Lead Project Engineer

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Lead Project Engineer

31500

Anaheim, CA (onsite)

9/80

This Project Engineer position will serve as the Program Engineer Lead and will lead and drive all technical aspects of the program, develop schedules, monitor budget, drive task completion and coordinate with suppliers, customers and engineering design team. They will also work on the development and production support with Naval power or power conversion systems for Military production. Products consisting of complex electro‑mechanical assemblies.

The ideal candidate for this position comes from a background in systems engineering, engineering IPT lead, technical program manager, or other engineering function with leadership responsibilities.

The project assigned to this Lead Project Engineer would be a large scale complex development program and they will be expected to lead their program with no supervision and will provide guidance and coaching to other project engineers in the department. Development efforts being led will be electrical and mechanical in nature, with designs from multiple subcontractors as well as internal engineering design and integration.

There can be approximately 5% of travel to subcontractor and customer sites.

• Provides technical leadership, acting as a Program Chief Engineer with a Chief System Engineer on issues related to subcontractors, suppliers and customers, supports management of the technical risks and opportunities to optimize program performance
• Responsible for the day-to-day tactical duties for assigned programs, including leading teams of engineers and managing their own workload.
• Oversees and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Partners with Systems Engineering to ensure design reviews and readiness events are completed on time with satisfactory presentation material.
• Helps write and review Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables such as technical reports, memos and test results.
• Presents program progress and status to customer program office and technical teams.
• Serves as point‑of‑contact between engineering project management and planning, engineering project team, and line management.
• Assess engineering project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer‑satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Coordinates with the Manager for Project Engineering and site Director of Engineering.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring engineering project progress and for intervention and problem solving with engineering project managers, line managers, and customers.
• Leads risk and opportunity management for their assigned program.
• Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
• May support Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and writing of Bases of Estimates (BOEs) to support proposal work.
• Viewed as an expert and/or resource within the field by peers in and outside the organization with an in‑depth knowledge of project management.
• Lead weekly and quarterly meetings with customers. Presenting as part of Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs).
• Frequent use and application of technical standards, principles and techniques.
• Prepares and monitors engineering project team…