Project Resource Manager Job in Boulder, Colorado US
Project Resource Manager
ARE YOU COVIDIEN? As a global, $11+ billion healthcare products leader, we deliver outstanding results and innovative solutions for challenging problems. Through progressive thinking and cutting-edge technologies, Covidien is well positioned to lead the way in today's rapidly changing healthcare industry. Whatever your specialty or ambitions, you can make a difference at Covidien - both in the lives of others and your career. At Covidien, we strive to fully understand our marketplace, customers, communities and employees, and we enter into relationships with a sense of honesty, fairness and trust. We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. The Project Resource Manager provides management and technical leadership to an entire engineering group or groups in their respective departments. The Project Resource Manager may be responsible for: a) assigning team leaders to specific teams or individual projects; b) providing higher management with reports on project progress and costing; c) preparing annual budgets for the department and follows budgetary expenditures to assure budgetary compliance; d) providing progress reports on project progress and accounting period reports as required; and e) functioning as a team leader of larger scope projects. Supervisory duties and responsibilities include: a)writes and conducts annual performance appraisals and ensures regular feedback, coaching, and communication with group; b) provides development opportunities for staff to broaden and enhance skills and abilities; c) administers company policies and procedures in Quality Assurance; d) ensures compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP and ISO), good housekeeping and safety policies; and e) responsible for initial training of new employees and ongoing training of direct reports to ensure quality of work, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP and ISO), and other regulatory compliance; f) promotes Total Quality Management and emphasizes an environment to foster teamwork; and g) effective staffing of organization, including hires and dismissal of employees when needed. Project management responsibilities for large sized projects which entails leading and facilitating multiple cross functional project teams in the identification and qualification of new suppliers in accordance with company policies and procedures including to IQ/OQ/PQ criteria. Will be required to identify, and have direct reports to drive and deliver annual costs savings results at specific targets calculated based on the group's annual salaries and position levels. Continually drives improvements to engineering and management processes within the group. Organizes engineering projects and assigns supervisory and other personnel, as necessary. Supervises the progress of team efforts on a daily basis. Acts as budgetary signature on departmental projects. Executes tactical implementation of strategic plans. Assures compliance with company SOPs and policies. Develops annual budget requirements for the department. Holds regular group and individual departmental meetings. Supervises the introduction of new products/processes into production. Assigns tasks to individual team members. Prepares progress reports on all departmental projects. Prepares verbal presentations to various company meetings. Participates in department decision making and develops department problem solving and communication skills. Attends departmental team meetings as necessary. Oversees and reviews the development of engineering designs and tests. Provide technical leadership and review for departmental projects. Provides effective communication with direct reports. All employees are expected to pay attention to and work in support of a safe and healthy work environment. This includes following the established rules, policies and practices of environmental, health and safety with specific attention to the Covidien Cardinal Rules. Performs other duties and responsibilities, as required. Can travel up to 50% travel globally.