Manager, Project Engineering with Security Clearance

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Job description

Job Title: Manager, Project Engineering Job Code: 15813 Job Location: Fall River, MA (relocation can be provided for those that qualify) Schedule: 9/80 reg, with every other Friday off Job Description: The Manager, Project Engineering is responsible for managing the Project Engineering (PE) team to facilitate the technical success of the project output within the constraints of the allocated budget and schedule. This position's role specifically is the management and coordination of Project Engineering resources to achieve compliance with the customer technical requirements in the field of autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) production and development as well as AUV support and payload products. Product maturity ranges from refreshes of fielded systems to new product introduction. The position operates primarily as a large team leader with occasional assignments as an individual contributor. Additionally, the Manager, Project Engineering is responsible for continually introducing and institutionalizing improvements to the engineering department. Typical day to day responsibilities would be overseeing the Project Engineers in the creation, review, and submittal of project artifacts such as plans, procedures, reports, design documents, and technical manuals. All major reviews are led by this position. This position will work intimately with Project Engineers to provide real-time support and guidance with respect to design, testing, or system requirements. To perform effectively, it is expected that this position be knowledgeable of system operations and understand end user needs. This position requires a person that is highly detail oriented, structured, well-organized, and can effectively communicate large amounts of data. Essential Functions: Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance which requires US Citizenship
Engineering Development Develop and drive good development processes and engineering best practices.
Develop and implement methodologies and tools provided to improve engineering excellence.
Proposal Development
Lead the proposal process for technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation.
Interpret RFP requirements and lead the creation of proposal technical approach and content.
Project Management
Guide Project Engineersin detailed technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation
Manage Project Engineersin their day to day technical aspects of the project, including cross-functional decision making, task/schedule management, issue resolution/escalation, communication, requirements management, and risk management activities. Activities overseen include software, digital, electrical power, mechanical, configuration management, and systems engineering. Review the outputs of activities to define system architecture and associated technical requirements
Chair, or co-chair with other engineering functional managers, design reviews to ensure that product elements meet requirements (e.g., ConDr, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, SVR, peer reviews)
Review the definition of technical development plans (e.g., HW Development Plan, SW Development Plan, Integration Test Plan)
Guide Project Engineersin their efforts for unit testing, integration testing, verification testing, and pre-production (qualification) testing including efforts for defect tracking and correction
Support Project Engineersin technical efforts for customer upgrade requests and change management for released products
Work with functional management to obtain and manage proper engineering staffing
Manage engineering budget and evaluate engineering Estimate to Complete. Identify to the General Manager any cost growth and reasons for growth.
Coordinate hand off to Operations and Field Support efforts (in/out of house). Qualifications: Broad based technical knowledge and experience in order to understand and evaluate design and development activity across the engineering functions. Preferred emphasis in ocean engineering, underwater infrastructure and autonomous undersea vehicles and operations experience highly desired.
Strong experience in the full life cycle of hardware/software products from concept to production including system architecture, design implementation, integration, and verification/validation.
Lead good development engineering processes such as lean product development, Design for X (DFX), Six Sigma concepts, product life cycle management, Agile Product Development and Model Based Systems Engineering. Ability to analyze the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines and plan out a means for the work to be accomplished. Prior experience with the military/defense contracting environment.
Outstanding written communication skills. Strong verbal communication skills for internal and customer presentations.
Strong experience in leading integrated product teams.
Strong practical organization, facilitation and arbitration skills. Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree in related Engineering/Science field and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience, Or, Master's degree in related Engineering/Science field and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related technical and project management experience
Capture Phase Experience - Leading successful proposal IPTs by utilizing proper tailored reviews such as Proposal Cost Review and Technical Baseline Review.
Project Leadership - Successful execution of programs throughout the lifecycle from concept to postproduction sustainment. Chief Project Engineer and Chief PE Leadership experience - Full ownership of technical scope, cost and schedule on all development projects and experience in customer negotiations. Practical, hands on Earned Value experience.
Supervisory Responsibilities Supervise, directly and indirectly, associates working within engineering.
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
Responsibilities include:
Interviewing, hiring, and training employees
Planning, assigning, and directing work
Appraising performance
Rewarding and disciplining employees
Addressing complaints and resolving problems
Preferred Additional Skills: Specific experience in autonomous undersea vehicles development preferred.
Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.
Prior experience working with US Navy programs and platforms
Earned Value Management System
MS Office Expert, including MS Project Power BI experience
Active DoD Security Clearance

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