Overview:
Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Document Control Manager? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today!
Responsibilities:
Document Control Manager
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Essential Duties:
Document Control & Lifecycle Management
- Establish & enforce document control procedures and standards
- Manage document creation, revision, approval, issuance, and archiving
- Ensure version control and prevent use of obsolete documents
- Maintain document numbering and naming conventions
Engineering & Technical Coordination
- Work closely with engineers of all departments (Winding, Assembly, Electrode, Controls, Visions, Formation), designers, and project managers
- Ensure engineering drawing, specifications, calculations, and technical reports are properly reviewed and approved
- Track changes, markups, redlines, and revisions
- Support design change management (MOC / ECN processes)
- Oversee the engineering design reviews to ensure compliance to established methods
Systems & Tools Management
- Administer document management systems
- Configure workflows, permissions, and metadata
- Train users on document control tools and best practices
- Ensure data integrity and backups
Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 standards
- Supports audits (Internal & External)
- Ensure contractual and regulatory documentation requirements are met
- Project & Stakeholder Management
- Manage document deliverables and schedules
- Interface with clients, contractors, suppliers, and regulators
- Control transmittals, submittals, and correspondence
- Monitor document KPIs (turnaround time, approvals, compliance)
Leadership & Governance
- Lead and mentor document control teams
- Develop document control strategies and roadmaps
- Improve processes through standardization and automation
- Define roles, responsibilities, and RACI matrices
Functional Leadership & Operations:
- Leading and oversee the organization, storage, and retrieval of engineering documents, including drawings, specifications, and reports. Ensure that all documents are accurate, up-to-date, and accessible to relevant stakeholders.
- Guides the entire Manufacturing Engineering Department to follow correct documentation processes and standards.
- Establish standardization within Manufacturing Engineering Department for the following: doc control, drawing standardization, spare parts management, training department in best documentation practices, and aligning teams on project documentation best practices.
- Providing managerial support related to daily engineering activities.
- Guides & trains Engineers in proper design, drawing, and documentation practices.
- Be the main point of contact for all engineering spare parts and spare part related activities.
Strategic Alignment & Continuous Improvement:
- Works with all engineering to ensure product specifications and standards are achieved.
- Supports the entire engineering department as the main point of contact for document control and spare parts practices.
- Works with Engineering supervisors to delegate and assign spare parts and drawing tasks within the entire Manufacturing Engineering Department.
Team Development & Knowledge Sharing:
- Lead the team in the implementation of new PLM process.
- Leads Engineers in spare part documentation and replacement activities.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement:
- Work closely with engineering teams, project managers, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective communication and collaboration regarding document-related issues. Provide training and support to team members on document control processes.
- This position works with engineers from multiple teams, Manufacturing Engineers (ME’s), Controls, Vision, Electrode ME’s, Formation ME’s, and Assembly ME’s.
- Work as the main point of contact (POC) for all PLM, PDM, AM, and Engineering drawing resources.
- Be the main point of contact for all engineering spare parts and spare part related activities.
Quality, Safety, Compliance, & Risk Management:
- Ensure department is following appropriate ISO rules.
- Decreases risk management by ensuring teams document project materials correctly and in the correct locations to ensure team members can easily access needed data.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Originally this position will be an individual contributor with the potential to have future direct reports. This position is a process control position working with the entire Manufacturing Engineering Department.
Travel Requirement:
- Occasional local travel between company facilities, as required to support operational needs
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:
- To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.
The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.
Qualifications:
Requirements - Required and/or Preferred
Required Education, Certifications, and Licenses:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering- preferably Mechanical Engineering.
Preferred Education, Certifications, and Licenses:
- Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, or related field
Essential Qualifications:
- 7+ years of Engineering experience within a manufacturing, aerospace, or medical environment.
- Proficient in GD&T.
- Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills are necessary to manage document control processes effectively.
- In summary, a Document Control Manager in engineering plays a crucial role in ensuring that all project documentation is managed efficiently, securely, and in compliance with relevant standards, thereby supporting the overall success of engineering projects.
- Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English
- Alignment to Panasonic’s seven (7) core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude)
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10 years of Engineering experience within a manufacturing, aerospace, or medical environment.
- Needs to be expert in GD&T.
- Experience in high-volume manufacturing procurement, preferably within the energy storage, automotive, medical, or electronics industries
Physical Demands:
Physical Activities: Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to:
- Sit: 60%
- Walk: 10%
- Stand: 30%
Required Lifting and Carrying: Rare (<1%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%), Continuous (67-100%)
For this position, the required frequency is:
- Up to 10 lbs.: Continuous
- Up to 20 lbs.: Frequent
- Up to 35 lbs.: Frequent
- Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Occasional
Benefits & Perks - What's In It For You:
Panasonic Energy prioritizes total well-being and offers comprehensive benefits options to support physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health:
- Health Benefits – Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
- Voluntary Benefits – Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
- Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP) – 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
- Paid Time-Off Benefits – Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
- Educational Assistance – Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
- Health Management and Wellbeing Programs –Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.
- Employee Recognition Program - High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition
- Annual Bonus Program - Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.
- On-site Food Options: Several on-site cafes, plentiful snack and beverage kitchens, revolving on-site vendor visits and employee events
- Free Shuttle: Rides to and from work!
Where You'll Be:
For our onsite roles, Panasonic Energy is committed to fostering an ideal working environment that goes beyond the conventional. We understand the significance of moments that matter in your onsite experience, and we prioritize creating a workspace that not only promotes productivity but also ensures a fulfilling and positive work atmosphere. Join us at Panasonic Energy, where your onsite presence is valued, and we strive to make each moment count in your professional journey.
Who We Are:
Meet Panasonic Energy! At Panasonic Energy, you'll do work that matters as we are dedicated to transforming the world through the acceleration of sustainable energy. By producing safe, high-quality lithium-ion batteries, you become part of a team that plays a crucial role in creating technologies that move us.
Our journey began in 2017, and now, as the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory, we are expanding operations to De Soto, Kansas, providing you with the opportunity to experience career growth in more ways than one.
As an innovative thinker, you'll thrive here, as we continually push the boundaries of lithium-ion battery technology and production capabilities to enhance efficiency and performance in EVs.
Being part of Panasonic Energy means positively contributing to society, aligning with our commitment to building a better world through sustainable energy solutions.
We care about what you care about, fostering an environment where your contributions make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation. Join us and be part of a team that values your work, encourages innovation, and actively contributes to a positive societal impact.
In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits.
We Take Opportunity Seriously:
At Panasonic Energy, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Fairness and Honesty have been part of our core values for more than 100 years and we are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer.
We understand that your career search may look different than others and embrace the professional, personal, educational, and volunteer opportunities through which people gain experience. If you are actively looking or starting to explore new opportunities, submit your application!
Supplemental Information:
Pre-employment drug testing is required.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction.
Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America.
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