in accordance with BFDX’s Quality System.
Provides technical oversight of projects, and makes technical decisions as necessary to keep project on schedule.
Receives oversight from an Engineering Project Manager III or above, and mentors other engineers.
Project Scope
Design History File
Task Assignment
Technical decisions
Performs other duties as assigned.
Supplemental Data
This position does not have any directly reporting employees. The position does require supervising team members to ensure project work is completed on schedule and at acceptable quality levels. Teams may include engineers from EE, ME, and FW.
This position includes managing projects of moderate scope and complexity.
Minimal travel may be required.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree or higher required in Engineering or Management. Project Management certification preferred.
Experience
6+ years of experience in engineering, with 4+ years in engineering being project management related experience, required.
Experience working in a heavily regulated industry preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Project Management
Excellent planning
Personnel management
Communication, within team and among departments
Negotiation
Motivation
Microsoft Office, including Project, Visio, and PowerPoint
Work Breakdown Structures
Gantt Charts
Preferred experience with electromechanical systems