Technical Project Leader SSA (Specialist) - (PA 1215) at Volkswagen Group South Africa

Job Description and Responsibilities    

•   Manage development of SSA vehicle projects within the division
•   Technical project lead on key divisional & departmental milestones and deliverables
•   Facilitating and leading key Engineering and Divisional meetings 
•   Arrange all development activities are actioned and meets corporate timing milestones
•   Defining the Engineering development scope ensuring special test requirements are timeously met as per market product specification 
•   Liaising with local and overseas engineers, project leaders on a regular basis
•   Represent Product Engineering in corporate meeting giving engineering input to maintain information flow between corporate and engineering team members.
•   Cooperate with VW Group counterparts by exchanging project status, requiring activities development input in order to ensure purposeful share of responsibilities.
•   Application of sound project management principles to achieve planned departmental objectives and project milestones

Education and Experience    

• A Bachelor of Science Degree or Equivalent in Mechanical / Mechatronics & Electrical.
• 5 years’ experience in an automotive engineering environment
• 2 years exposure and utilization of project management systems.

Skills, Attributes & Other requirements    
ESSENTIAL:

•   Team player with strong communication, facilitation and organisational skills
•   Strong project management skills and experience
•   Good interpersonal skills (negotiation and communication)
•   Complex problem-solving abilities
•   Ability to travel local and abroad
•   Excellent computer skills (MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word)

PREFERRED:

• German language proficiency