Project Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Cultivate relationships with customers with the goal of ensuring sufficient space and resources

• Develop and implement strategies that will maximize the synergy among various departments

• Direct and coordinate program activities and personnel responsible for specific functions or phases of program

• Review reports and records of activities to ensure progress is being accomplished towards specified program objective and modify or change methodology as required to redirect activities to obtain objectives

• Implement a development program to address skill gaps

• Ensures timely and accurate preparation of project artifacts, schedule, ETC/EAC and program reviews

• Member of QSRT

• Shape and capture follow on business with current customers

• Control expenditures in accordance with budget allocations

• Instill a sense of accountability among team members by providing tight oversight of standards

• Monitors corrective action plans and milestone dates and ensures correction of internal control deficiencies

• Confer with staff to explain program and individual responsibilities for each phase of the development

Qualifications:

• Must possess the ability to effectively communicate and facilitate the information flow between external and internal constituents

• Must possess electrical, mechanical, troubleshooting, cost management, negotiation, and the ability to manage multiple priorities

• Must possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to form strong relationships and communication channels across the organization

Minimum Requirements:

• MA/MS in Engineering, Computer Science, Science or a related academic field plus 2 yrs directly related experience, or BA/BS plus 5 yrs directly related experience, or AA/AS plus 7 yrs directly related experience, or 18 yrs directly related experience

Physical Demands:

• While performing these job duties, the employee is routinely required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; use fingers and hands to type or write; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• This position is performed in a traditional office environment, with some local travel between facilities.