Role Purpose

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.

Role & 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.

Preferred candidate profile

Technical & Functional Skills

- 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
- Automotive product development background

Behavioral Skills

- Solid analytical and problem-solving capability
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- High level of attention to detail and structured thinking
- Proactive escalation and decision-support mindset

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