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Individuals in this position will provide project management and necessary technical direction to assure successful and timely implementation of projects.\nYou’ll also be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:\nProvides leadership over mid to high complexity Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) New Product Development (NPD) projects. Gives direction, guidance and engineering expertise to local and global team members. Reviews work of designers, engineers and other project team members. Set goals for the team.\nDevelops Schedules, agendas, facilitates and documents project meetings. Tracks project schedule to ensure adherence to timelines. Regularly makes presentations of project status.\nProactively identifies project risks and implements risk reduction plans\nResponsible for the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.\nAble to coordinate project planning efforts for mid to high complexity projects. Identify critical path tasks and project risks with moderate supervision.\nApplies a strong understanding of the NPD process from conception through product launch. Anticipates engineering deliverables in all phases. Clearly understands the philosophies behind the various NPD phases and is able to objectively determine the maturity level of a design, development process, and use of the CTQ (critical to quality) matrix.\nFrame up technical tradeoff discussions with Marketing and other cross function team members.\nExercise effective scheduling development work to meet overall project milestones.\nEnsure effective communication with cross functional international team as well as management team. This includes daily team communications as well as high level project summaries.\nIdentify possible design/manufacturing hurdles that must be overcome to manufacture product.\nEffectively scrutinize designs for potential weaknesses and suggest improvements.\nWork with Operations, Quality, and Suppliers to confirm delivery of conforming products.\nMotivate cross functional team to work toward, and accomplish, project objectives. Maintain focus of project team on cost, performance and schedule.\nMaintains an awareness of competitive offerings and the general business climate in PPE\nDoes not have formal supervisory responsibilities, although will provide input for performance appraisals for Engineering and cross functional project team members.\nWhat TOOLS you’ll bring with you:\nMinimum 7 years engineering experience in related field. \nBachelor of Science Degree in Engineering. \nProven success in past work experience in designing a product that was mass produced.\nExperience in managing medium to highly complex new product development projects.\nMust possess a high level of engineering aptitude including a broad knowledge of materials and manufacturing process associated with Milwaukee Tool products. Solid understanding of part costing methodology.\nGood understanding of engineering specifications and the roles of Suppliers, Quality, and Purchasing in delivering conforming parts and assemblies. \nExcellent problem identification and resolution skills.\nResults driven and deadline orientated. Ability to manage projects to aggressive schedules and results. Ability to handle fast paced, and agile culture. Ability to adapt to constant change and competing priorities.\nThrive in a collaborative work environment. Ability to develop and nurture productive business relationships, and influence and educate internal team members and external suppliers. \nAbility to draft comprehensive test plans and specifications. \nBasic understanding of 3D CAD, and familiarity with tolerance analysis.\n10-15% travel required\nDemonstrated interest in safety, PPE, and tools of the construction trades\nExperience with plastics, elastomers, and textiles is preferred\nExperience with design of PPE and/or highly regulated products is preferred\nExperience with biomechanics, biomedical engineering, and ergonomics is preferred\nWe provide these great perks and benefits:\nRobust health, dental and vision insurance plans.\nGenerous 401 (K) savings plan.\nEducation assistance.\nOn-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service. · And many more, check out our benefits site HERE.\nMilwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4468,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Education assistance","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Medical Supplies & Consumables","Tools & DIY Supplies"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-07T18:04:57Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":50,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":0.9,"p_active":0.623,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":11,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:52","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-19T05:45:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/milwaukee-tool-project-leader-ppe","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/milwaukee-tool-project-leader-ppe.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T10:00:33Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7106,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4070},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4070"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmilwaukee-tool-project-leader-ppe"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmilwaukee-tool-project-leader-ppe"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmilwaukee-tool-project-leader-ppe"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/milwaukee-tool-project-leader-ppe\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmilwaukee-tool-project-leader-ppe"}]}