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The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University · 2 days ago

Engineering Project Manager

University Park, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$77K/yr - $130K/yr

1+ years exp

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is seeking a highly motivated Engineering Project Manager to support a broad range of projects. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure timely execution of project management activities and assisting in project planning and development.

Universities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

TINA Kephart

Responsibilities

Analyze program costs, schedules, and milestones to assess risk and manage any change to program deliverables. This duty includes regular reporting to ARL project leadership and external collaborators to include government sponsors

Develop and manage technical and financial status reports and technical data package documentation for both internal and external stakeholders

Utilize project management strategies for implementing project requirements; collaborate with investigators to develop, execute, and update the project plan; monitor and facilitate technical project execution, milestones, and deliverables

Facilitate communication between sponsors, investigators, resource managers, project engineers, and technical tradesmen; manage and track project schedule, resources, deliverables, and milestones; monitor technical project execution to ensure timely and quality deliverables

Manage stakeholder project and product needs; coordinate with investigators to manage and adhere to sponsor requirements

Facilitate task/project budgets, work breakdowns, rough order estimates, task prioritization, and integration plans with investigators and program managers; coordinate with investigators and financial teams to create project budget baseline; establish and update the project budget

Provide relevant project data including cost and hours input to financial teams to create estimates; review project costs on a regular basis to ensure accuracy in preparation for project close out

Collaborate with financial and property inventory teams to review fabrication costs; ensure correct classification, work breakdowns, and coding in preparation for project close out

Qualification

Project Management conceptsMicrosoft applicationsMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft VisioProject Management ProfessionalGovernment Laboratory experienceCommunication skills

Required

General experience with Microsoft applications

Familiarity with Project Management fundamental concepts and their application to real-world projects

Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills

U.S. Citizenship required

Bachelor's Degree 3+ years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience accepted (if filled as Engineering Project Manager - Advanced Professional)

Bachelor's Degree 1+ years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience accepted (if filled as Engineering Project Manager - Intermediate Professional)

Ability to obtain a government security clearance

Successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen