Project Management Office - Powertrain Department

Tasks

The Project Management Engineer is responsible for ensuring effective tracking, control, and reporting of project execution, with a strong focus on quality gate compliance, risk management, KPI monitoring, and structured communication to leadership. The role acts as a key link between team leaders and department head, ensuring transparency, timely decision-making, and adherence to project deliverables.

1. Project Status Tracking and Monitoring

- Track overall project progress against defined timelines, milestones, and deliverables. - Maintain up-to-date project dashboards reflecting plan vs. actual status. - Monitor dependencies, constraints, and critical paths affecting project execution.

2. Quality Gate Deliverables Management

- Ensure all project deliverables are completed and validated as per defined Quality Gates (QG). - Track compliance with QG timelines and escalate deviations. - Coordinate with stakeholders for readiness reviews and maturity checks. - Ensure documentation completeness and adherence to project governance standards.

3. Risk Management and Reporting

- Identify, document, and track project risks and issues. - Maintain and monitor the risk register, ensuring timely updates and mitigation actions. - Evaluate risk probability, impact, and severity; define countermeasures. - Escalate high-risk items and communicate status regularly to stakeholders. - Prepare structured risk reports for management reviews.

4. KPI Monitoring and Abnormality Detection

- Compile, track, and analyze department-level KPIs related to project performance. - Develop dashboards (e.g., Power BI or Excel) to visualize KPI trends. - Identify abnormalities or deviations using defined thresholds and control limits. - Drive corrective actions by coordinating with responsible stakeholders. - Support KPI cascading and linkage with project deliverables.

5. Project Reporting and Dashboarding

- Prepare periodic project status reports (weekly or monthly) for leadership review. - Consolidate information from multiple projects into a structured reporting format. - Ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness of reported data. - Develop executive-level summaries highlighting risks, delays, and critical decisions.

6. Collaboration and Coordination with Team Leaders

- Coordinate and collect project progress updates from team leaders and members. - Consolidate inputs into a single structured view for department head reviews. - Highlight key risks, bottlenecks, and escalation items. - Ensure alignment between team-level execution and department-level objectives.

Qualifications

Technical and Functional Skills

- 3 to 8 years of experience in the Automotive industry. - Experience in Product Life Cycle development or Complete Product Project experience. - Strong understanding of project management methodologies and quality gates. - Experience with risk and issue management frameworks. - Proficiency in dashboard tools (Power BI, Excel, MS Project, etc.). - Knowledge of KPI tracking and performance analytics.

Behavioral Skills

- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. - High level of attention to detail and structured thinking. - Proactive escalation and decision-support mindset.