Alpla Inc.
Jr. Project Engineering Manager
Alpla Inc., Mcdonough, Georgia, United States, 30253
ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.
What Can You Expect From ALPLA
Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits Child Care Benefits Dependent Care Cost Savings Program Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan Medical, dental, vision plan Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA Paid vacation; paid holidays What You Will Enjoy Doing
The role of a PEM is to design, plan, execute and close projects according to ALPLA's processes. PEMs are to manage projects insuring that they are compliant with safety standards, meeting deadlines and are within budget. The PEMs are to define project objectives in accordance to Customer expectations and agreements. Overseeing quality control throughout the life cycle of the project to insure they deliver a quality product to internal and external customers.
Main Responsibilities:
Assist with directing and managing project development from beginning to end to include, defining project scope, goals, success criteria, project plans, and deliverables that support business goals. Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion, and delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel. Assist with ensuring correct information for quotations (Cost, Feasibility, Cycle time estimation, Efficiencies, Machine and mold configuration, Secondary packaging layout), and then draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend changes when necessary. Assist with estimating and negotiating with other internal and external functional areas for required personnel, and any additional staff and/or consultants that may be necessary during project cycle. Assist with setting and continually managing project expectations with team members and other stakeholders, and resolve issues and conflicts when necessary. Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools, and manage project dependencies and critical path for optimized scheduling. Assist with developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations. Assist with proactively manage project scope changes according to the standard process, along with rebase lining revised plans. Assist with conducting project Lessons Learned and post mortems and create recommendations in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements. Facilitate full production line trials including product & equipment qualifications. Create and maintain corporate databases (eMis, MP2, layouts, etc) according to ALPLA standards. Maintain global service contracts. Support local service agreements by setup negotiations and giving technical support to the plants.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:
The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).
What Makes You Great
Education /Experience:
Four year degree in engineering, project management or equivalent experience Good understanding of technical and financial aspects of Alpla's processes. E xperience with Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Project, AUTOCAD. Technical Engineering background, prefer mechatronic experience.
Qualifications/Skills:
Good organizational skills Good leadership skills Good communication skills Strong analytical and problem solving skills Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision Good computer skills, proficient with MS office applications and AUTOCAD Travel up to 70%
What Can You Expect From ALPLA
Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits Child Care Benefits Dependent Care Cost Savings Program Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan Medical, dental, vision plan Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA Paid vacation; paid holidays What You Will Enjoy Doing
The role of a PEM is to design, plan, execute and close projects according to ALPLA's processes. PEMs are to manage projects insuring that they are compliant with safety standards, meeting deadlines and are within budget. The PEMs are to define project objectives in accordance to Customer expectations and agreements. Overseeing quality control throughout the life cycle of the project to insure they deliver a quality product to internal and external customers.
Main Responsibilities:
Assist with directing and managing project development from beginning to end to include, defining project scope, goals, success criteria, project plans, and deliverables that support business goals. Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion, and delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel. Assist with ensuring correct information for quotations (Cost, Feasibility, Cycle time estimation, Efficiencies, Machine and mold configuration, Secondary packaging layout), and then draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend changes when necessary. Assist with estimating and negotiating with other internal and external functional areas for required personnel, and any additional staff and/or consultants that may be necessary during project cycle. Assist with setting and continually managing project expectations with team members and other stakeholders, and resolve issues and conflicts when necessary. Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools, and manage project dependencies and critical path for optimized scheduling. Assist with developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations. Assist with proactively manage project scope changes according to the standard process, along with rebase lining revised plans. Assist with conducting project Lessons Learned and post mortems and create recommendations in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements. Facilitate full production line trials including product & equipment qualifications. Create and maintain corporate databases (eMis, MP2, layouts, etc) according to ALPLA standards. Maintain global service contracts. Support local service agreements by setup negotiations and giving technical support to the plants.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:
The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).
What Makes You Great
Education /Experience:
Four year degree in engineering, project management or equivalent experience Good understanding of technical and financial aspects of Alpla's processes. E xperience with Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Project, AUTOCAD. Technical Engineering background, prefer mechatronic experience.
Qualifications/Skills:
Good organizational skills Good leadership skills Good communication skills Strong analytical and problem solving skills Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision Good computer skills, proficient with MS office applications and AUTOCAD Travel up to 70%