Project Manager, Project & Program Management, Operations Management

About Us

Nova Space Solutions, LLC (NSS) is a joint venture between Wolf Creek Federal Services, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chugach Government Solutions, LLC) and Amentum Technology, Inc. When you join NSS, you also become a part of a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, Chugach Government Solutions, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

Empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Nova Space Solutions may be the right fit for you!

The Project Manager (PM) oversees the day-to-day aspects of assigned projects and maintains overall responsibility of them, including scope, schedule, cost, technical requirements, and quality performance. The project team supports the PM for the project assigned but do not report directly to the PM organizationally. Project teams consist of multiple personnel throughout the broader NSS organization. The PM follows the project from start to finish.

The PM falls within the Project Management Office (PMO) organization within the ESD. The PM reports directly to the project management lead under the supervision of the PMO Manager, Engineering Manager, and Director of Engineering.

Essential

Job Duties:

• Maintain overall responsibility for a project.
• Responsible for Task Order (TO) formulation.
• Lead Scope of Work (SOW) development, defining scope to a level of detail on which to base the estimate, project schedule, and baseline budget.
• Lead Project Management Plan (PMP) development, if required.
• Ensure an adequate communication plan is developed and adhered to.
• Ensure all project associated plans are prepared and adequate (Safety, Quality, Environmental).
• Lead baseline basis of estimate, technical narrative, resource loaded schedule, and priced proposal through initial project formulation to baseline award.
• Monthly schedule updates, input to Latest Revised Estimate (LRE), accruals, forecasts.
• Change management program to include variance analysis & explanations, change notifications, change order and variance logs, and communicate need for project baseline adjustments.
• Weekly Maximo updates for status, technical % complete, and issues & concerns for projects.
• Submit monthly contract deliverables and present in recurring program review meetings with clients.
• Participate in project estimate challenge.
• Perform pre-solicitation and post award activities.
• Review and approve subcontractor proposed schedules.
• Ensure subcontractor reports and schedules contain the appropriate detail and frequency to status progress.
• Ensure adequate quality inspection and test plans are included in work packages.
• Identify initial project team and ensure assignments are communicated.
• Ensure proper project communication occurs within the project team throughout the project lifecycle.
• Determine project meetings required and ensure they are occurring (daily, weekly, monthly) and are adequately attended and facilitated.
• Lead project kickoff meeting and ensure all required project meetings are occurring and properly attended.
• Interface with customers and stakeholders to ensure communication of project status and resolution of issues.
• Monitor and report project performance against the project plan and take corrective action where/when required.
• Ensure all required reporting is occurring.
• Manages purchase requests.
• Ensure receipt inspections are occurring.
• Coordinate with engineering on detailed design review and finalization.
• Provide decisions on procurement issues.
• Ensure contracting strategy is being executed according to plan and schedule.
• Manage change control requests in a timely manner.
• Ensure construction…