Associate Project Manager

Butler Aerospace & Defense; West Lafayette (IN); Remote; Full time

Job summary

Butler Aerospace & Defense is seeking an Associate Project Manager for a 12-month contract to support engineering teams with project management responsibilities. The role demands at least 5 years of experience, a relevant degree, and skills in communication, project tracking, and quality management. The position offers a competitive hourly rate and is committed to promoting diversity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years working in project management with project tracking experience.
• Engineering program experience is preferred.
• Experience ensuring adherence to Quality Program requirements like AS9100 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support technical teams with project management and operations activities.
• Track personnel onboarding, maintain project funding and budget adherence.
• Collaborate with Quality teams for metric establishment and process improvement.

Skills

Communication

Data Analysis

Project Tracking

Leadership

Education

BS/BA degree in Business, Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel)

MS Project

Power BI

Job description

Butler Aerospace & Defense provided pay range

This range is provided by Butler Aerospace & Defense. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$45.00/hr - $60.00/hr

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Associate Project Manager

Location: Remote

Job ID: #71074

Pay Range: $45-60 AN HOUR

12+ MONTH CONTRACT

The deadline to apply is 06/20/2025

Security Clearance Level: Clearable

Min years of experience: Minimum 5 years working in project management with project tracking experience. Preferred experience working with engineering/technical teams.

Degree Requirements: BS/BA degree in Business, Engineering or related field

Detailed Job Description:

Butler is seeking an Associate Project Manager to support technical teams with project management and operations related activities. Successful candidates are those with traits of a servant leader and demonstrate the ability to adapt to the changing requirements of Butler clients in the engineering services forum.

Associate Project Manager will report to Program Management leader and work to support multidisciplinary teams to meet business and performance goals for ‘Statement of Work’ projects. Responsibilities will initially involve working with the Engineering and Quality teams to document, organize and continually improve group processes and metrics. Responsibilities will expand further to other project management related responsibilities as cognizance of Butler’s clients expands.

• Desired Experience includes: Engineering program experience – Aerospace preferred but will consider related industries such as Defense and/or Space industries, Automotive, Industrial, etc.
• Defense program experience
• U.S. Export Control compliance experience (i.e. has worked on ITAR, EAR programs)
• Experience ensuring adherence to Quality Program requirements and procedures such as AS9100 or similar
• Exposer to review and implementation of contractual terms and conditions
• Responsibilities: Tracking personnel onboarding and transition status including coordination with internal and external customers
• Support Program Leadership to ensure contractual compliance and maintenance of related documentation
• Maintain and ensure project funding and budget adherence, including applicable tracking and reporting requirements for active projects
• Collaborate with Quality team to foster metric establishment and tracking & continual process improvement
• Support engineering teams to ensure training goals are met and documented
• Issue resolution of contract, personnel and project related items
• Skills: Good communication skills, including procedure creation and data analysis
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products including Excel
• Project tracking and analysis background required. Proficiency with project tracking tools such as MS Project a plus
• Power BI background preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor preferred

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and “Know Your Rights” Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices.

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Engineering

• Industries

  Defense and Space Manufacturing and Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

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