Bachelor's Degree in engineering, physical sciences, or related field (substitution allowed for experience)
5+ years of experience in engineering design, integration, or testing in development/manufacturing or industrial automation
5+ years of project management experience, PMP or equivalent preferred
Responsibilities
Manage technical projects to ensure delivery of scope, quality, time, and cost
Organize resources and monitor project progress
Oversee verification-validation-qualification programs for project execution
Forecast budgets and assess project deliverables and outcomes
Conduct assessments of planning and risk for projects
Measure and report on project performance metrics
Serve as communication liaison for sub-awardees, developing mitigation plans as needed
Define best practices and policies to align with ARM's strategic goals
Benefits
Medical, Dental and Vision plans
Paid vacation and holidays
Paid family leave
Short- and long-term disability and life insurance
Generous retirement plan matching
Full Job Description
Have you managed complex technical projects involving multiple stakeholders, budgets, and deliverables? Do you enjoy bringing order to challenging engineering and technology initiatives? Does the opportunity to support robotics and manufacturing innovation in the U.S. excite you? If so, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute may be the place for you.
As a federally funded national institute, ARM is growing, and we're looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Director of Technology Initiatives, you'll help oversee a portfolio of cutting-edge robotics and advanced manufacturing projects that bring together industry leaders, researchers, startups, manufacturers, and government partners to solve real-world challenges.
The Technical PM ensures project deliverables and outcomes are on time and on budget, measures project performance along technical and logistic dimensions, and develops mitigation plans when adverse scenarios develop.
This is a hybrid position that requires occasional on-site work at our Pittsburgh office, located in Hazelwood. Must be a US Citizen.
What you'll do:
Manage technical projects to ensure that projects are delivered along their scope, quality, time, and cost as defined in their respective sub-awards.
Organize project resources and activities and monitor progress against project deliverables.
Manage development and verification-validation-qualification programs to ensure that projects are executed, and deliverables are delivered along their scope, quality, time, and cost as defined in their contracts.
Actively monitor and forecast budget, deliverables, and evaluate outcomes of projects.
Conduct periodic assessments of planning, scheduling and budget & risk for projects.
Measure and report on project performance along technical and logistic dimensions.
Act as first line of communication for sub-awardees to provide management guidance. Engage project investigators to develop mitigation plans when necessary.
Define and develop best practices, processes, and policy related to projects to ensure alignment with ARM's business strategies and goals, in conjunction with leadership
Advise and help support compliance of all aspects of program contracts and sub-awarded projects, including financial, deliverables, and milestones.
Successful Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in engineering or physical science or similar field required. Demonstrated related experience may substitute for preferred education.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in engineering design, integration or test experience on a development or manufacturing program or industrial automation preferred.
Minimum of 5 years of project management experience desired. Licensed as PMP, PMI; or equivalent preferred.
Benefits Include:
Medical, Dental and Vision plans and savings plan options too!
Paid vacation and holidays
Paid family leave
STD, LTD, & Life Insurance
Generous retirement plan matching
Come and be part of our mission to bring innovation to US Manufacturing!
