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Senior Project Manager
Department: R&D
Reports to: VP R&D
Magnus-Metal Ltd is reinventing casting. It is a well-funded early-stage deep-tech start-up, with a mission to drive heavy metal casting industry towards the 21st century. Magnus Metal’s revolutionary “Digital Casting” technology will replace the traditional casting with fully automated “CAD to Part” systems.
We are currently recruiting several additional excellent professionals to join our multi disciplinary leading team on the path to industrializing the solution.
Essential Job Functions:
The Project Manager will lead, coordinate and perform some of Magnus-Metal’s main engineering projects and tasks, based upon her/his professional background, and hold a central role in effectively executing some of our top-priority activities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead multidisciplinary system-related projects in collaboration with R&D staff
- Assist VP R&D in coordination, execution and follow-up of ongoing tasks.
- Present project plans and conduct design reviews as necessary.
- Lead and drive project execution: from requirements definition through deployment, while adhering to schedule, scope, budget estimation and implementation plans.
- Develop a close partnership with the production and operation teams to ensure project efficiency and maximize deliverables to meet the project work plan and expectations (e.g., purchase orders and arrivals, tasks prioritization).
- Analyse project status on an ongoing basis and report project outcomes.
- Take effective decisions where needed, inform on risks in advance, perform risk mitigation and escalate to the appropriate management channels when necessary.
- Generate coherent test reports and recommend next steps for improvement.
- Establish and manage processes for effectively advancing and tracking the project during its lifecycle, including setting meetings with stakeholders, documenting and collaborating with the different teams and leaders involved.
- Serve as a point of contact for the project to ensure multi-teams actions remain in synergy and alignment.
Requirements and Qualifications:
- B.Sc/M.Sc in Physics/Electrical/Mechanical/Process Engineering
- 10 years of experience in working with complex technological systems
- 5+ years of project management experience in multi-disciplinary (HW&SW) companies, with proven success in managing complex projects
- Technical understanding and passion.
- System engineering experience - preferable
- Strong written and verbal communication skills – in Hebrew and English.
- Ability to work in a methodic and orderly manner
- High learning ability and presentation skills.
- User experience of MS Office programs
- Flexibility under technical and schedule constraints.
- Strong attention to details: deadlines, scope, budget, technical details etc.
- Initiator, self-driven, highly independent.
- Planner and executor.
- “Problem solver” with a positive, can-do attitude.