Lead, Project Engineering

Job Title:

Lead, Project Engineer Job Code: 46649

Job Location:

Mason, OH – On Site

Job Schedule:

9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking a motivated and innovative individual to join our team as a Lead, Project Engineer. This position involves technical leadership and oversight of the requirements, design, analysis, development, test & evaluation of systems. Responsibilities include technical management of new and existing products, and new development project planning and execution. This role will be responsible for leading a multi-disciplined engineering team on complex projects at various phases of project life cycle.

Work closely with the Program Manager, engineering team, manufacturing, quality and other departments as necessary to expedite project completion and most importantly meet the customer expectations.

Essential Functions:

Ability to obtain a US security clearance

Serves as lead on technical proposals and program execution

Responsible for managing and directing program management teams with the cost, schedule, technical, and contractual performance requirements of a complex technical program portfolio through the life-cycle phases of development, implementation, and operations. This includes utilizing Earned Value Management, maintaining an integrated master schedule, managing development and testing to a technical baseline, and maintaining an active and proactive risk management program. Responsible for budget management and financial execution of the portfolio.

Requires comprehensive level knowledge of job area.

May have in-depth knowledge of project management.

Ensures life-cycle process adherence

Proactively manages risk, including identification and mitigation plans, and issue elevation and resolution Effectively communicates status to stakeholders, including organizational leadership, multifunctional teams, and the customer Solves problems with a calm sense of urgency Demonstrates operational discipline and ownership Maintains scope control through disciplined change management Experience in organizing and leading Engineering, contractual, financial, Operations, and other cross functional areas to provide total Program life-cycle management.

Experience managing projects with budgets of $50M+ and a total portfolio $200M. Experience leading geographically diverse program teams comprised of Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) with membership from multiple Company and potentially partner organizations.

Experience in development and production programs is required.

Ability to work under consultative direction against annual goals to manage large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization

Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work well within and outside of the organization including customers, vendors, and leadership with minimal oversight

Demonstrated complex problem solving and decision making — Able to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions; able to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution

Recommends tactics and strategies that directly impact the achievement of overall business or functional results  Program planning, guidance, and engineering execution within scope, schedule and budget

Broad understanding of engineering processes and policies

Recent experience with team leadership experience is required  Must have experience as the technical lead on technically complex projects

Must have recent experience as lead on technical proposals, including ownership of the engineering portion of basis of estimate.

Must have Research & Development and Engineering Development & Manufacturing…