Engineering Project Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

Join Eaton and help us provide energy-efficient solutions that have a real impact on the environment. We make what matters work. Find out more on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baa_aiJ4L7E

Do you want to work for a global player, where we care about ethics, inclusion and diversity and our people?

The Technology Centre in St. Gallen, as a business unit of the Eaton Industrial Controls and Protection Division (ICPD) in Bonn, focuses on the Development, production and sales support of automation products, Software, and solutions, which are used by well-known machine and plant manufacturers worldwide.

As an Engineering Project Manager, you will lead development related tasks to assigned programs, projects, or subprojects. Utilizing specific Eaton business tools and best practices to successfully finish project in timeline, budget and quality. Being part of a great product development team collaborating closely with production, product and program management.

The products you will work with are designed for industrial automation business like HMI and PLC. Those embedded systems are key to Eaton’s Automation and Digitalisation strategy.

Your key deliverables :

• Drive engineering projects mainly as New product development, Sustaining, Cost-out and research studies
• Responsible for the overall management and execution of projects.
• Autonomously lead project teams with cross functional domains and coordinate all development activities
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural globally distributed teams.
• Contribute on the project target definition with regards to the customer needs in cooperation with the stakeholders
• Planning, in close collaboration with involved departments, of invest, effort, resource and duration that are needed to run the project
• Coordination of project, monitoring of risks and development of needed counter actions
• Utilization of Eaton Project Management Methods and Tools (Stage Gate Process)
• Project reporting to Stakeholders, functional and direct leaders
• Preparation of key performance Indicators and other metrics
• Preparation and support to run project gate reviews, presenting risks and mitigations
• Creation of documents related to the project: Lessons learned, project change management, project handbook
• Definition and adaption of interfaces inside and outside of engineering

Required:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical or Firmware/Electronics engineering or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience in project management work
• Experience with Microsoft Project
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Experience with new product/technology development projects.
• Experience in building dashboards and digital tools know-how
• Proven hands-on experience with electronics devices development, product development processes and validation
• Experience with distributed teams on multiple international locations
• Project Management Professional certificate desired
• Communication-focused soft skills with capability to build rapport within the team, as well as with internal and external partners
• Full professional proficiency in German and English

What Eaton offers:

• Learning & Development - We invest in our employees for the long term with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• Flexible Hybrid work model available: 2 days of home office per week
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative environment to work with global team across Eaton business and innovation centres
• Great promotional opportunities – We encourage internal promotion, whenever possible

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What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Engineering

Region: Europe, Middle East, Africa
Organization: ICPD

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes – Hybrid
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time