Fabrication Project Manager

We are launching people to the Moon and Mars. If you want to be part of this amazing mission and enjoy working in a great team environment, we would love to have you as part of our team that is making history, today. It takes big ideas and determination to take NASA's vision and make it reality. That's what we do every day. 

The COMET contract provides overall management and implementation of ground systems capabilities, flight hardware processing, and launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. These tasks will support the International Space Station, Ground Systems Development and Operations, and the Space Launch System, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and Launch Services programs. 

The Ground Systems Support (GSS) organization is looking for a Fabrication Project Manager for the Launch Equipment Shop (LES) who supports multiple programs for National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA).

Responsibilities 

As a member of the team, you will: 

• Serve as the primary point of contact for projects and will be responsible for overseeing them from start to finish.

• Work with customers, stakeholders, and functional support teams to develop artifacts required to propose, plan, execute, control, and communicate the key components of a project.

• Communicate across all organizational lines to ensure projects are executed on schedule and within budget and meet all technical requirements.

• Be responsible for ensuring risks are properly identified, documented, and mitigated.

•  Provide Project Management oversight and assist in managing all aspects of fabrication projects within the Ground Systems Support (GSS) Department

• Provide Project Management oversight and assist with the management of Project Scope, Risks, Budgets, Estimates, Schedules and Schedule Changes

•  Provide Project Management oversight in coordination with LES Group Manager, Functional Leaders, Work Management and Manufacturing Engineers.

• Demonstrate understanding of, and assist in, project scheduling development and resource loading to capture all work performed.

• Coordinate fabrication feasibility reviews on engineering drawings, Engineering Action Requests and other technical documents, contract mechanisms, etc., in execution of fabrication projects.

•  Perform duties as single Point-of-Contact (POC) for fabrication projects where work requested is sent off-site, all or part, and not performed at the various shops managed by COMET.

• Provide oversight for this work, once identified by Ground Systems Support (GSS) Management to be outsourced, from inception until delivery and closeout.

•  Host / Facilitate Project Team meetings.

•  Ability to work within established operating procedures and assist in navigating engineering and quality coordination for fabrication.

•  Create appropriate Statements of Work (SOW) for outsourced work and be POC for all work and any issues in concert with COMET Project Managers, Engineering, Logistics, Construction Services, and outside vendors.

• Exercise sound judgment, demonstrate excellent skills in working with other organizations, NASA and COMET customers, Contracts, and outside vendors.

• Perform other duties as assigned, including on-going or one-off special projects.    

Qualifications  

• BS in Engineering or technical equivalent and 4+ years' experience

• Must have a valid Driver's License. 

• Experience in project management principles, facility and ground hardware design/build projects and project cost accounting is mandatory.

• PMP Certification is highly desirable.

• Experience interpreting engineering drawings; working knowledge of end-to-end processes of construction and fabrication including assembly and test; experience writing statements of work and basis of estimates; understanding of sub-contracts execution and legal/regulatory requirements.

• Experience with raw materials and material processes such as grades of metals, chemical processes, and treatments (passivation, pickling, Alodining, etc.) is desired.

• Manufacturing knowledge to include machining, welding, pneumatic systems, mechanical assemblies, industrial paint and cable assemblies.

• Experience in Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Inventory Management software, and Product Life Cycle management (PLM) Systems highly desirable.

• Must demonstrate excellent communication skills with NASA and other Contractors, and effectively represent COMET's nee