Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers' uptime and productivity.
Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
What are we looking for ?
We are now seeking a Project Manager (PMe) to lead development activities in our Vehicle Engineering group within GTT Australia. The main purpose of this position is to lead the Product Development activities for the complete project in the GTT Vehicle Engineering group in Australia. The position is accountable to deliver a verified and validated product i.e. vehicle architecture, vehicle systems and functions (HW/SW), according to agreed product QDCF targets (Quality, Delivery, Cost, Features). The technical solutions should also be in line with approved cross-functional technology strategies and platform objectives. With customer focus as a key driver, key challenges in the role will be to propose complete vehicle architecture solutions for proposed projects for decision. Once decided to then lead the engineering activities to deliver the decided technical solutions in an organised, efficient and proactive manner according to commitments. Coordination and utilization of our local and global engineering networks and competences will also be a key challenge for the role.
Your future team
The Vehicle Engineering organisation in Australia, which is part of the global Vehicle Engineering organisation, consists of a team of dedicated and multi-talented people with the key mission to provide market adapted, customized and niche vehicles to our customers in Australia and New Zealand. We also provide technical expertise to the Australian Production facility and Sales organisation to support the delivery, application and quality of our products in our customer's business. Our challenges include satisfying the needs of our customers while meeting the quality requirements, time to market, features and cost targets at a complete vehicle level. We are using specific global Vehicle Engineering processes, organisation and governance to secure short lead time to market and reduced development costs.
What do we need ?
For success in this role you need:
- Masters of Science Degree in Engineering or Bachelor of Engineering equivalent
- 5+ years' experience in automotive engineering development environment
- Displays excellent planning, organisational and resource management skills
- Good knowledge of general engineering development methods and systems, especially for heavy vehicles
- Ability to work in a global engineering environment but maintain a local perspective to find the best vehicle solutions for the customer
- Competent computer skills in Microsoft Project, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Fluent in written and spoken English Communication and presentations
What's in it for you?
We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:
- Volvo Group Australia is committed to flexible working arrangements, helping employees to achieve their work-life goals
- Career development with global prospects
- Competitive remuneration with additional superannuation
- A strong commitment to safety and your wellbeing
- An inclusive workplace culture focused on quality, customer service and the environment
- Service recognition
- A commitment to equal opportunity and equal outcome
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group's leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
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