Description :
Location
Huntsville, AL
Virtual Office/Telecommute?
(Things you should know about Virtual Office)
Virtual Work Not Available
Shift
First
Business Unit
Integrated Defense Sys
Division
Network & Space Systems
Program
Space Exploration
Occupation Title
Engr Multi-Skill Leadership
Skills Management Title
Project Engineer
Job Classification
6C1LP5
Job Type
Non-Management
Experience Level
Senior Level (15+ years of experience)
Exemption Status
Exempt
Union
No
Security Clearance Required?
(Security Clearance definitions)
No Security Clearance Required
Work Eligibility Required?
Yes
US Person Status Required?
Yes
Export Control Required?
Yes
Relocation Money Available?
Yes
Date Posted
04/21/2008
Closing Date
(Things you should know about closing dates)
06/20/2008
Position Description
Position is on the International Space Station (ISS) program in Huntsville, AL in the ISS Huntsville Projects organization. Candidate will have experience in leading, acting as liaison, and working effectively with all functional team members, including engineering disciplines, customer representatives, Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Finance, Scheduling, Procurement, and line management. Participates in or develops mechanisms for establishing, monitoring, and integrating all project elements and communications between those organizations. Candidate will assist in preparation of fairly complex proposals and technical change packages; CPES experience a strong plus. Candidate will evaluate and influence development of the proposal (e.g., statement of work, ground rules and assumptions, program schedules, etc.), and identify significant cost drivers and risks to enhance the estimate accuracy of those packages. Candidate will be expected to review proposal requirements (cost and schedule), generate basis of estimates and review impacts with management and support contract negotiations with customer. Upon Customer authorization to proceed, the candidate will be expected to develop project plans, direct all project phases through hardware and documentation delivery, and act as primary customer contact throughout. Uses trend, earned value and variance analyses and risk assessments to develop plans and recommend change. Negotiates project changes and incorporates changes into project control systems to maintain work statements, cost and schedule baselines. Transitions projects to customer for on-going support; performs project close-out and documents lessons learned. Works under minimal direction. Travel possible but infrequent.
Competencies
General/Leadership
[ + ] Business (Operational) Acumen
Advanced understanding of how the business and organization work and why; knowledgeable in current and develops future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the business and organization; thorough understanding of the competition; understands how tactics work in the marketplace. Accomplishes tasks and influences change through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices and procedures; helps others understand and work effectively within the cultures of the organization.
[ + ] Cross Functional Partnerships
Analyzes the organization, potential external partners, and own area to identify key relationships that should be initiated or improved to further the attainment of own area's goals. Exchanges information with team leaders, managers and internal employees areas to clarify partnership benefits and potential problems; collaboratively determines the scope and expectations of the partnership so that both areas' needs can be met. Collaboratively determines courses of action to realize mutual goals; facilitates agreement on each partner's responsibilities and needed support. Places higher priority on organization's goals than on own area's goals; anticipates effects of own area's actions and decisions on partners; influences team leaders, managers and internal employees support partnership objectives. Implements effective means for monitoring and evaluating the partnership process and the attainment of mutual goals.
[ + ] Planning And Organizing
Consistently and proactively identifies more critical and less critical activities and assignments; effectively adjusts priorities when appropriate. Proactively determines project or assignment requirements by breaking them down into tasks and identifying types of equipment, materials, and people needed. Effectively allocates appropriate amounts of time for completing own work; consistently avoids scheduling conflicts. Is an expert at taking advantage of available resources (individuals, processes, departments, and tools) to complete work efficiently; proactively coordinates with internal and external partners. Uses time effectively and prevents irrelevant issues or distractions from interfering with work completion.
[ + ] Project Management
Recognized enterprise experience in creating comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for significant organization, enterprise and business unit projects identifying time frames for key project milestones and ensure alignment of sub tier activities for overall project visibility, tracking and completion. Directs and manages more complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities. Independently identifies project resource requirements, integrates and directs multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Collaborates with others on the most complex projects assigned. As an enterprise role model demonstrates ability to direct, delegate and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of enterprise wide or extremely complex large-scale projects. Identifies and resolves any issues to ensure the successful completion of the project.
Technical
[ + ] Budget Management
Advanced/expert knowledge of budget management principles and practices.
[ + ] Design / Produce Process
Advanced, expert knowledge of Boeing design, production, and build processes (e.g., maintenance access solid, dependability cost model, produceability trade offs) to effectively influence product design.
[ + ] Product Knowledge
Subject matter expert in knowledge of product/service value stream.
[ + ] Proj Management Theory/Concept
Advanced, expert knowledge of Project Management theory, concepts and principles (e.g. theory of constraints, critical path methodology, project risk management, triple constraints, project scope management, project management lifecycle etc.) contained in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK[R] Guide).
[ + ] Project Leadership
Advanced/expert ability to direct, delegate, and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of enterprise wide and/or extremely complex large scale projects. Advanced/expert ability to identify and resolve any issues to ensure the successful completion of the project.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry and typically 14 to 19 years experience in an engineering classification or either a Master's degree with 12 to 17 years experience or a PhD degree with 9 to 14 years experience in an engineering classification. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
Other Job related information
Travel possible but infrequent. This position requires the ability to obtain access to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) facility. US Citizenship Required.