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BAE Systems, Inc. · 4 days ago

Senior Project Engineer - Electrical

Westminster, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$150K/yr - $254K/yr

10+ years exp

BAE Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, and they are seeking a Senior Project Engineer to manage and deliver project scopes effectively. The role involves leading teams through program phases, managing risks, and ensuring technical deliverables meet cost and schedule commitments.

Defense & Space

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Negotiate, establish, baseline, monitor, and control scope throughout planning and execution, thoroughly understanding the details and technical breadth of your team’s deliverables

Plan creation and monitoring to accomplish your team’s work scope: Lead creation of a credible cost and schedule initial estimate and program baseline plan Capture plan uncertainties in Risk/Opportunity tool Throughout execution, perform detailed monitoring, reporting, and forecasting of performance against the baseline using formal Earned Value planning, analysis, and reporting tools as well as BAE SMS internal cost and schedule tools. Based on these indicators - proactively address deviations, direct course corrections to keep team activities on plan, and engage other resources when required

Be a scope, baseline, Risk and Opportunity owner. As accountable owner of your team’s scope, cost, and schedule baseline, perform continuous monitoring and documentation of Risks and Opportunities against the baseline programmatic plan

Monitor, manage, and defend your team’s scope of work, protecting against all non-adjudicated scope changes

Continuously communicate uncertainties of your team’s ability to meet its requirements within the cost, schedule, and technical baseline

Through program team collaboration, proactively develop mitigations for Risks and approaches to enable realization of Opportunities

Accomplish your team’s scope using the combined capabilities of BAE SMS

Understand company and program resources and processes. Forecast resource needs and actively work with functional and company organizations to obtain all necessary resources

Subcontracts and supplier management: Lead your team in purchasing necessary elements from external suppliers, overseeing management of these critical activities to ensure that all technical requirements are met within cost and schedule agreements. Facilitate constructive collaboration with suppliers

Be a communication leader. Continuously working to make sure that all stakeholders have the information they need, when needed

Within your team, the program team, business area, suppliers, and customers you will continuously identify, and repair communication gaps and disconnects

Throughout execution, negotiate and establish Roles and Responsibilities, ensuring they are understood, and teams are aligned

Work with your peers and managers in program leadership and Functional organizations to evaluate and improve program tools, business rhythm, and reporting practices

Team leadership and management. Working with functional organizations and the program team, you will assemble and manage your team - Directing team activities to meet commitments within Cost and Schedule baseline and program risk posture by monitoring ongoing performance, making course corrections, and providing technical direction

Establishing and maintaining a fun, sustainable, and fulfilling team environment, supporting team member in achieving their career and professional goals

You will leverage your Project Engineering expertise to teach and mentor other Project Engineers at all levels. You will be a trusted partner with program leadership to provide feedback and optimize business practices

Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule

Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment

Perform other duties as necessary

Qualification

Earned Value ManagementRisk ManagementSubcontract ManagementProject ManagementMS ProjectElectrical EngineeringCommunication SkillsTool Improvement MindsetTechnical DirectionTeam LeadershipCollaboration

Required

BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 10 or more years related experience

Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education

Experience on at least one program as lead with scope, cost, and schedule responsibility with budgets over $20M and/or staff size of 20 or more

Demonstrated ability to establish, estimate, baseline, and manage your team's work scope, technical deliverables, cost, and schedule performance through all program phases

Familiarity and demonstrated expertise with full range of programmatic planning and reporting tools

Familiarity and experience with all elements of Earned Value Management System: cost/schedule integrated plan creation, management, analysis, and reporting

Demonstrated expertise in generation and tracking of schedules using MS Project or similar tool. Understands schedule logic for own area of responsibility and how it relates to other areas. Understands and leads earned-value schedule performance measurement, analysis, reporting, and course corrections

Has thorough understanding of how related technical disciplines affect the design and implementation of their items. Manages technical interchange with all related disciplines

Expertise with Risk and Opportunity management and Change Control Process via R&O boards, Engineer Review Boards, Change Control Boards and related Review Boards

Subcontract management. Demonstrated experience in management of aerospace industry suppliers

Identifying suppliers, make/buy decisions, proposal evaluation, and authoring of effective contractual documents including SOWs and specs. Managing subcontractor performance throughout their full period of performance while proactively addressing technical and programmatic issues

Effective written and verbal communication. As communication is a foundational Project Engineering skillset, you must have demonstrated expertise authoring, leading, and briefing business and technical communications

Ability to filter and target information appropriately to each audience

Effective in messaging, especially to management and customers

Ability to influence without authority

Presentations to small and large audiences, company internal, and external

Collaboration leader

Establishment of workshare, roles, and responsibilities

Tool and process improvement mindset. As a leader within the company and member of this functional organization, you will help continuously improve tools and processes, working constructively to make us better and more efficient