Project Coordinator I

Do you enjoy showcasing your creative skills while applying business acumen and excellent organizational expertise? If so, come join our team! As a Project Coordinator I, you should have essential time management and communication skills as you will collaborate with vendors, suppliers, other stakeholders, and internal teams to deliver results on deadlines. Your main responsibilities will be to coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment and information, break projects into actionable tasks and set timeframes, liaise with stakeholders to facilitate project execution and assign tasks to internal teams and assist with schedule management. You'll also ensure that clients’ needs are met as projects evolve, help prepare budgets, analyze risks and opportunities, monitor project progress and address issues that arise via proper communication and escalation. Additionally, you will act as a point of contact and communicate project status to all stakeholders, work with the Program Manager to remove road blocks, use tools to monitor and control performance, plans and expenditures and create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and status reports.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent, and typically 0 - 2 years of experience

  • A higher level degree may substitute for experience

  • Related experience may be considered in lieu of required education

• Basic MS Office Skills

• Ability to manage time effectively

• Demonstrated ownership of tasks, organization skills and attention to detail 

• Possess strong communication and client-facing, teamwork skills

• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Security clearance 

Qualifications We Prefer:

Prior Experience with: 
· Development of proposals to include administrative tasks as assigned
· Data entry into PM Systems
· Collaborating with internal Leadership,  vendors, suppliers, other stakeholders, and internal teams, such as IPT leads, CAMs, Tech Leads and PA’s to ensure program activities will accomplish objectives
· Conflict resolution especially those related to resource assignments
· Monitoring project progress against baseline schedule and facilitating process improvement initiatives 

Successful Candidates will demonstrate: 
• Agility and responsiveness in a fast paced environment
• Familiarity with program execution
• Results driven regardless the task. 
• Self-motivated, and driven for more
• Soft skills, business sense

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $59,000.00 - $77,541.82. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors, such as candidates' key skills, relevant work experience, and education/training/certifications. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.

Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances.

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