New Product Development Project Manager

Since 1933 Heath Consultants Incorporated is the leading provider of services and equipment to the natural gas and utility industry. Heath develops and manufactures its equipment in its own world-class facility located in Houston, TX.

Heath Consultants Incorporated is currently looking for a service-minded team player to bring their skills to a stable industry. If you are looking for a long-term career with a great team, we want to talk to you.

The Project Manager is responsible for driving NPD (New Product Development) project-level accountability and coordinating adherence to project milestones with the ultimate objective of delivering projects per schedule, within budget. THIS INDIVIDUAL MUST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WITH EMBEDDED SOFTWARE OR FIRMWARE. The Project Manager performs a variety of tasks including but not limited to coordinating all resources and stakeholders, setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, monitoring, summarizing and communicating the progress of projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for applying sound engineering design knowledge as well as project management knowledge, skills, tools and techniques combined with Heath’s NPD Process to deliver market ready products.

Candidates MUST be local to the Houston, TX area or be willing to relocate to Houston to be considered as this is a HYBRID ROLE.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Responsible for delivering new product developments in accordance with the New Product Development (NPD) Process, a process designed to manage and steer products through the product development cycle.

- Develop project plans as per NPD process, and apply Project Management skills to drive assigned NPD projects for business. This includes developing and maintaining regular cross functional meeting and reporting progress in standard form and as per cadence.

- Define the scope of the project in collaboration with management and technical leads

- Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc) required to complete the project

- Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities

- Review the project schedule and budget with management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule and budget as required

- Execute the project according to the project plan

- Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured

- Ensure that the project deliverables are on time, within budget and at the required level of quality

- Perform as a technical resource as needed based on career experience

- Assist in keeping the monthly decks updated, metrics charts updated, and actions plans reviewed and updated in timely manner.

- Assist in managing engineering testing and prototyping setup.

- Coordinate the entire product development process from beginning to end

- Review and become familiar with product specifications on assigned projects

- Coordinate with various departments (Sales, Marketing, Engineering, IT, Manufacturing) to fulfill project requirements

- Coordinate Milestone and Gate Exits and ensure high quality for key deliverables

- Run key meetings and coordinate major milestone events (Design Reviews, Concept Brainstorming, etc.)

- Stay focused on the critical path items/leading indicators for various NPD projects and drive proper action plan around them along with the support of the team members

- Manage project risks and mitigation planning

- Other duties as assigned by manager

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & EXPERIENCE:

- 3 to 5 years engineering design and 2 years of project management experience in delivering new mechanical/electrical products that use micro controller/processor-based design.

- BS in an Engineering field is required ( i.e Electrical, Mechanical)

- Strong technical background in electrical, or similar engineering field

- Project development management of instrumentation or battery powered devices containing firmware

- New Product Development Process experience

- Must have experience managing firmware development (and written some C, C++, or Python) and understand embedded software.

- Knowledge of Microsoft software products (Word, Excel, Project, etc.)

- Strong experience managing projects using recognized project management tools.

- Ability to prioritize tasks while being flexible to the dynamic needs and changes of management and customers

- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (optional)

- Demonstrated experience in leading project teams that deliver successful results

- High level of interpersonal skills, capable of working within a cross-functional team environment

- Detail oriented and self-motivated, excellent communication and presentation skills

- Some experience in project management in the areas of hardware, software/firmware development is preferred.

Travel: This role requires the ability to travel about 25% of the time throughout the US & Internationally to coordinate project activities

SALARY RANGE: $115,000 - $135,000 plus annual bonus potential, 401k, and health benefits

Offers of employment are contingent on passing a pre-employment background check and drug screening

Heath Consultants Incorporated is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive salary

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