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R&D Project Manager

Mission

You will manage the internal and EU funded R&D projects, ensuring customer satisfaction, interfacing with external and internal stakeholders, and reporting the status of the project to the sponsor.

The Project Manager is responsible for implementing and managing effective controls throughout the lifecycle. Its R&D until it becomes a real customer project. Then, decide if it should be taken over by the Project Management Organisation and motivate the project team to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget/investments.

Location: Based ideally at Stemmann Polska or in Schüttorf (GERMANY), different locations may be an option as well as remote work (partly).

Scope :

• Review the scope of projects assigned in collaboration with the Sales Team, including contract review and kick-off meeting.
• Create a detailed project plan that identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project (e.g., MSP), taking into account dependencies and resource requirements.
• Ensure excellent internal relationships with all project team members, managing stakeholders considering their level of influence and interest.
• Monitor and report project progress to all stakeholders, with particular emphasis on actual and potential variations to cost, time, or quality.
• Deploy, maintain, and align the Quality Management Process for project activities (Project Gate review....).
• Follow the objectives and measures (KPI’s) upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion (QCDP).
• Identify and monitor project risks, threats, and opportunities, as well as the Contract Margin Improvement Plan; implement Mitigation/Capture Plan in response to them and other issues that affect the projects.
• Establish and implement Change Management process and update Configuration (as Bid, as Sold, as Produced, as Maintained....).
• Lead the closure of the project including the capture of lessons learned to avoid reproducing the same issues in other projects during the new development.
• Assist and support the finance department to ensure that the company’s credit control policy is applied on assigned projects at all times, highlighting any problems that may prevent payment to accounts receivables.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has excellent communication skills to create a stable working environment for the core project team and other stakeholders.
• Has advanced management skills: capacity to motivate and inspire the Core Project Team around a unified understanding and commitment to the project’s success.
• Can establish clear and challenging objectives for the core project team to support project execution.
• Is experienced at promoting and reinforcing teamwork, commitment, cooperation, and delegation.
• Can lead problem-solving across projects and make timely decisions based on facts, circumstances, and needs.
• Has very good conflict management skills.

Qualifications:

• Engineering/Business Degree and/or similar experience.
• A minimum of 5-8 years of Project Management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent English; German and Polish are welcome.
• PMP or equivalent is an advantage.
• International environmental working experience.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also in our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life?

At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours!

Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

Wabtec celebrates thinkers and doers. Our values included in the About Us page are rooted in innovation, collaboration, inclusiveness, and continuous improvement to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. Whether your talents lie in digital solution development, next-gen manufacturing, advanced service delivery, or the spectrum of business functions that support them, Wabtec literally has a world of opportunity for you across our global network.

Our employees are the architects of the future. Where will you be tomorrow?

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