Systems Engineering Technical Resource Manager

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc•McLeansville, NC

4d•$156,444 - $173,555•Hybrid

About The Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant supervisory experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 years of experience.
Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire.
Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Exceptional leadership skills
Exceptional organization ability
Exceptional written and verbal communications skills, bridges communication across teams
Strong ability to think creatively
Exceptional ability to multi-task, skilled at executing complex tasks
Exceptional ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
Exceptional ability to communicate at and with personnel at all levels
Very Strong ability to understand and apply project leadership principles including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM)
Very Strong experience and passion for driving continuous improvement in Engineering process and tools
Strong ability to recruit, manage and retain people
Passionate about people development and growth

Responsibilities

Handles personnel issues within area of responsibility including merit planning, goal setting, performance reviews, and disciplinary actions
Perform Development and long-term career planning for personnel to meet career goals and future program success
Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function
Serves as engineering resource manager to staff, deconflict, hire or otherwise identify staffing resources to support programs within area of responsibility
Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering efforts within area of responsibility
Overall responsibility for the engineering aspects of a technical domain, to include the acquisition of critical resources
Capable of identifying project risks, assessing issues and developing resolutions that meet cost, schedule productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
Review’s status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports
Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients and other stakeholders
Serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management
Participates in development of technical strategies and teaming strategies in technical domain
Participates in the proposal process, including the development of executable project plans on proposals
Ensures process compliance of all engineering activity in area of responsibility
Leads specific process improvement activities
Determines and implements the organizational training needs in accordance with the requirements of the technical domain
Frequently interacts with subordinate supervisors and employees
Communicates regularly with project customer, and suppliers, project team, and internal management
Regular contact with all other personnel in area of responsibility
Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals
Provides guidance to subordinates within the latitude of established company policies
Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s)
Expected to manage work, set objectives and meet commitments for self and others
Delegates assignments to others for developing solutions
Works collaboratively with resources external to the functional or program team
Provides leadership in defining technology, tool and process strategy across a technical domain
Applies or develops highly advanced technologies, principles, theories and concepts
Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation