Technical Criteria Project Leader

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it's a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of "power" that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize "the joy and freedom of mobility" by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a "zero environmental footprint."

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda's, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

The Project Leader role within the Technical Criteria Group of the Product Engineering Department is primarily responsible for New Model Project management and seeing a product through the development and trial event testing phases, and ultimately ensuring a successful launch into Mass Production. The position acts as a window between Research and Design facilities and our manufacturing facility to support design and change point related investigation and communication. The position is also responsible for understanding the detailed function of our products and therefore able to support technical concern analysis from an engineering mindset for both New Model and Mass Production related issues. *Please Note: Although this position interacts with the Design side of Honda, this is not a design role since Transmission Plant-OH is a manufacturing facility.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead New Model Project activity for the Product Engineering Dept and present project status at required evaluations.
• Review Design Changes to determine application timing/method and support explanation to other depts to ensure understanding.
• Issue and review Manufacturing Instructions, assuring accuracy of the content.
• Support, review, evaluate, process, and track Countermeasure Requests to support design change request activity for both New Model projects and Mass Production.
• Develop, issue, and maintain all Mass Production, New Model and evaluation documentation, including but not limited to: Quality Standards, Measurement Lists, Tolerance stack-ups, and Quality Maturation Plans.
• Prepare, track, and summarize project budgets for New Model evaluations as well as Company level financial reporting.
• Reporting of New Model and Mass Production activity to Management.
• Monthly reporting of Department Business Plan activity to support Quality Division and/or Company objectives.
• Review Manufacturing Department quality documents, ensuring all necessary quality points are included.
• Support New Model, Mass Production, and Market Quality concern analysis.
• Support Department activity to ensure all operations of the group meet the required Honda Quality Management System procedures to maintain compliancy.
• Carry out special projects assigned by Management.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology

Minimum Experience: 0~6 Years Full Time or College Co-Op experience in a manufacturing related product development and/or project management role

Working Conditions

• This position works in an open office environment in a detached building from the main plant with other Quality Division departments, which houses the office, meeting rooms, and testing/analysis areas.
• A typical work week will include ~75% or more of soft side desk work and project related meetings with the remaining time being related to prototype build event support, function training, occasional testing support, etc., all as needed based on project activity timelines.
• Some infrequent travel may be required depending on the scope of each project which primarily includes domestic trips and international trips to other Honda facilities as needed. Typical travel ranges from a few days for domestic trips and one to three weeks for international trips.
• Overtime generally consists of TV Conference meetings with Honda's Research and Development and other Manufacturing facilities internationally early in the morning and later in the evening depending on the start time as well as Mass Production concern support.

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.