Battery Manufacturing Project Engineer

Position: Battery Manufacturing Project Engineer Location: Liberty, NC 27298 Duration: 12 Months Job Type: Temporary Assignment Work Type: Onsite payrate:$ 63.00 - 85.00/hr. Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. Our client is a recognized prominent global enterprise in the automotive sector, listed among the top 50 companies in the Global Fortune rankings. As a leading player in the global automotive industry, our client manufactures vehicles in 27 countries and effectively markets them across over 170 countries and regions worldwide. What you'll be doing: * Working in a collaborative team environment (supporting other Engineers, Construction Management Group, Technicians, Vendors, General Contractors, etc.) to achieve project milestones. * Equipment procurement, installation planning to execution, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines. * Participate in advanced cleanliness protocols (clean room) necessary for assigned area of battery manufacturing. * Supporting battery manufacturing trials to confirm equipment safety, quality, operation availability, and overall efficiency. * Punchlist item identification, root cause analysis, and countermeasure management. * KPI summarization, mass-production handover, and production issues support. * Cross-functional team engagement (domestic and international) to discuss open items and key project schedules/milestones. * Creating and maintaining detailed schedules for assigned areas. * Maintain budgets for assigned areas. * Completing internal and external training Requirements: Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves): * Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or similar technical field. * Experience in production preparation and execution of capital projects, preferably from initial strategy planning to the start of mass production. * Project management experience dealing with capital investments greater than $0.5M. * Experience in creating and maintaining detailed schedules including milestone achievement for manufacturing equipment installation. * Ability to read and interpret 2D drawings including building facilities and process equipment drawings. * Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). * Proficiency with 2D and 3D drafting software such as AutoCAD. * Ability for business travel, both domestic and international up to 10%. * Ability to work weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods (such as July and December shutdown) as needed, based on project condition and schedule. TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.