Program Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee program contract, scopes, budgets, reporting and assigned project managers and project coordinators to ensure project goals, timeframe, quality, and budgets are achieved.
• Monitor individual project progress, identify potential issues and coordinate necessary adjustments across projects within the program.
• Drive consistency in project execution using Project Management Excellence tools.
• Lead and manage project managers and project coordinators to ensure implementation of PME best practices and scheduling standards across all projects within a program.
• Take the initiative in identifying and implementing process improvements in project management best practices.
• Organize and develop project managers within the program to ensure customer needs and organizational requirements are met.
• Determine skills needs. Manage and assign resources as needed to support programs ranging from $3M to over $30M.
• Manage and maintain a productive and collaborative working relationship with customers.
• Communicate with customers as needed and step in when conflict resolution with customers or contract issues needs to be escalated to the next level of management.
• Oversee change management to ensure scope changes are accurately captured and implemented to ensure compensation and compliance within the contract.
• Take an active role in identifying risks and issues at both the program and project level to reduce schedule slips and/or cost overruns.
• Encourage collaboration across the organization to facilitate successful project execution, transparency, and problem solving.
• Actively support and promote values of the organization.

  SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
  • Include training, coaching, appraising performance, mentoring, and developing assigned employees.

  EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, science, business or other related technical discipline.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in project management, program management or combination of both.
  • 2+ years of project management responsibility in custom fabrication or equipment building environment.
  • This experience should include the ability to interpret technical specifications, drawings and diagrams.
  • Must have proven success managing complex projects/programs with budgets greater than US $10 million.
  • Prefers experience with Government programs/projects and/or experience with nuclear or NQA-1 related programs/projects.

    SKILLS and ABILITIES

    • Strong organizational skills and time-management with the ability to handle multiple assignments.
    • Strong negotiation skills and the ability to effectively present project information including options, alternatives and recommendations to the customer.
    • Ability to manage teams through influence rather than absolute authority.
    • Ability to work with individuals and set KPIs as well as professional goals.
    • Willingness to provide resources for professional development and actively participate.
    • Action oriented, independent leader with the ability to drive solutions and improve project performance with minimal supervision but knows when to escalate issues.
    • Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with all organization levels both internally and externally.
    • Effective communication skills and the ability to communicate complex issues across the organization and to senior management.
    • Change Management experience with the capacity to quickly adapt to new situations, changes in direction and altering priorities.
    • Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical drawings and bills of materials.
    • Ability to read and interpret a variety of technical specifications, government regulations, quality requirements.
    • Experience working in a custom equipment fabrication or project-based business with percent complete and earned value accounting preferred.
    • Experience with government contracts preferred.
    • Experience with CAS Compliance, FAR, DFAR and GSA preferred.
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office tools especially Excel.
    • Familiarity working within PrimaVera P6 is preferred.
    • Familiarity working within an ERP or MRP system is preferred.

      PHYSICAL DEMANDS

      • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
      • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

      CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, OTHER

      • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.

      COMPENSATION RANGE

      • $115K - $145K