Technical Project Coordinator

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 Job Summary: 
  
 Provide scientific, engineering, and technical management assistance to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Office for Science and Technology (ST), Rapid Engineering Prototyping Division (REPD) on-site support at Cape Canaveral SFS Florida. Prepares and presents project status reporting to ATI-7 leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as project coordinator; acts as primary liaison between government leadership, PMs and technical staff.
• Work closely with ZelTech Project Manager to ensure projects are coordinated between departments and progress, issues and resolutions are communicated to all stakeholders.
• Coordinate the activities with project managers, engineers, and other team members to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Provide organizational level management of project and operational activities and status reporting to synchronize and enhance mission readiness.
• Organize, attend, and participate in stakeholder meetings.
• Work with the Project Manager to eliminate blockers.
• Gather information about clients’ needs and goals for projects and present options that may meet those needs.
• Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.
• Document and follow up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
• Undertake project tasks as required.
• Prepare necessary presentation materials for meetings and providing administrative support as needed.
• Provide project advice to government project management staff, prepare and/or review technical summaries, reports and scientific/engineering presentations, data and graphics to be presented.
• Track and provide status reports of routine and ad hoc tasking to include but not limited to official tasking from higher headquarters, RFIs from other organizations and white paper evaluations.
• Comply with CCSFS industrial hygiene requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned to accomplish the ATl-7 mission.

Requirements:

• Must be a legal US citizen.
• Active Top-Secret/SCI with CI Poly.
• Proven work experience as a Project Coordinator or similar role.
• Experience managing relationships with staff and stakeholders in a fast pace and demanding environment. 
• Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time-management.
• Experience preparing project summaries such as OV-1s.
• Knowledge of file management, transcription, and other administrative procedures.
• Direct experience working in a government environment.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Effective communicator (verbal and written).
• Ability to effectively manage time and resources.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. 
• Respond to inquiries from customers, management, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to present relevant factors (both verbal and written) so that technical information is understood by non-technical end users.

Preferred Requirements:

• Background managing aeronautical projects related to UAS
• Degree in engineering mechanical or aeronautical engineer
• Six (6) or more years’ experience directly supporting scientific/engineering and the intelligence community.
• Knowledge of standard DoD acquisition regulations, practices, and procedures.
• Experience developing, tracking, and presenting performance metrics for GS-14 and higher government leadership.
• Experience in Risk Management processes. 
• Good writing skills as may be a requirement to write reports.    

Physical Demands or Work Environment: 

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The majority of the time is spent in an office setting. 
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance, vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.