Section Manager

Amentum•Houston, TX

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 Section Manager to join our team with the Engineering Division.

Requirements

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
Requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering and normally possess 5-10 years of related experience.
Experience with tolerance stackup analysis.
Familiarity with electronics packaging and cabling.
Previous project management experience required.
Excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills with the ability to work in a team environment and a history of effectively interacting with senior managers at all levels.
Experience in planning and establishing work priorities.
Proficient in MS Office programs, particularly MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency may be a requirement for this position .
Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Nice To Haves

BS degree in Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.
Familiarization with relevant engineering systems and practices.
Prior experience using solid modeling CAD software.
Understanding of technical processes and standards related to design and development.
Experience with simulation tools and analysis programs.
Exposure to design and development practices for complex systems.

Responsibilities

Ensure employees in functional areas follow established procedures and generate finished work products under time and budgetary constraints, ensuring products meet expected outcomes and established quality levels.
Utilize extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Conduct meetings with Project Managers to provide status updates and obtain feedback.
Perform routine reviews for cost, schedule, risk management, and deliverable adherence.
Provide oversight, mentorship, and guidance to individual task leads.
Maintain an agile list of lessons learned to regularly inform section members.
Maintain active risk management (technical, cost, and schedule) on all associated tasks.
Communicate project status to senior management.
Conduct periodic section meetings to review personnel work safety.
Conduct periodic face-to-face meetings with employees to obtain status, ensure efficiency, and provide solutions where needed.
Review and approve employee time cards, overtime requests, and travel.
Review resource requests and conduct interviews to identify and secure necessary personnel.
Document and perform personnel performance evaluation reviews.
Generate award nominations for associated personnel.
Establish and monitor personnel training plans.
Work with colleagues to coordinate issue resolution across multiple organizations, including challenges related to resources, technical issues, and process breakdowns.
Establish a framework and oversight for technical correctness on all work performed by the section.
Understand and be capable of generating comprehensive design concepts based on a given set of requirements.
Provide rough orders of magnitude (ROMs) and basis of estimates (BOEs) for projects and tasks.
Perform other tasks as assigned.