Project Analyst

description

the department of defense (dod) test resource management center (trmc) plays a critical role in support of the warfighter. Trmc ensures that dod components have the appropriate test and evaluation (t&e) infrastructure required to research, develop, field, and maintain military systems. Recently, the united states has accelerated its efforts to develop air vehicles that travel at hypersonic speeds (greater than mach 5 or approximately 3,000 miles per hour).

To enable these systems, the trmc has funded several major projects and has established a project management team to modernize hypersonic test infrastructure. The duties described in this job description are critical to enable the project management team to oversee the execution of these projects. This is a newly established effort and as a founding member, the ideal candidate would be excited to play a significant role in creating the team that enables program success.

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• under the guidance and direction of the project manager (pm) and lead systems engineer (lse), the project analyst will:
  • work in a team of discipline engineers (aerospace, mechanical, electrical, system safety) and project managers (pm, financial, contracts, project controls) to achieve positive project outcomes
• perform project management tasks:
  • maintain complete awareness of project status and risks and ensure issues and challenges are anticipated, escalated, and effectively communicated to the project manager as necessary
  • contribute to the project office knowledge management repository to document lessons learned, insights, and best practices
  • assist with planning for project technical and milestone reviews, including the development of entry and exit criteria
  • communicate effectively with stakeholders and leadership
  • evaluate contractor deliverables for accuracy and completeness
  • prepare, collate, and disseminate briefings and summary reports for the project lead and the government cor and pmo for decision-making
  • prepare, collate, and disseminate meeting minutes for all project meetings
  • generate and maintain processes and procedures for evaluating and monitoring technical performance with collaboration and input from project engineering staff
  • prepare, collate, and disseminate monthly status reports for each project
  • assist the financial manager with the documentation and dissemination of spend plans, obligations, allocation and distribution of funds, and tracking of costs
  • contribute to the long-term planning for the project office
• generate and maintain processes and procedures for evaluating and monitoring technical performance with collaboration and input from project engineering staff
• contribute to the drafting of the statement of work (sow), test capability requirements document (tcrd), systems engineering plan (sep), and other management documents
• participate in technical design reviews and meetings, such as the system requirements review (srr), preliminary design review (pdr), critical design review (cdr), integrated product team (ipt) meetings, technical interchange meetings (tims), etc.
• attend and participate in program management reviews (pmrs) and other management review meetings
• follow administrative and sensitive data protection guidelines
• adhere to dod/trmc records management requirements
• other duties as assigned

• bachelor's degree and 5+ years of professional experience associated with project management, knowledge/data management, systems engineering, or similar
• demonstrated knowledge and skills with elements of project management (cost, schedule, performance, etc.)
• experience as part of a multi-disciplinary project management team
• experience supporting dod projects
• familiarity with project life cycle stages for technical projects (technology maturation and risk reduction, engineering design, manufacturing & construction, testing & commissioning, operations & sustainment)
• demonstrated experience collecting, organizing, examining, and interpreting data to support performance management, problem solution, analysis of alternatives, and decision-making
• experience developing, monitoring, improving organizational, procedural, and operational systems…