This position requires a DoD Security Clearance, U.S Citizenship and the ability to work onsite (remote/telework is not an option) - no exceptions.
NDTI has an exciting opportunity for a senior Technical Project Manager with strong technical and project related business acumen to support operations at Point Mugu, CA.
As a Technical Project Manager within an integrated Government and contractor team, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and operational performance excellence. The candidate will provide project management and leadership for cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams that specify, develop, integrate, test, operate, and sustain electronic warfare threat-representative targets and simulation systems for test and training ranges. The candidate will be responsible for the project’s life cycle process (initiation, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing process).
Job Description:
• Plan technical projects: Collect requirements and Define scope, identify stake holders, Develop project plans, create WBS.
• Schedules: Define, sequence, and estimate durations for activities; generate schedules with defined milestones while ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Budgets: generate labor and material resource and cost estimates, allocate cost to activities.
• Risk Management: Identify risk, perform risk analysis and mitigations plans. Implement and monitor risk mitigation controls.
• Materials: track materials procurements, cost, and delivery schedule to ensure they support the cost and schedule requirements.
• Own and maintain the project master schedule, track deliverables, risk mitigation strategies to ensure on-time and on-budget completion.
• Manage the daily project workflow and interactions between disciplines and technical subject matter experts.
• Partner with cross functional teams in finding and implementing solutions to problem and challenges.
• Oversee operational processes, ensuring efficiency, alignment, and continuous improvement across the team.
• Stakeholder communication: Develop project dashboards and provide regular updates to stakeholders, including status reports, risk assessments, and project outcomes.
U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance the for the duration of employment.
Required Qualifications
• Requires MS degree or a BS degree with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in a technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in a project management capacity as defined above.
• Clear understanding of engineering documentation and processes.
• Experience with Project Scheduling software (MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet).
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Ability to multitask.
Desired Characteristics:
• PMP, Agile, or similar training or certification preferred
• Experience with aerospace product development, design, and I&T life cycles.
• Ability to work across all disciplines, functions/levels as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Active Security clearance
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