Senior Specialist, Project Management

Job Title: Senior Specialist Project Management

Job Code: 34186

Job Location: Salt Lake City UT

Schedule: 9/80 (employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off)

Job Description:

The Repair Operations Project Manager (ROPM) oversees all Operations efforts relating to contract execution and is responsible for planning executing and monitoring repair projects from beginning to end according to strict deadlines and budgets. The OPM acts as the point-of-contact between elements of Manufacturing Procurement Test Quality Engineering Finance and Program Management. They ensure cost and schedule conformance on assigned projects by coordinating the test and evaluation repair and test sell off of complex electronic systems.

Intermediate professional with practical knowledge of job area. Works under moderate supervision to set objectives for own job area. Communicates with contacts inside and outside own team to explain and interpret operational processes practices and procedures Identifies and addresses changes within own job area. Works to achieve operational targets with some impact on departmental results.

A successful candidate should be able to:

• Handle stressful situations with maturity respect and confidence
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Be a self-starter with a track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions to complex problems
• Demonstrate attention to detail with strong organizational skills
• Excel in a team environment with the ability to avoid and resolve conflict
• Interpret basic engineering instructions and drawings
• Understand various manufacturing processes and methods

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate with Area Schedulers and Production Planners to develop repair and maintenance plans
• Perform lead-time and critical path analysis on multi-level hardware builds
• Assess cost and schedule risks and develop associated mitigations
• Estimate sales forecasts for labor and material
• Monitor and report financial schedule and technical performance of assigned projects
• Identify and coordinate resources necessary for repair efforts
• Oversee repair budgets with the responsibility to analyze manage and report on budget performance and variance analysis
• Interface and communicate with all levels of the organization
• Must be eligible to receive DoD Secret Clearance

Required Qualifications (one of the following):

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook Excel Word PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability in financial or data analysis and monitoring
• Demonstrated ability in business and/or technical writing public speaking and creating formal presentations
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel and demonstrate ability to analyze data using graphs and pivot tables
• Experience using schedule management tools such as Microsoft Project
• Experience with SAP or other ERP/MRP systems
• This position may require overtime weekend holiday and/or second shift work

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