Scientist, Project Engineering

Company: L3Harris Technologies
Location: Palm Bay
Posted on: January 16, 2020

Job Description:

Job DescriptionDescription: Job Title: Scientist, Project Engineering Job Code: SAS20201001-38846 Job Location: Palm Bay, FL Job Description: * Responsible for successfully leading the execution of a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments in a growing business area. * Develops, oversees and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines defined by the Program Manager and customer. * Proactively addresses challenges by identifying strategies to recover schedule, build slack to meet customer-satisfaction goals and objectives. * Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports. * Works closely with Systems Engineering to manage and dispositions program-level risks. * Able to lead a team through the development, monitoring, and statusing of detailed MS Project schedules. * Understands how to use Earned Value (EV) to guide the success of a project. * Able to work closely with Material Management, Operations and Quality organizations to ensure the success of a project. * Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors to ensure project staffing needs are met. * Able to support proposals for new work in a growing business. Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree and minimum 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience. * Experience in complex, multi-discipline programs including but not limited to; optical, mechanical, electrical, systems, software, and thermal engineering with a background in space systems. * Experience managing the internal execution of the project through consistent use of cost and schedule techniques (e.g. EVMS) * Experience leading Government contract development Programs. * Experience with best practices for Project Engineering, EVMS, and program execution. * Experience implementing and adapting project execution plans that will achieve technical, cost, and schedule requirements in challenging environments. * Experience leading a multi-disciplined team of engineers. Preferred Additional Skills: * Experience across a product engineering lifecycle. * Subject matter expert with comprehensive knowledge of Project Engineering and in-depth knowledge of project management. * Ability to communicate inside and outside of an organization at all levels. * Has experience with change management and risk tracking. * Experience with program pursuit and proposal activities * Experience managing projects with budgets of $50M+. * Experience in influencing changes to practices, processes and approaches to improve execution across an organization. * Experience in mentoring through a constant commitment to help other meet their full potential. * Experience supporting government customers * Experience in Root Cause Corrective Action process and techniques. * Possession of a Secret or Top-Secret Security ClearanceSDL2017

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