Senior Project Engineer

Position: Senior Staff Project Engineer
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 CAMsCoordinate the development of the engineering portion of the resource loaded IMSCoordinate 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
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