Engineering Project Manager - Civco Medical

At CIVCO, our team of associates based in the Midwest are passionate about making-image guided procedures safer.  For over 40 years, we have been committed to developing products that enable safer outcomes, always with patients at the center of our focus. Though CIVCO’s global business is growing rapidly, we remain committed to maintaining the entrepreneurial, family-focused spirit our company was founded on.

We are looking for a jump-starter to lead large new product development projects within the High-level Disinfection and Men’s Health (HMH) business unit. This role provides cross functional leadership, target setting, execution, and communication for internal and external Design Engineering team members.  Responsibilities include project management in new product development with a focus on large projects involving multi-disciplined engineers and/or multi-disciplined teams including both external and internal partners and business process improvements.

Primary Location: United States (US) – Iowa – Coralville

Function: Engineering

Onsite/Remote: Preferred Onsite, eligible for Hybrid.

Your Responsibilities

As an Engineering Project Manager at CIVCO, you will actively engage in the following areas:

• Project Management: 
• Demonstrate ability to plan, schedule, budget, and manage multiple complicated product development projects simultaneously.
• Responsible for scoping the total resources, milestones, and deliverables required to complete a project.
• Responsible for product development plans and schedules that include all cross-functional development milestones and gate reviews (Phase 0 - Phase 5) as required by product development and/or innovation processes.
• Serve as the team leader motivating and driving cross-functional team performance toward achieving the common goal of completing projects according to the defined objectives, on budget and on time.
• Provide inter/intradepartmental communication and information relating to project status, including executive stakeholders
• Facilitate communication between internal and external customers on product design, product specification, and development issues.
• Manage external contractor teams if such resources are required on a project

• Design Engineering: 
• Coordinate with design resources to ensure completion of design and technical activities in accordance with development schedule.
• Ensure product development documentation (innovation and design control processes) is generated in accordance with development schedule, assists with generation of documentation and facilitates approval of documentation as required.
• Facilitate and document technical design reviews and stage gate reviews.

• Quality Assurance: 

• Follow company standard operating procedures and quality engineering principles.

• Attend all relevant training.  Keep informed of relevant developments in technology. 
• Participate in clinical evaluations.
• Identify opportunities for increases in product development process efficiencies and lead team toward implementation of proposed solutions.

• Leadership:
  • CIVCO’s project managers are critical to cultivating a culture driven by our values. Our project managers must deliver consistent and transparent communication within project teams to enable our collective success
  • Provide technical and project management leadership within the Business Unit and across the organization as it relates to projects
  • Coaches decision-making related to technical design, regulatory, quality and manufacturing considerations within projects
  • Clearly defines expectations for project teams and continually drives accountability to results

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What Skills You Need

• • Proven track record of documentation, project management, process management, and troubleshooting/problem solving skills.
  • Ability to understand, consult, and communicate technical engineering challenges through an understanding of basic engineering principles.
  • Success demonstrating interpersonal and management skills.
  • Experience with Microsoft Project and standard Office 365 applications/
  • Ability to lead a team in an “influencing” role.
  • Self-starter, able to advance projects with minimal oversight.
  • Understanding of a wide range of processes such as software development, injection molding, sheet metal forming, machining, sourcing, and multicomponent assembly.
  • Bachelor’s degree (BS) in engineering and four years related project management experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile project management execution.
• Knowledge and understanding of compliance to ISO 13485, FDA 21CRF280PMP certification is a bonus, but not required.
• Experience with Windchill or similar PLM (Product Life Management) software.
• Previous experience in medical device or other regulated environment.

What You’ll Get

At CIVCO, you are empowered to create a career that will take you where you want to go.  Here, you’ll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box, and autonomy to lead from any position within the company.  We offer a competitive benefits package including parental leave, hybrid work and flexible hours, relaxed dress code and 8 hours of community service annually to name a few. 

An Equal Opportunity Employer, CIVCO requires a diversity of people, perspectives, and ideas to address the complex challenges of our global business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with disability.

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 talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit.  The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 will frequently work within an office setting. Occasionally the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts or toxic/caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Engineering