Job Title: Lead, Project Engineering Job Code: 44723 Job Location: Fort Wayne, INJob Description:Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software and hardware development, assembly, and integration and test efforts.
Essential Functions: - Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments.
- Develops, oversees, and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of an ongoing engineering project within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
- Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, drives execution, identifies opportunities, and delivers results through achieving payment milestones.
- Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
- Identifies, tracks, mitigates, manages, and dispositions program-level risks and opportunities.
- Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.
- Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
- Understands how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV) and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators on a DCMA surveilled program (highest rigor applied).
- Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks to drive execution (e.g., value stream mapping activities)
- Must have ability and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and will have regular contact with customers.
- Must be able to get a security clearance
Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
- IPTL/CAM Professional experience
- Experience in satellite payload and space vehicle development
Preferred Additional Skills:- Experience with best practices for project engineering and program execution
- Experience in managing multi-discipline programs across multiple locations
- Experience in software development and integration programs
- Experience managing projects with total budgets of $70M+
- Experience or knowledge of Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus
- Experience with management of design to cost activities
- Experience with program pursuit and proposal activities
- Experience with operations and/or manufacturing activities
- Experience in Root Cause Corrective Action process and techniques
- Program Management Institute - PMP certification desired
- Active TS/SCI
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