Project Engineer 3

Mercedes-Benz
Charleston, SC
Category Engineering
Job Description
Role Overview

Leads complex equipment, production-system, and industrialization projects for the assigned production shop from feasibility through production readiness, acceptance, and handover. Translates new products, variants, model-year changes, and manufacturing requirements into executable technical scope and implementation plans.

What You Will Do

Perform new planning, plan sequences of operations/working cycles for complete systems, change and acquire new production equipment or NISP programming, prepare target/actual comparisons of required capacities, and coordinate suppliers and specialist departments.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical judgment, analytical skills, and structured problem-solving capability, with experience leading equipment projects and coordinating suppliers and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Electrical, Electronics Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline, or equivalent qualification
  • Five or more years of relevant engineering, industrialization, manufacturing, or technical project experience, including experience leading equipment or production-system projects
  • Demonstrated experience leading equipment projects and coordinating suppliers and cross-functional teams
  • Proficiency in project planning, governance and milestone readiness, risk and change management, cost control, decision documentation, and project status reporting
  • Experience with product industrialization, technical specifications, quotation evaluation, design reviews, equipment installation, commissioning, production trials, acceptance, ramp-up, and handover
  • Understanding of cycle time, throughput, equipment availability, maintainability, quality capability, production robustness, ergonomics, machine safety, environmental compliance, and maintenance requirements
  • Strong technical judgment, analytical skills, and structured problem-solving capability
  • Knowledge of lean production systems and applicable quality management and planning standards
  • Ability to work independently, coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, and communicate technical information clearly through documentation, presentations, and reports
  • Ability to mentor engineers and influence teams without direct supervisory authority
  • Proficiency with office, data analysis, and relevant engineering tools

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional and personal growth
  • Cutting-edge training and development programs
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