Project Manager

The Project Manager works closely with the Project Engineer, Shop Leads, Customers, and Scaled Management to assure cost and schedule performance is being properly tracked and met. Project Manager’s establish, maintain and report on the project budget, schedule, and performance, with a strong emphasis on developing and maintaining detailed schedules using MS Project.

Category: Program Business Management

Location: Mojave, CA

Citizenship Required: United States Citizenship

Clearance Type: Secret

Schedule: 9/80 Work Schedule

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

Benefits: 100% Paid Benefits and 401k Matching

Summary:

Founded by legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan, Scaled Composites is a 41-year-old aerospace company continually working to push boundaries, prove out ideas, and influence the future. We are a rapid prototyping and manufacturing facility, designing, building, and testing proof-of-concept and prototype vehicles. We have flown an average of one new aircraft type per year over our 41-year history such as Proteus, GlobalFlyer, SpaceShipOne, Model 401, and Stratolaunch.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Work closely with Contracts department, during contract award, to fully understand the contracted scope of work to be performed.

Develop an earned value reporting process in order to meet program requirements

Develop and maintain production schedules for complex aerospace systems

Ensure alignment between manufacturing capacity and program timelines

Support bids and proposals by providing accurate cost estimates

Track actual costs vs. planned costs and identify variances

Forecast labor, material, and equipment needs based on program requirements

Develop strategies to mitigate bottlenecks and ensure on-time delivery

Collaborate with the Project Engineer and shop lead to generate and maintain a schedule, with clearly defined milestones; adjust the budget and schedule to reflect any contractual changes

Support the Project Engineer in monitoring and negotiating the engineering and shop staffing with regard to the right skills and number of people assigned to the project

Provide the Project Engineer and Management with a health visibility report at established intervals as required or requested

Clearly communicate the project health to Management and the project’s external customer

Verify (check and balance system) that the technical requirements of the contract are being fulfilled, and if not discuss with the Project Engineer and Management as required

Advise and review all Business Analyst deliverables specific to their project

Manage resources for the implementation of project-related activities

Excellent planning skills to include the ability to anticipate and prepare for challenges and obstacles

Improvise and re-baseline as needed

Track all expenditures, materials, subcontracts, etc., as requested by Management or required by the contract

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and 6 years relevant experience or Master’s Degree and 4 years relevant experience

Proven experience in MS Project scheduling, including creating, updating, and analyzing complex project schedules.

Experience working in a SAP environment

Ability to see the whole picture and understand what it will take to complete a project within cost and schedule

Exceptional organizational skills

Ability to develop and analyze data, and present findings to customers and management

Strong analytical problem solving skills and ability to implement sound critical thinking skills

Proficiency with Microsoft Office; Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Project

Ability to implement budgeting concepts

Experience with earned value reporting

Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

Advanced MS Project skills, including resource leveling, critical path analysis, and schedule risk management.

Familiarity with Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) development and maintenance.

Knowledge of scheduling best practices in aerospace or defense programs.

Essential Job Functions:

Requires mobility and the ability to bend and reach

May infrequently require lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling materials weighing up to 30 pounds.

Manual dexterity and coordination are required; repetitive hand motion (e.g., to operate computer keyboard)

Vision at close distances and the ability to adjust focus for prolonged periods (i.e., computer screen)

Ability to remain sedentary or stationary for prolonged periods of time

Ability to write for extended periods of time

Ability to work in an office setting for prolonged periods of time

May be asked to carry up to 20 lbs. up and down a flight of stairs on a regular basis such as files, books, office equipment, etc.

Occasional reaching overhead and lifting up to 15 pounds

Ability to converse and communicate information with others

Occasional exposure to chemical vapors and/or fumes in low non-hazardous concentration

Potential to climb up and down steps on a daily

Must be able to read and understand SDS

Level 2 - $86,320 - $129,480

Level 3 - $107,040 - $160,560