Lead Project Engineer

Lead Project Engineer

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is hiring a Lead Project Engineer, Proprietary Program in Berkeley, MO. The qualified candidate will provide project management and Cost Account Management (CAM) support for a BDS Proprietary Program Digital Infrastructure Segment (DIS).

The Lead Project Engineer, BDS Proprietary Program DIS Engineering will serve as an execution focused leader for a high-performing, cross-functional and multi-disciplinary team responsible for developing next generation, state-of-the-art digital capabilities. This position reports directly to the Program’s Digital Engineering Manager. The role will require extremely strong organization, communication, and a proven track record in project execution management. This Lead Project Engineer will help the DIS leadership team with planning, coordinating, and managing the cross-functional tasks to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals. This includes collaborating with the internal teammates to define work packages, manage resources, develop execution plans, as well as manage subcontractor activities. Additionally, the role involves establishing strong relationships across the program, including with suppliers, and the customer. The leader will develop and track performance metrics to measure technical and business outcomes, manage Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting and analysis, and support risk, issue, and opportunity management.

The ideal candidate will champion a team culture of transparency, inclusivity, and collaboration to achieve successful program execution.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide specific Project Engineering for the Program’s DIS team which includes multiple skill areas, internal and external resources and customers

• Responds to changes to SOW, assesses the impact and negotiates proposed changes to determine modifications to the deliverables, resources, costs and schedules

• Leads project execution to complete the work statement

• Identifies and maintains performance metrics

• Plans, identifies, and coordinates resources required over the life of the project or program

• Defines plans for risk mitigation and opportunity. Compares actual results to baseline planto assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned

• Provides technical, business and integration leadership for the development and execution of project or team plans

• Act as Cost account management as assigned

• Works under minimal direction

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at Hazelwood, MO.

Travel may be required up to 10% of the time; Domestically depending on business needs.

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim/Final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Potential signing bonus for eligible/qualified external candidates. 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement

• 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications.

• 3+ years of experience providing technical leadership or project management to cross functional engineering projects

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Active Secret Security Clearance

• 5+ years of experience providing technical leadership or project management to cross functional engineering projects

• Multi-disciplinary technical expertise, working knowledge or project engineering in Model Based Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, and Data Science, including in classified computing infrastructure and architecture, along with a working knowledge of Department of Defense cyber security requirements

• Experience working with suppliers and customers

• Boeing Control Account Manager experience and training

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing