Senior Manager, Project Engineering

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Senior Manager, Project Engineering

30309

Greenville, TX

9/80

Project Engineering is the art of organizing technical requirements into precise technical direction with a clear vision for the engineering teams to focus on and execute. As a Project Engineer, you are given technical authority from Engineering Leadership and the Chief Engineer to execute assigned programs. Project Engineering requires technical expertise, a willingness to make decisions to lead the project team to the required capability or delivery, and the ability to communicate internally to leadership and externally to the customer.

Project Engineering is empowered to guide the program from a notional idea or customer requirement, to a delivered platform capable of executing its intended mission.

As Senior Manager of Project Engineering, you will manage experienced and junior PE professionals. You will often lead one or more teams or a department, communicate within and outside of the organization to influence leadership to accept new practices, approaches, and concepts, and develop or champion new concepts or technologies. You will implement functional strategies and recommend operational plans that directly impact the short‑ to mid‑term function or business area results.

You require broad management and cross‑functional leadership knowledge and mastery level knowledge within a specific technical area or broad expertise across multiple related job areas. You will work to influence others to accept the team’s views or practices and agree to new concepts, practices, and approaches, frequently conducting briefings to senior leaders.

You are responsible for improving upon existing or establishing new processes and systems using significant conceptualization, reasoning, and interpretation. Solutions are innovative and unique, drawing upon best practices based on expertise. You extensively analyze problems to identify root causes, recommend operational plans and tactics that will directly impact the achievement of overall functional results, and direct the execution of tactics established by functional leadership.

• Proposal Execution – Formulate and communicate a solution, collect/review labor and material costs, and summarize proposal information for senior leadership review.
• Program Planning, Guidance, and Execution – Work with program management to develop the program execution schedule, effectively communicate with the entire program team, and guide the team through the execution of all required tasking to complete the contract.
• Customer and Senior Leadership Interaction and Communication – Effectively communicate with external customers and internal senior leadership on the design and implementation of the contractually required capabilities and manage expectations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• Experience with one or more of the following areas is required:
  • Aero Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Project Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Hardware Engineering
  • Program Management / Senior Leadership / or Functional Management
• Experience with the following processes is required:
  • Bidding and Proposal
  • Program Planning, Guidance, and Execution
  • Customer Interaction and Communication
  • Executive Level Interaction and Communication
  • Engineering Execution (including control of engineering cost, schedule, and technical performance)
• TS/SCI Clearance is required.

• Experience with the following engineering disciplines is desired:
  • Project Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Aeronautical Engineering (Electrical, Structural, Mechanical, Stress, Mass Properties, Aerodynamics, etc.)
  • EMI/EMC Engineering
  • Software/Hardware Engineering
  • Test Engineering
• It is also desired for this Project Engineering candidate to have the following:
  • Advanced technical and/or management degree
  • Ability to formulate and communicate a solution, collect/review labor and material costs,…