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Job description
Description
The Project Management Engineer is responsible for ensuring effective tracking, control, and reporting of project execution, with a strong focus on quality gate compliance, risk management, KPI monitoring, and structured communication to leadership. The role acts as a key link between team leaders and department head, ensuring transparency, timely decision-making, and adherence to project deliverables.
Responsibilities
1. Project Status Tracking & Monitoring
Track overall project progress against defined timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
Maintain up-to-date project dashboards reflecting plan vs. actual status.
Monitor dependencies, constraints, and critical paths affecting project execution.
2. Quality Gate Deliverables Management
Ensure all project deliverables are completed and validated as per defined Quality Gates (QG).
Track compliance with QG timelines and escalate deviations.
Coordinate with stakeholders for readiness reviews and maturity checks.
Ensure documentation completeness and adherence to project governance standards.
3. Risk Management & Reporting
Identify, document, and track project risks and issues.
Maintain and monitor the risk register, ensuring timely updates and mitigation actions.
Evaluate risk probability, impact, and severity; define countermeasures.
Escalate high-risk items and communicate status regularly to stakeholders.
Prepare structured risk reports for management reviews.
4. KPI Monitoring & Abnormality Detection
Compile, track, and analyze department-level KPIs related to project performance.
Develop dashboards (e.g., Power BI / Excel) to visualize KPI trends.
Identify abnormalities or deviations using defined thresholds and control limits.
Drive corrective actions by coordinating with responsible stakeholders.
Support KPI cascading and linkage with project deliverables.
5. Project Reporting & Dashboarding
Prepare periodic project status reports (weekly/monthly) for leadership review.
Consolidate information from multiple projects into a structured reporting format.
Ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness of reported data.
Develop executive-level summaries highlighting risks, delays, and critical decisions.
6. Collaboration and coordination with Team leaders
Coordinate and collect project progress updates from team leaders and members
Consolidate inputs into a single structured view for department head reviews.
Highlight key risks, bottlenecks, and escalation items.
Ensure alignment between team-level execution and department-level objectives.
Qualifications
Technical & Functional Skills
3 to 8 year of experience in Automotive industry
Experience in Product Life Cycle development/ Complete Product Project experience
Strong understanding of project management methodologies and quality gates
Experience with risk & issue management frameworks
Proficiency in dashboard tools (Power BI, Excel, MS Project, etc.)
Knowledge of KPI tracking and performance analytics
Behavioral Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
High level of attention to detail and structured thinking
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