Engineering Project Manager

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Project Manager to join the Data Center Power & Control Division Team in New London, CT. Responsible for the management of project plans with the engineering team, ensuring that a constant work flow and communication is being provided to/from this team. Monitors project progress and reports project status from planning through delivery. Supports Engineering Doc Control responsibilities, as needed.

What Will You Do?

• Liaises between between intercompany teams; engineering, marketing, product management, sourcing, etc.s, external vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure deliverables, requirements, schedules, cost, and meeting plans are communicated.
• Creates, coordinates, and maintains Data Infrastructure (DAT) project plans and schedules. This includes defining the project workforce, stakeholders, and scope and creating a detailed timeline of tasks.
• Tracks small informal project work within the engineering workforce that is reported during weekly standup meetings.
• Holds regular meetings with project teams to review the scope of work, update schedules, oversee risks, and work through issues. Tracks the progress and report results each week.
• Creates and maintains a visual metric system for monitoring project status and improvement. Keeps track of project metrics and report a weekly update to management.
• Coordinates and maintains all patent/legal matters for DAT including timely handling of all communications between DAT stakeholders and patent law firm, facilitating all actions related to new and existing patent matters, evaluating and confirming patent annuity renewals, holding monthly status review meetings with patent law firm, and additional activities as needed.
• Ensures all active legal patent data is represented on product labels.
• Responsible for all First Article Request (FAR) and First Production Evaluation (FPE) requests. Facilitates capturing the information from the lead engineer and developing the supplier package in collaboration with the sourcing lead. Assists with Engineering custom requests as needed.
• Is aware of and manages timelines for FAR, FPE, and other open supplier issues. Assists engineering lead and sourcing as needed when working with a supplier.
• Acts as liaison between UL and engineering by requesting UL RFQ’s for UL product qualification projects, and manage the projects from beginning to end. Provides requested documents for customer requests, and performs file maintenance as needed, amongst other activities related to UL.
• Assists with new SAP part number setup, and SAP Material Master maintenance.
• Supports DAT SAP Integration projects, as needed.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required, along with support of Continuous Improvement Projects, as needed.

Required Skills

Education:   

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Business Administration or equivalent experience. Project Management certificate or training preferred.

Experience:  

• Typically requires 0-2 years of related experience. Prefer one year of project management experience.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Strong knowledge with SmartSheet or equivalent project management tools & SAP preferred.
• Familiar with SolidWorks, CAD & EPDM document and workflow management tools.
• Understanding of the Engineering lifecycle, each phase, engineering activity and team interactions with product management, sourcing, and marketing.
• Exceptional computer skills, extensive knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and data base software, proficiency with various e-mail, calendaring, meeting management and related communications software.
• Must possess excellent project management skills, including demonstrated ability to develop and manage to a project plan, establish priorities, work to deadlines and control a number of projects at various stages of work.
• Willing to travel as necessary. Expected travel less than 10% per year. 

Additional Requirements:

• Requires strong organizational and time management skills, close attention to deadlines and detail and the ability to effectively handle multiple priorities. Independent judgment is required to plan, prioritize, organize, and accomplish a diversified work load.
• Must be highly collaborative and able to work in a team based environment. Foster open communication and support an environment of innovation and creative change.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills and be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Must be an effective listener, able to maintain focus extract necessary information and validate understanding of the information. Able to create effective reports, presentations and business correspondence.

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us 

About Legrand’s Data Center Power and Control Division

The industry-leading brands of Approved Networks, Ortronics, Raritan, Server Technology, and Starline empower Legrand’s Data, Power & Control to produce innovative solutions for data centers, building networks, and facility infrastructures. Our division designs, manufactures, and markets world-class products for a more productive and sustainable future. The exceptional reliability of our technologies results from decades of proven performance and a dedication to research and development. 

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