Project Manager - Federal Services Houston, TX - Johnson Space Center Our long-term partnership with NASA has created an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager, on the JETS II contract at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.
Responsibilities:
- Manages multiple projects funded from different programs.
- Manages fluctuating priorities in different departments.
- Prepares resource estimates, loading, and phasing labor plans.
- Creates and maintains detailed master schedules and tracks milestone progress and completion.
- Assimilates timelines with knowledge of internal and external dependencies.
- Serves as a focal point for stakeholder communication.
- Tracks procurements with the goal of minimizing variances.
- Prepares summary dashboards for program customers.
- Identifies, analyzes, mitigates, and documents project risks.
- Engages in program meetings.
- Prepares and presents monthly Technical, Cost, Schedule, and Risk (TCSR) reviews.
- Prepares Project Management Plan, Configuration Management Plan, and formal proposals.
- Tracks and monitors service providers (i.e. software, IT infrastructure) to ensure requirements are met.
- Prepares financial estimates such as: cost of new projects, monthly projections.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requisition Qualifications:
- Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and normally possess 5- 10 years of related experience. License and certification may be required.
- BS degree in Science or Engineering from an accredited school and at least five (5) years of project management experience.
- This role requires a self-directed, proactive individual with prior experience leading with minimal oversight.
- Ability to work independently and autonomously and track tasks and issues to completion.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and will be expected to effectively interact with customers and management at all levels.
- Prior experience with Government and internal company financial reporting, including budgeting, forecasting and cost estimating.
- Prior experience managing and leading a team.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings.
- Must be able to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules.
- Soft-skills to manage a variety of personnel with different personalities and strengths.
Preferred:- Familiar with Johnson Space Center (JSC) organizations, processes, and procedures.
- Knowledge of spacecraft systems.
- Previous experience with NASA Project Management processes under NPR 7120.5 or EA-023.
- Previous experience with project scheduling.
- Familiarity with Smartsheet, Jira, MS Project, or other PM software.
