Project Engineer

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategy

Drive successful internal and global projects by setting aligned goals, planning with standardized processes, coordinating cross‑functional execution, monitoring progress closely, and applying lessons learned to continuously improve future outcomes.

2. Idea Generation

Suggests recommendations for future projects.

3. Project Planning

Plans in consultation with management committee and customers mid-term international or interdisciplinary projects, which include various disciplines and involvement of further departments such as Engineering and operational functions internally or globally. Defines sub projects and work packages. Defines project team and sub project team out of employees of sites, BUs and adjacent disciplines and if necessary employees of external institutes/ universities. Prepares the detail planning with regard to project schedule, defines project phases and milestones. Plans and monitors project budget.

4. Project implementation

Leads projects, delegates and coordinates tasks and leads sub project and work package leaders/employees in charge methodically and, from case to case also with regard to the content. Executes, monitors and trails project relevant activities. Monitors time and result oriented progress. Represents projects to management committee. Decides on necessity of external resources and deploys them. Ensures contract-relating as well as economic- and patent-protected issues of technologies/developments during the projects. Ensures compliance of project goals regarding time, costs and quality on basis of QM specifications. Leads projects in accordance with SCHOTT guidelines and ensures an appropriate and timely goal achievement of milestone results as planned.

5. Project Control

Documents project progress, presents results. Informs management committee or line manager regarding the project progress.