Kollsman

Senior Staff Project Engineer

Kollsman • $120K — $145K *
Merrimack, NH 03054In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
15+ years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 20 years of relevant experience in product development, ideally within military products.
  • Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) is preferred.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is advantageous.
  • Strong proficiency in Earned Value Management (EVM) methods.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the main technical point of contact for customers, leading engineering teams in technical reviews.
  • Mediate conflicts within engineering teams and coordinate with program managers on technical issues.
  • Oversee engineering project executions, managing costs, schedules, and technical deliverables.
  • Collaborate with PMs and functional managers to ensure proper project staffing and execution.
  • Manage scope changes related to budget and scheduling adjustments.
  • Utilize EVM to track and control engineering project costs and schedules, applying corrective actions as needed.
  • Mentor and coach project team members to enhance project execution efficiency.

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
  • Robust medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage with wellness discounts.
  • Flexible Vacation and Paid Time Off (PTO) policies.
  • Paid Parental Leave offered.
  • Generous Employee Referral Program to incentivize employee engagement.
  • Access to voluntary benefits including Long-Term Care and Pet Insurance.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Staff Project Engineer-- but we are looking for more than an impressive skill set. We are looking for the type of person who respects others for their knowledge, skills, and experience as individuals and as team members. We want someone who is highly ethical, honest, fair...because that's who we are. If you are the type of person who has high integrity and would thrive in an inclusive environment of camaraderie with your fellow teammates, we're pretty confident you'll love it here.

Responsibilities and Tasks

Project Execution
  • Primary technical POC with the customer, lead engineering team in the development of the technical review packages and lead customer technical reviews
  • Mediate and Adjudicate conflicts that arise within the engineering team and between engineering and the program manager Support the business unit in identification, mitigation, and management of risks, issues, and opportunities, specifically focused on the technical and engineering aspects
  • Lead engineering project execution to include the cost, schedule and technical baselines for all engineering activities
  • Partner with PM's, Engineering Functional Managers, and Functional CAMs to ensure the project is being staffed and executed to plan
  • Manage project scope ensuring budget/schedule changes are made with corresponding scope changes

Cost and Schedule Management
  • Utilize EVMS (scaled as appropriate) to monitor and control engineering cost and schedule performance
  • Ensure IMS is kept up to date with support from appropriate PP&C personnel or schedulers
  • Work with team to develop both technical and process improvement work arounds to mitigate potential cost and schedule variances
  • Coordinate/document variance reporting with the CAMs, or leads, as appropriate
  • Update WBS as required
  • Conduct project reviews as required, reporting program status to senior management
  • Continuously work with the team to identify ways to improve efficiency of the technical team's performance
  • Mentor/coach project team members to help achieve efficient and effective project execution.

Bids and Proposals
  • Develop/coordinate engineering program bid and execution baselines (technical, scope, cost, schedule, risk, opportunities...) IAW defined scope and objectives
  • Partner with Systems Engineers and Director(s) to provide innovative technical solutions to fit within budget and schedule constraints
  • Develop/Lead the development of bids and BOE's IAW company policy, using historical data wherever possible
  • Develop engineering WBS, IAW company standards tailored as appropriate to meet specific project requirements
  • Develop/support the development of the IMS, developing work packages and staffing requirements
  • Coordinate and document process tailoring activities for specific project requirements
  • Document risks and opportunities associated with the Engineering Bid
  • Develop bid package and obtain approval from relevant stakeholders

Project Planning
  • Develop/refine engineering WBS, IAW company standards tailored as appropriate to meet specific project requirements
  • Clearly define and document project scope and deliverables
  • Coordinate and integrate the different functional inputs into a coherent executable project plan.
  • Establish, negotiate and allocate budgets to the CAMs
  • Coordinate the development of the engineering portion of the resource loaded IMS
  • Coordinate the development of the initial risk and opportunity register
  • Communicate staffing requirements to functional management in support of the engineering resource planning process

Resource Management
  • Develop and maintain staffing requirements (by skill and time phased) - ideally through a resource loaded schedule.
  • Negotiate staffing requirements with Engineering Functional leadership
  • Enter and maintain staffing requirements into workforce planning tool.
  • Support functional staffing analysis for future work
  • Partner with functional management in employee performance assessment, development, and corrective action
  • Identify and report variances between staffing levels vs plan

Process
  • Execute role IAW project management process and other relevant procedures
  • Support company level process initiatives and audits
  • Continually seek ways to improve efficiency and performance
  • Partner with functional management to establish process tailoring. Identify risks associated with tailored tasks.

People/Relationships
  • Establish and maintain business unit partnerships
  • Establish and maintain key Elbit, customer, and engineering functional management relationships
  • Establish and maintain relationships with Applications Engineering

Expected Leadership Characteristics
  • Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members
  • Fosters an environment where employees are valued and cost effectiveness and efficiency is rewarded
  • Clearly explains project assignments, expectations, priorities, and follows up to ensure they are met
  • Practices the philosophy of communicate, negotiate, elevate when dealing with others
  • Delegates tasks as appropriate
  • Agile and open to change, embracing it to deal with unpredictable or unexpected events
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Assumes responsibility for their project's performance
  • Practices self-improvement
  • Looks for outside opinions and advice
  • Exemplifies the company core values (Ethics, Customer Focus, Respect, and Excellence
  • Coaches/develops others and is open to coaching and feedback

Knowledge (Education/License/Certification, Prior Experience)
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or relevant technical discipline with advanced technical degree(s) preferred.
  • 20 years relevant product development experience (Military products preferred)
  • CAM experience preferred
  • PMP certification preferred
  • Earned Value Management experience strongly preferred

Skills and Abilities
  • Demonstrated leadership skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

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Here Are Some of the Great Benefits We Offer:
  • Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off
  • Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future
  • Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
  • Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
  • Flexible Vacation & PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Generous Employee Referral Program
  • Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identity Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
  • Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees


This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract.

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