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Twenty-Six Defense lists this Senior Staff Project Engineer opportunity in merrimack, New Hampshire. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
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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Worksite address
merrimack, NH, 03054, US
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