Engineering Project Management Specialist
About The Position
The Engineering Project Management Specialist supports engineering and test-related projects throughout initiation, planning, design, execution, testing, and closeout. The role develops and maintains schedules, spend plans, status reports, action-item trackers, and project documentation, and conducts project meetings, site visits, and field engagements to validate status and understand execution challenges. The specialist works with engineers, contractors, finance, acquisition personnel, and Government stakeholders to gather and evaluate project information. The role identifies and communicates cost, schedule, technical, and execution risks, issues, dependencies, and opportunities, and provides project-status briefings and recommendations to customer leadership. It also supports Earned Value Management practices, financial assessments, funding and spend-plan development, acquisition and project-execution activities, and engineering milestone reviews as applicable. The specialist reviews project and contractor documentation for alignment with requirements, milestones, and deliverables, and maintains organized project records in designated repositories.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in project management, engineering, test and analysis support, or a related field.
- Demonstrated ability to manage or support complex projects across multiple lifecycle phases.
- Ability to understand technical project information and communicate it clearly to technical teams and senior leadership.
- Experience identifying, documenting, and mitigating project risks.
- Strong organization, communication, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
- Experience with Earned Value Management, cost/schedule analysis, project controls, or spend-plan development.
- Must be able to acquire and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in an engineering or other technical discipline.
- 10 or more years’ experience in Department of War, U.S. Air Force, engineering, test and evaluation, or research-and-development programs.
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), or comparable certification.
- Familiarity with Government acquisition processes, contract structures, and systems-engineering milestone reviews.
Responsibilities
- Support engineering and test-related projects through initiation, planning, design, execution, testing, and closeout.
- Develop and maintain project schedules, spend plans, status reports, action-item trackers, and project documentation.
- Conduct project meetings, site visits, and field engagements to validate project status and understand execution challenges.
- Work with engineers, contractors, finance, acquisition personnel, and Government stakeholders to gather and evaluate project information.
- Identify and communicate cost, schedule, technical, and execution risks, issues, dependencies, and opportunities.
- Provide clear project-status briefings and recommendations to customer leadership.
- Support Earned Value Management practices, project financial assessments, and funding and spend-plan development.
- Review project and contractor documentation for alignment with project requirements, milestones, and deliverables.
- Support acquisition and project-execution activities, including contract coordination, decision points, and familiarity with Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINs).
- Support engineering milestone reviews, as applicable, including Integrated Baseline Reviews, Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews, Factory Acceptance Tests, and configuration audits.
- Maintain organized project records and ensure required documentation is stored in designated repositories.
