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When you join the Sandalwood team, youll join an engaging and inclusive group with a mission to help our customers identify, assess, and reduce work-related risks to quality, productivity, and employee health.

In your day to day activities, youll work with multiple customers, as a consultant and trusted partner in Sandalwoods areas of expertise of Injury Prevention, Systems Engineering & Systems Integration. Youll help customers innovate, solve their current struggles and guide them with the power of Sandalwoods deeply ingrained subject matter expertise.

You will have opportunities to help lead your own individual development with programs designed to guide you. Feeling you havent been recognized lately? You will have the chance to consistently appreciate your coworkers and be appreciated by your coworkers for continued distinction using our peer to peer appreciation and feedback software.

You will be encouraged to participate in Sandalwoods multitude of extra-curricular activities including:

• An innovative health, safety and wellness program
• An internal innovation forum to guide and develop innovation initiatives
• The all-team meeting and staff day planning committee, dedicated to fostering team dynamics, collaboration and cross-functional interactions
• Participating in on-campus and virtual recruiting
• The social committee plans various get-togethers for the team outside of work
• Our cross-line of business marketing committee assists with marketing planning, ideas and collaboration
• The mentorship program provides a forum for mentors/mentees to connect and provide feedback, make connections and offer encouragement
• Community involvement opportunities driven by our teams background, our companies core values and community need

Sandalwoods people are its greatest and most treasured asset. Learn more about our focus on our people on our YouTube Channel, Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics.

The Product Development Project Coordinator will join a growing team of Engineering and Health & Safety professionals helping our customers reduce their work-related risk to quality, productivity and employee health.

Successful candidates will have the following attributes:

• Working knowledge of project management methodologies, including: scope management, schedule development & integration, risk management, stakeholder management, issue & action item management, cost management
• Experience with automotive vehicle development, major vehicle and powertrain components, and commercial vehicles
• Ability to establish priorities, work both independently and in team settings
• PMI certification (e.g. PMP ) preferred
• Self-starter with a detail-oriented team player approach
• A professional manner with excellent organizational and communication skills and ability to establish working with product development stakeholders
• Adept at directing cross-functional team meetings o Concisely capture key discussion points, decisions and action itemso Update project document real timeo Ensure effective communication flow among project team members

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Organize and conduct project team cross-functional meetings and workshops, including documentation of meeting minutes and action items
• Document and maintain project assumptions, risks, issues, and action items
• Prepare project status reports, presentations, metrics, and visual management boards
• Provide examples / insights into automotive project management best practices
• Manage project conflicts and escalations
• Ensure visibility and consistent understanding of program content at system and component level, coordinated with running product changes
• Coordinate development, review and approval of project plans and schedules

Requirements

• 3 - 5 years experience with Engineering Planning for new product programs
• Knowledge of automotive product development processes (Daimler MDS, CVDS: GM GVDP; Ford GPDS; VW PEP)
• B.S. in Engineering or equivalent

Sandalwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates with e-verify

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development