Job Title: Specialist, Program Management Job Location: Ottawa, ONJob Code: 42331Job Schedule: Day ShiftCompensation Range: Between $85,500 - $135,500 CDN annually Essential Functions: L3Harris is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join and support the Project Management team in Ottawa. The ideal candidate will have experience in all phases of the project lifecycle on complex projects and have a good understanding and demonstration of Project Management methodologies. The candidate will provide Project Management support to the Senior Project Manager in the execution of the ICS Program Implementation Phase, involving:
- Organization and scheduling of projects and interface with engineering leads to assist in the definition of project activities;
- Assistance with work effort and estimations;
- Cost tracking, balancing cashflow and ensuring work gets executed according to schedule;
- Ongoing cost and schedule control activities, associated with Earned Value Management;
- Managing the tools for schedule tracking and Earned Value dashboards;
- Contract management and interfacing with customers and vendors;
- Reporting to senior management on project status;
- Chairing workshops between engineering disciplines.
Qualifications: - Minimum 6 years of experience in a Project Management position;
- Minimum 3 years of experience with scheduling and task estimation;
- Experience with risk / opportunity and change management processes;
- Effective team work skills (customer teams, colleagues in Project Management, internal services and external suppliers);
- Experience with procurement;
- Experience with financial reporting;
- Experience with reporting to management;
- Experience with client management / relationship;
- Experience with tracking design and engineering progress;
- Flexibility in accepting various assignments in evolving contractual situations;
- Naval Communications procurement experience an asset;
- Bids and Proposals experience an asset.
Preferred Additional Skills
- Experience with Earned Value Management including a good understanding of translating activities and work, into working dashboards and reporting;
- Background and experience with electrical, mechanical or software engineering desirable;
- Experience working with customers and a good understanding of Firm-Fixed Price and Time & Materials contracts;
- Personable with an inquiring mind and an attitude towards problem solving in a fast paced team environment;
- Experience with MS Office Suite & MS Project;
- Experience with Defence Procurement desirable;
- Experience with Naval Communications desirable.
Eligibility Criteria: - Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada Reliability status and Secret Level 2/NATO Secret security clearance;
