Lead, Project Engineer (IRAD)

Job Title: Lead Project Engineering

Job Code: 42857

Job Location: Greenville TX

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

The IRAD Project Owner provides leadership oversight and accountability for the VSG Next Generation Air Comms Suite (NGACS) project. This role ensures projects remain aligned with technical scope schedule cost and planned business outcomes.

Essential Functions:

• Attend and actively participate in Project Owners Meetings.
• Support the weekly project status meeting ensuring timely resolution of risks issues and actions.
• Provide monthly updates on critical deliverables including progress dependencies milestones and recovery actions where needed.
• Provide monthly updates to Earned Value Management (EV) metrics and support accurate performance reporting.
• Maintain and update monthly labor and material forecasts to support sound financial planning and project execution.
• Brief IRAD leadership monthly during IRAD Review meetings communicating project status accomplishments decisions and outlook.
• Lead the annual IRAD proposal-development process including bid development EPCR preparation checkpoint reviews and related approval activities.
• Coordinate with technical program finance and functional stakeholders to maintain alignment and ensure disciplined project execution.
• Identify manage and communicate project risks opportunities resource needs and decisions requiring leadership attention.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret (SCI) Security Clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Project Engineering experience
• Multi-disciplinary experience
• Strong communication skills including interaction with internal stakeholders senior leadership and Customers
• Leadership Skills (i.e. Task Leader IPT Leader and/or Functional Management)
• Familiarity with company processes and procedures