Project Leader, Value Engineering

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and technical direction for moderate to highly complex design and value engineering projects.
• Manage project lifecycles to ensure completion within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
• Drive design execution to meet market-driven guides, cost targets, reliability, and high-volume manufacturing requirements.
• Analyze and select design alternatives to implement successful mass production.
• Account for technical elements including component integration, material selection, packaging, and regulatory compliance.
• Facilitate project meetings, track schedules, and present regular status updates to stakeholders.
• Identify project risks and implement effective risk reduction plans.
• Collaborate extensively with manufacturing plants and outside suppliers to achieve project goals using DFMA principles.
• Design new experiments and test systems to validate design extremes and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 7 years of engineering experience in a related field.
• Proven experience managing moderate to high complexity projects or subsystems.
• High level of Mechanical and/or Electrical engineering aptitude.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, specifically Microsoft Project.
• Ability to draft comprehensive test plans and technical specifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate studies in Project Management, Finance, Marketing, or Organizational studies.
• Formal project management training.
• Working design knowledge of technologies associated with power tools.

About the Company

Milwaukee Tool, founded in 1924, is a global leader in delivering innovative solutions to the professional construction trades. Known for world-leading cordless systems like M12™, M18™, and MX FUEL™, the company is dedicated to delivering a steady stream of advanced, trade-specific solutions that increase productivity and safety.