Manufacturing Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

This candidate will lead projects related to advanced engineering design, analysis, and manufacturing development and prototyping.

This candidate will have experience as a project manager with significant engineering or manufacturing background and experience managing complex government initiatives.

Candidate must possess the knowledge necessary to collaborate with technology experts and lead a cross functional project team programmatically and technically.

• Develop technical reports, presentations, leading project meetings, and prepare and present project updates for project reviews.
• Work closely with stakeholders, clients, and project teams, interact with vendors, subcontractors, and ensure all project requirements are being monitored and met in accordance with cost and schedule baselines.
• Support a broad base of applied research and development projects with applications ranging from ground vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, application of advanced materials, custom product and manufacturing process development, equipment development, testing services, systems integration, and other unique one-off solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering or manufacturing with a minimum of 6 years of experience in manufacturing and project management.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes related to fabrication of large heavy structures such as commercial, industrial or DoD tracked and or wheeled vehicles.
• Knowledge of engineering design and analysis tools and traditional manufacturing, machining, and joining processes, and equipment.
• Knowledge and experience using scheduling tools like MS Project.

Preferred Qualifications

• Federal Government contracting experience.
• Preferred candidate would have a master's degree in a technical or business field with a minimum of 8 years of manufacturing and project manager experience.
• Project Management Certification is desired but not required with significant experience.