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Project Leader - IAT - NPD - Oil Injected Screw Compressor (Project Duration - 24 months

Research and Development

Pune

India

On-Site

10/30/26

Job Description

Your role

As a Research and Development Engineer, you will be at the forefront of advancing our organization's scientific and engineering capabilities. Your mission is to drive innovation by developing cutting-edge products and technologies that meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and performance. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of our industry through groundbreaking research, design, and development activities, ensuring our products and processes are not only efficient but also environmentally sustainable. Join us in exploring the natural world, pioneering new solutions, and making a lasting impact on both our organization and the broader community. You will report to the [add hiring manager title].

Purpose / Mission

The Project Leader - Oil Injected Screw Compressors (OIS) plays a critical role in the successful development and execution of New Product Development projects. This position is responsible for leading complete compressor development projects from concept to product while ensuring alignment with business objectives, quality standards, project timelines, and budget commitments.

This role drives successful project execution through strong technical leadership, effective project management, and proactive stakeholder coordination. The Project Leader may lead two projects simultaneously at PC Chakan.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning and Leadership

- Lead Oil Injected Screw Compressor development projects from concept to product launch.
- Define project scope, objectives, schedules, deliverables, and resource requirements.
- Develop and maintain project plans aligned with development milestones.
- Ensure delivery of business, technical, quality, cost, and timeline objectives.

Technical Coordination
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product requirements and technical specifications.
- Coordinate design, testing, validation, manufacturing, and product release activities.
- Drive technical reviews and timely resolution of engineering challenges.
- Ensure compliance with engineering standards, design guidelines, and best practices.

Timeline and Deliverable Management
- Maintain clear visibility of project status for all stakeholders.
- Lead project team meetings to monitor progress, product quality, reliability, and milestone achievement.
- Track schedules, identify risks and constraints, and implement corrective actions when required.
- Escalate critical issues proactively to maintain project momentum.
- Provide clear visibility of project status to stakeholders and management.

Team Leadership and Resource Management
- Guide and support engineers assigned to project activities.
- Allocate tasks, monitor execution, and review technical deliverables.




- Promote competence development, coaching, and continuous improvement.
- Optimize resource utilization across multiple projects.

Communication and Reporting
- Facilitate project reviews, technical discussions, and management updates.
- Prepare and present project status reports and decision-making material through PTM and PCM reviews.
- Maintain effective communication with global engineering teams, suppliers, manufacturing, and other stakeholders.
- Drive timely decision-making by escalating key issues when necessary.

Risk & Quality Management
- Identify and mitigate technical, quality, schedule, commercial, and resource risks.
- Develop contingency plans and monitor risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Coordinate prototype builds, testing, validation, and design verification activities.
- Review test results and drive corrective actions to ensure product reliability and performance.
- Capture and apply lessons learned to future projects.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with manufacturing, sourcing, quality, service, supply chain, and supplier partners.
- Support cost optimization, manufacturability, serviceability, and product reliability initiatives.
- Ensure alignment among all stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle.

To Succeed, You will need

Education: Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Additional Management Qualification will be added advantage.

Experience: 8 to 12 years of experience in New Product Development projects and managing cross-functional engineering activities. Experience with Oil Injected Screw Compressors is preferred.

Project Leadership: Strong project planning, execution, decision-making, stakeholder management, and reporting skills. Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects and competing priorities.

Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of compressor systems, package design, manufacturing processes, testing, validation, CAD and PLM systems, engineering documentation, and applicable technical standards.

Personal Competencies: Ownership mindset, customer focus, accountability, sense of urgency, collaborative working style, structured problem solving, attention to detail, and continuous improvement mindset.

In Return, We Offer

· An excellent culture.

· Ample opportunities for professional development.

· New challenges and opportunities to learn every day.

· A culture known for respectful interaction, ethical behavior, and integrity.

· Drive your Career, Explore Opportunities, Realize your Passion.

· Opportunities to work with global engineering and manufacturing teams.

· Exposure to end-to-end product development projects.

· Potential to see your ideas realized and make a direct impact on new product development.

Job Location

Hybrid
This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our in Pune, India (IN).

Uniting curious minds

Behind every creative solution, there are people working together to transform the future. With careers sparked by initiative and lifelong learning,



we are uniting curious minds, and you could be one of them.

Information at a Glance

Atlas Copco Group enables technology that transforms the future. We innovate to develop products, services and solutions that are key to our customers' success. Our four business areas offer technologies for air and gas compression, vacuum and abatement, automated assembly and quality control, mobile energy management and power generation as well as portable and industrial flow technologies.

Uniting curious minds

Behind every innovative solution, there are people working together to transform the future. With careers sparked by initiative and lifelong learning, we are uniting curious minds, and you could be one of them.

Employment type:

Job type: On-Site

Posting End Date: 10/30/26

Functional area: Research and Development

Legal Entity: Atlas Copco (India) Private Ltd.

Country/Region:

City / Province: Pune

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📌 Project Leader - IAT - NPD - Oil Injected Screw Compressor (Project Duration - 24 months (Pune)
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