Engineering Project Manager – Automotive | Plastic Components

At K-LAGAN, we are looking for an Engineering Project Manager to join an automotive project focused on product development and industrialization of plastic components. The selected candidate will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage technical activities throughout the product development cycle, and ensure a successful product launch, meeting Quality, Cost and Timing (QCT) requirements. What will your responsibilities be?
• Project Management: Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and act as the main technical point of contact for the customer throughout the design, development and industrialization phases.
• Product Design & Industrialization: Ensure product designs are compatible with manufacturing, assembly, painting, production and packaging processes.
• Tooling Management: Coordinate the definition, manufacturing and validation of injection molds, checking fixtures, validation equipment, test benches and End-of-Arm Tooling (EOAT).
• Product Validation: Manage functional, dimensional and aesthetic validation activities, ensuring dimensional convergence and compliance with customer requirements.
• Tooling Try-outs: Coordinate mold and checking fixture adjustments to achieve the required product specifications.
• Quality & Risk Management: Lead DFMEA activities and design reviews, identifying potential risks and defining preventive and corrective actions.
• Project Monitoring & Reporting: Organize project reviews, track open actions, develop action plans and report progress against project milestones.
• Continuous Improvement: Ensure lessons learned are implemented and manage feedback and experience-sharing activities (RETEX). What are we looking for?
• Proven experience in automotive engineering project management, preferably within a Tier 1 supplier.
• Direct experience working with OEMs and managing customer requirements.
• Strong technical knowledge of plastic components, injection molds and manufacturing processes.
• Experience in product industrialization, launch activities and troubleshooting during production ramp-up.
• Knowledge of dimensional validation, dimensional convergence and aesthetic quality requirements.
• Experience with checking fixtures, validation equipment and tooling adjustments.
• Familiarity with quality tools and risk analysis, especially DFMEA.
• Strong coordination skills, with experience managing multidisciplinary teams and suppliers.
• A proactive, organized and results-oriented approach, with a strong focus on Quality, Cost and Timing. Experience with plastic exterior or interior automotive components, such as bumpers, door panels, dashboards or trims, will be highly valued. What do

we offer
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• A challenging project in the automotive industry.
• A stable professional opportunity within an engineering environment.
• Hybrid working model: 2 days of remote work per week.
• The opportunity to contribute to product development, industrialization and successful automotive launches. If you have a strong technical background in automotive product development and industrialization, and you enjoy coordinating engineering projects from design to launch, we would love to hear from you Apply now or send us your CV to learn more about this opportunity.