Program Manager at Engineering Resource Group

Description

• Permanent position for a Program Manager responsible for ensuring all of the project requirements are correctly gathered, understood and properly translated for execution for military projects.
• Develop, define and manage project plans and schedules to ensure on-time delivery.
• Manage development of project plans with focus on achievement of project goals including critical path analysis and use of performance metrics to ensure program success within scope, quality, time and cost constraints.
• Drive project and program tasks to completion in accordance with the project schedule.
• Coordinate the efforts of the team to develop an integrated project plan and risk analysis with action plans to mitigate risks.
• Review project schedules with functional managers and project coordinators.
• Work closely with engineering teams to effectively coordinate design inter-dependencies.
• Facilitate technical discussions and participate to resolve issues.
• Manage and facilitate program meetings and working sessions.
• Provide project status updates, including issues and opportunities for improvement and identification of corrective actions.
• Recognize potential problem areas against the plan and identify and implement alternative solutions.
• Design clear and consistent messages for a variety of diverse audiences, ensuring relevance and effectiveness of delivery.
• Exemplary verbal/written communication skills required for multi-faceted interactions with all levels of personnel within the organization, as well as any and all outside agents, including but not limited to; vendors, suppliers, customers, etc.

Requirements

• BS Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing Defense projects.
• Excellent understanding of the DOD program management process and methodology (experience elaborating CDRL and preparing key milestones such as SSR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PRR, etc.)
• Excellent understanding of various MIL Specifications and requirements.
• Understanding of basic PM principles, such as those promoted by PMI.
• Excellent organization, time management and prioritization skills.
• Experience with electronic product manufacturing or product development in a small business environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Experience with SolidWorks.
• US Citizen required as position is with a defense contractor.

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