Associate Project Manager

Butler Aerospace & Defense; West Lafayette (IN); Remote; USD 93,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking an Associate Project Manager for a remote 12-month contract. The role involves supporting technical teams with project management, ensuring compliance and maintaining documentation. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and project tracking skills, along with a background in engineering or related fields.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in project management with project tracking experience.
• Experience with engineering/technical teams preferred.
• Aerospace or related industry experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate personnel onboarding and transitions with customers.
• Maintain project funding and budget adherence.
• Support engineering teams to achieve training goals.

Skills

Good communication skills

Procedure creation

Data analysis

Project tracking and analysis background

Power BI

Problem solving

Leadership and mentoring

Education

BS/BA degree in Business, Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

MS Project

Job description

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

Citizenship Requirement: US Citizen

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
• Good problem solving skills
• 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].