Project Manager

Amentum•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you! We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join the team!

Requirements

Understanding of complex thermal control systems development and operations processes
Experience managing and leading engineering projects
Experience with financial reporting, including budgeting, forecasting and cost estimating
Excellent oral and written communication skills and will be expected to effectively interact with customers and management at all levels
Ability to coordinate support from a wide range of technical disciplines
Ability to work independently and autonomously and track tasks and issues to completion
Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the field, such as mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, environmental testing, and office software

Nice To Haves

BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and a minimum of fourteen (14) years of direct engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and twelve (12) years of direct engineering experience, or Ph.D. degrees and nine (9) years direct engineering experience
Familiar with Johnson Space Center (JSC) organizations, processes, and procedures
Prior experience working in a system development project/program

Responsibilities

Perform project management for an HLS thermal control system prototype and development project
Manage the overall efforts related to systems engineering, project engineering, test engineering and logistics engineering
Manage the project team and their activities
Provide budgeting, forecasting and cost estimating support
Monitor cost performance for the project against the established plan
Develop and maintain financial reports
Develop and manage project schedule
Oversee the development of procedures, work instructions and process flows
Manage project risks and opportunities and ensure that a structured risk and opportunity process is followed
Assess how program level changes impact project requirements and execution
Interface frequently with inter-organizational disciplines, NASA personnel, and vendors
Work with the lead systems engineer to meet technical and performance goals
Perform other duties as required