Bachelor's Degree with 12+ years of relevant experience or Graduate Degree with 10+ years of related experience
Active DoD Secret Security Clearance
Project Engineering experience preferred
Multi-disciplinary experience preferred
Strong communication skills for stakeholder interaction
Responsibilities
Attend and participate in Project Owners Meetings
Support weekly project status meetings to resolve risks and issues
Provide monthly updates on critical deliverables and recovery actions
Update Earned Value Management metrics for performance reporting
Maintain monthly labor and material forecasts for financial planning
Brief IRAD leadership on project status and accomplishments
Lead the annual IRAD proposal-development process and related approvals
Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure disciplined project execution
Benefits
9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
Opportunity to lead high-impact projects
Engagement with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
Professional development through project management and engineering experience
Involvement in cutting-edge technology projects
Full Job Description
Job Title: Lead, Project Engineering
Job Code: 42857
Job Location: Greenville, TX
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
The IRAD Project Owner provides leadership, oversight, and accountability for the VSG Next Generation Air Comms Suite (NGACS) project. This role ensures projects remain aligned with technical scope, schedule, cost, and planned business outcomes.
Essential Functions:
Attend and actively participate in Project Owners Meetings.
Support the weekly project status meeting, ensuring timely resolution of risks, issues, and actions.
Provide monthly updates on critical deliverables, including progress, dependencies, milestones, and recovery actions where needed.
Provide monthly updates to Earned Value Management (EV) metrics and support accurate performance reporting.
Maintain and update monthly labor and material forecasts to support sound financial planning and project execution.
Brief IRAD leadership monthly during IRAD Review meetings, communicating project status, accomplishments, decisions, and outlook.
Lead the annual IRAD proposal-development process, including bid development, EPCR preparation, checkpoint reviews, and related approval activities.
Coordinate with technical, program, finance, and functional stakeholders to maintain alignment and ensure disciplined project execution.
Identify, manage, and communicate project risks, opportunities, resource needs, and decisions requiring leadership attention.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience
Active DoD Secret Security Clearance
Preferred Additional Skills:
Project Engineering experience
Multi-disciplinary experience
Strong communication skills, including interaction with internal stakeholders, senior leadership, and Customers
