Project Manager — New Product Development

Job overview

Compensation is $91,100–$129,800 per year. The Project Manager — New Product Development role is onsite in Buffalo Grove, IL. in the structural listing; the posting states a base salary range of $91,100–$129,800. The role supports Wabtec Bus Solutions, which develops and services transit-bus and rail systems, including charging systems, passenger doors, access ramps, and wheelchair lifts. The project manager leads complex new-product and customized customer-design projects from initiation through implementation and aftercare. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, plans schedules and budgets, manages risks and scope changes, and supports product-development process improvement.

What you'll do

• Manage projects from initial concept through implementation and aftercare
• coordinate engineering, manufacturing, sales, quality, finance, and other teams
• develop project plans, timelines, resource allocations, and risk strategies
• lead status meetings and stakeholder communications
• manage budgets and scope changes
• identify and escalate risks
• execute and improve APQP and research-and-development/new-product-development processes.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

project manager

new product development

buffalo grove il

wabtec

bus solutions

transit

rail

cross-functional leadership

project budgets

apqp

$91,100–$129,800/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits
• annual bonus may be available if eligible.

Why this role

Requires an ABET-accredited engineering bachelor’s degree and eight or more years of relevant project-management, engineering, and manufacturing experience; PMP or a master’s degree is a plus.

About the employer

Wabtec is hiring for this role. Industry: Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing. Sector: 33.