Engineering Project Manager

Engineering Project Manager

Job Category: Project and Program Management

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:

CACI seeks a highly motivated Engineering Project Manager to join our team supporting NavalX within the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Our multi-disciplinary program requires an experienced technical manager who understands complex requirements and can devise solutions to meet demanding customer needs. This position requires exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to work closely with customers, build relationships, and ensure CACI delivers the highest quality technical support within a cost constrained environment.

Responsibilities:

Candidates will provide overall management of a portfolio of projects consisting of native, internally matrixed, and subcontractor resources including Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), technical personnel, and other appropriate expertise as needed tasked with designing, developing, implementing, and managing large-scale projects for the Department of Defense (DoD). Duties include resource management, financial management, reporting management, and personnel management. The ability to effectively organize and oversee multiple projects across multiple customer bases and multiple subject areas is critical for success in this role.

The primary responsibilities for this position are listed below.

• Manage personnel, cost, and performance of a team of technical professionals and subcontractors delivering solutions to a variety of DoD projects.
• Closely track financials across all portfolio projects to ensure continuity of funding for entire team.
• Create accurate portfolio revenue forecasts.
• Conduct detailed analyses to identify root causes of financial issues and develop solutions.
• Plan and coordinate all activities associated with execution of assigned portfolio of projects to ensure timely delivery of all requirements.
• Support new capture efforts by collecting and analyzing competitive intelligence, researching potential teaming partners, and providing input to capture briefs.
• Take initiative by self-educating, taking ownership of tasking, and identifying new areas of responsibility based upon team needs and individual strengths.
• Gathering and distributing information to subcontractors and service providers, through initiating, preparing, reviewing, and tracking RFI’s, and receiving, reviewing, submitting and tracking status of submittals.
• Collection and preparation of monthly project status reports.
• Assisting with project close out.
• Responsible for the acquisition of services, materials and supplies for assigned projects.
• Working with the program manager, and financial and procurement team, perform market research analysis of materials and resources, develop and revise rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimates, and provide current and historical data for the acquisition of goods and services.
• Identifying project requirements including justification write-ups, sole-source recommendations and technical evaluations, and maintaining records of purchased materials and services by tracking purchase date, lead time and cost, and providing monthly reports to the customer.
• Closely monitor project team performance, including vendors, to ensure that materials and parts will be delivered on time and that the end product will meet customer needs.
• Collaborate with program manager to achieve socioeconomic goals by contracting small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned companies and disadvantaged business firms where practical.
• Responsible for the technical performance of assigned project(s) while assuring product delivery to the customer in accordance with budget and schedule requirements.
• Monitor and maintain vendor performance related to quality, scheduling, planning and acquisition strategy by compiling an up-to-date vendor list, with qualified processes and technical skills and abilities.

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field
• 5-7 years of experience supporting engineering projects for the DoD
• 1-3 years of personnel management that includes technical roles, task management, and customer interfacing
• Experience managing projects, budgeting, and resource planning
• Demonstrated technical writing skills

Desired: 

• Master of Science in Engineering or related field
• Specific technical experience supporting US Navy projects and programs
• Experience leading or writing technical pr