Sr. Project Engineer, Body Structure

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At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

- Is responsible for all technical matters of the assigned work packages within the project and in alignment with the defined targets and processes.
- Acts as technical contact/interface for the assigned scope towards customers, suppliers and internal functions, ensuring clear communication, clarification of open points and alignment on technical solutions.
- Collects, analyzes and consolidates technical requirements and specifications from internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers and ensures that they are correctly reflected in the project scope.
- Defines and evaluates technical solutions (incl. trade-offs between alternative concepts) and provides recommendations.

- Plan and manage the work content, timing, resources and deliverables for the assigned work packages in alignment with the overall project plan.
- Leadership of cross-functional project teams.
- Coordination with customers, suppliers and internal and external partners to ensure on-time availability of inputs and deliverables.
- Monitoring and reporting of progress, timing, costs and quality and deliverables of assigned scope.
- Highlight risks and initiate corrective actions where needed to meet customer and project requirements.
- Take decisions and escalate, if needed.
- Maintain structured project documentation and support audits and reviews as required.
- Drive Change Requests for the assigned scope (e.g. analysis of issues, contribution to solution proposals, cost and impact estimation for changes, participation in claim management)

 Organize and structure the work packages and interfaces within the responsibility area and coordinate with other functions to use synergies across projects and customers.
- Ensure consistent application of agreed Magna Steyr and /or customer processes and standards.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tools and templates e.g.: by providing feedback and support in Lessons Learned.

- Lead project teams on work‑content level e.g. task-related leadership of Engineers or Experts within the assigned scope.
- Support the onboarding and coaching of new team members.
- Enable knowledge transfer, share best practices and support integration into the project and organization.

- Promote an open and collaborative communication culture.
- Identify training needs and development requirements for team members and provide input to line management.
- Motivate, support team members.
- Provide performance feedback for team members related to project work (e.g. feedback on task execution, collaboration, quality, adherence to processes) to Line Management.
- Act as a role model for professional behavior, quality awareness and customer orientation in the daily work.

- Basic Knowledge in sheet metal design
- Expertise in joining technologies, joining sequencies, BIW material concepts (Aluminium,  Steel,...), Paintshop and Corrosion/Tightness requirements
- Basic knowledge in tooling design
- Knows every relevant BIW standard

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.