Consultant - Fixed Term

Cubic Corporation • Orlando, FL

1d • $73 - $89

About The Position

Provide complex expertise, business development and proposal management support on all assigned projects. Responsible for managing technical work, budgets, schedules, client management, and oversight of the successful work, of a multi-disciplinary technical team. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Requirements

• Four year college degree, or equivalent, in Engineering or Business Operations or other related field, plus eight years of experience.
• Strong background with Earned Value Management and prior P&L responsibility.
• Must be able to deal effectively with a wide variety of departmental issues.
• Must have strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Must communicate effectively, both verbally and in written form.
• Requires strong team building and multi-tasking skills.
• Must be a pro-active leader who is decisive and action-oriented.
• Domestic and international travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

• PMP Certification desired.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for proposal, pricing, and Statement of Work (SOW) development
• Create Program Integrated Management Plan containing events, accomplishments, and criteria
• Serve as the prime point of contact for projects with customer, senior management, and functional management
• Control project risk through team identification of risk, risk quantification, and develop risk mitigation strategies
• Create staffing profiles, schedules and budgets in support of the project execution and profit goals
• Support negotiations as required with the customer
• Conduct regular program evaluation and review meetings to identify current and future problems and initiate actions for their resolution
• Arrange and attend all customer meetings
• Interface with customer on technical issues, scheduling, and cost and respond to all customer technical and operational questions with appropriate assistance from functional organizations
• Prepare and submit progress reports to higher management and to the customer when required
• Maintain regular liaison with all proposal/program contributors to ensure the necessary level of communication is in place to assure realization of their commitments
• Approve and monitor major purchase orders and subcontracts
• Approve make/buy decisions
• Monitor and evaluate subcontractors’ performance to ensure cost, technical, and schedule requirements are met
• Monitor and ensure the control of product quality and configuration
• Ensure that all contract deliverables and services are properly delivered to the customer for acceptance within the contractual schedule
• Verify timely invoicing of all completed Contract Line Item Number

Benefits

• Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match.
• Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program.
• Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation.
• Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement.
• Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly.
• Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level