Senior Staff Project Engineering Manager REF982N

Company Description

Elbit Systems of America is a leading provider of high performance products, system solutions, and support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, commercial aviation, and medical instrumentation markets. With facilities throughout the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States. Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT), a global high technology company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications. For additional information, visit: www.elbitsystems-us.com or follow us on Twitter.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Sr. Staff Project Engineering Manager -- but we are looking for more than an impressive skill set.  We are looking for the type of person who respects others for their knowledge, skills, and experience as individuals and as team members. We want someone who is highly ethical, honest, fair…because that’s who we are.  If you are the type of person who has high integrity and would thrive in an inclusive environment of camaraderie with your fellow teammates, we’re pretty confident you’ll love it here.

Responsibilities

Project Execution

• Primary technical POC with the customer, lead engineering team in the development of the technical review packages and lead customer technical reviews
• Mediate and Adjudicate conflicts that arise within the engineering team and between engineering and the program manager
• Support the business unit in identification, mitigation, and management of risks, issues, and opportunities, specifically focused on the technical and engineering aspects
• Lead engineering project execution to include the cost, schedule and technical baselines for all engineering activities
• Partner with PM’s, Engineering Functional Managers, and Functional CAMs to ensure the project is being staffed and executed to plan
• Manage project scope ensuring budget/schedule changes are made with corresponding scope changes
• Cost and Schedule Management
• Utilize EVMS (scaled as appropriate) to monitor and control engineering cost and schedule performance
• Ensure IMS is kept up to date with support from appropriate PP&C personnel or schedulers
• Work with team to develop both technical and process improvement work arounds to mitigate potential cost and schedule variances
• Coordinate/document variance reporting with the CAMs, or leads, as appropriate
• Update WBS as required
• Conduct project reviews as required, reporting program status to senior management
• Continuously work with the team to identify ways to improve efficiency of the technical team’s performance
• Mentor/coach project team members to help achieve efficient and effective project execution.

Bids and Proposals

• Develop/coordinate engineering program bid and execution baselines (technical, scope, cost, schedule, risk, opportunities…) IAW defined scope and objectives
• Partner with Systems Engineers and Director(s) to provide innovative technical solutions to fit within budget and schedule constraints
• Develop/Lead the development of bids and BOE’s IAW company policy, using historical data wherever possible
• Develop engineering WBS, IAW company standards tailored as appropriate to meet specific project requirements
• Develop/support the development of the IMS, developing work packages and  staffing requirements
• Coordinate and document process tailoring activities for specific project requirements
• Document risks and opportunities associated with the Engineering Bid
• Develop bid package and obtain approval from relevant stakeholders

Project Planning

• Develop/refine engineering WBS, IAW company standards tailored as appropriate to meet specific project requirements
• Clearly define and document project scope and deliverables
• Coordinate and integrate the different functional inputs into a coherent executable project plan.
• Establish, negotiate and allocate budgets to the CAMs
• Coordinate the development of the engineering portion of the resource loaded IMS
• Coordinate the development of the initial risk and opportunity register
• Communicate staffing requirements to functional management in support of the engineering resource planning process

Resource Management

• Develop and maintain staffing requirements (by skill and time phased) – ideally through a resource loaded schedule.
• Negotiate staffing requirements with Engineering Functional leadership
• Enter and maintain staffing requirements in