Program Manager

About the Role

Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organizing, control, integration, and completion of engineering projects and program launches within area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Your Responsibilities

• Liaison responsibility between manufacturing, engineering, and the customer
• Plans and formulates program and organizes project staff according to project requirements.
• Leads or assigns project personnel to specific phases or aspects of project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, product testing, APQP documentation, financial analysis, process development, component sourcing, tool construction, program quoting, defect analysis and problem resolution, project timing, prototype and pilot build support, and packaging development.
• Ensures that product design reviews for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer contract requirements, and related specifications are completed.
• Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Manages integration of technical activities and products.

Who we are looking for

• Demonstrated ability to carry out projects, broad in nature, from beginning to end in coordination with internal and external contacts.  Strong organizational, project management, and leadership skills to prioritize, coordinate projects, manage conflicting needs, and deal with many issues at one time.  Must be able to work independently under little or no supervision. 
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills in order to effectively communicate with internal and external contacts and represent the Company in a professional manner when performing job duties.  Must have excellent interpersonal skills to exercise influence at various levels and functions.
• Demonstrated ability to research and recommend new product/process program enhancements and participate in and initiate implementation of continuous improvement processes.
• Understands injection molding and tooling.

Your preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university
• Seven to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.

What we offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Site Benefits

As a part of our compensation package, Magna South Carolina offers the below benefits:

• 401K 
• Medical, Vision, Dental, and Prescription coverages, pay for the ones you need, not the ones you don’t!
• Company Paid Short term and Long term disability
• Competitive vacation plan
• Company paid safety prescription glasses and other PPE as needed
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Wellness gym and smoking cessation programs
• Profit Sharing/bonuses for hourly and salary employees
• Mentorship and Leadership development programs

AND many more! 

Awareness. Unity. Empowerment.

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.