Sr. Specialist, Project Engineering

About the job

*Job Title: ****Sr Specialist, Project Engineering *****

Job Code: 42606****

*Job Location: ***Clifton, NJ

*Job Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours working- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software and hardware development, assembly, integration, test, and production efforts.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments.

• Develops, oversees, and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of an ongoing engineering project within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.

• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, drives execution, identifies opportunities, and delivers results through achieving payment milestones.

• Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.

• Identifies, tracks, mitigates, manages, and dispositions program-level risks and opportunities.

• Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.

• Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.

• Understands how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV) and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators on a DCMA surveilled program (highest rigor applied).

• Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks to drive execution (e.g., value stream mapping activities).

• Must have ability and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and will have regular contact with customers.

• May work under the direction of an Enterprise level Project Engineer or Senior Project Engineer/leader.

• Must be able to obtain a security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience leading DOD Government Contract development programs

• Experience or knowledge of Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus

• Experience with management of design to cost activities

• Experience with operations and/or manufacturing activities

• Experience in Root Cause Corrective Action process and techniques

• Program Management Institute – PMP certification desired or internal CAM/IPTL/PL certifications

• Experience in Electronic Warfare (EW) development programs

• Active secret clearance required

• IPTL/CAM Professional experience

• Experience with best practices for project engineering and program execution

• Experience in managing multi-discipline programs

• Experience in engineering development and integration programs (inclusive of SW, HW, FW)

• Experience managing projects with total budgets of $50M+

• Experience in managing a team Integrated Product Team Leads (IPTL) and driving labor resources in a matrix organization

• Experience with Technical Supplier Management, Risk and Opportunity Management

• Experience with program pursuit and proposal activities, including cost estimation and technical proposal management

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In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New Jersey is [$106,500 - $197,500]. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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