External Job Posting Title Senior Project Manager

Peraton; Port Reading (NJ); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Project Manager to lead a small multi-disciplinary engineering team on complex government programs at PERATON Labs. You will plan, execute, and oversee design, development, testing, and production phases, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and engineering standards.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience managing projects with engineering, prototyping, testing, validation and verification, and hold a degree in business, finance or engineering with senior-level

Qualifications

• Experience managing complicated projects including engineering, prototyping, testing, validation, and verification leading to integration and manufacture.
• Degree in business, finance or engineering with corresponding seniority: BS/BA (12+ years), MS/MA (10+ years), or PhD (7+ years).
• Experience with government or DoD programs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop project plans with input from key stakeholders and obtain formal leadership approval.
• Incorporate quality control early to meet customer requirements and engineering standards.
• Track progress against the approved project plan through the lifecycle.
• Communicate progress, risks, and mitigation plans with the engineering team and leadership.
• Develop risk mitigation options to maintain cost and schedule.
• Convey project status and risks to leadership at regular intervals.
• Create a risk registry with cost and schedule impacts.
• Initiate business continuity plans and obtain approvals for changes.
• Manage resource requirements and communicate gaps to senior leadership.
• Generate presentation materials to communicate project status clearly.

Skills

MS Project

Primavera

EVMS

Cost & Schedule Analysis

Status Reporting

Milestones Management

Onsite 5 days a week

DoE/DoW Logistics

Quality Control in Production

U.S. Citizenship

Education

BS/BA in engineering, business, or related

MS/MA in engineering or business

PhD in relevant field

Tools

None

Job description

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Project Manager who possesses the ability to work with a small multi-disciplinary engineering team to assist leadership in the planning and execution of projects involving complex systems for a government customer. The successful candidate will utilize their communication skills, attention to detail, education, and experience to drive the success of these innovative projects.

Job Purpose:

This position will support the engineering team in the design, development, testing and production phases of projects undertaken at PERATON Labs, the research and development arm of PERATON corporation.

Duties and Responsibilities Include, but not limited to:

• Develop project plans with input from key stakeholders and ultimately seek formal approval from leadership.

• Incorporate quality control early in the project to ensure the produced product meets customer requirements and engineering standards.

• Track progress against approved project plan throughout the lifecycle of the project.

• Communicate effectively with the engineering team to ascertain progress, understand work being performed and develop plans to mitigate risks.

• Develop risk mitigation options when required to maintain cost and schedule, understand likelihood of occurrence and schedule impacts.

• Convey to leadership, at reasonable interval, overall progress, risks, plans to mitigate risks, and potential schedule impacts.

• Develop a risk registry, with input from engineers that correctly depicts the project landscape and includes impacts to cost and schedule.

• Initiate BCPs as required and solicit approval for recommended changes.

• Manage resource requirements, communicating gaps and needs to senior leadership to prevent issues with meeting program requirements.

• Generate presentation material to easily communicate project.

Qualifications

Required Education and Work Experience:

The successful candidate has demonstrated experience with complicated projects including engineering, prototyping, testing, validation, and verification leading to integration and manufacture.

A degree in business, finance or engineering is required with the following experience levels:

• BS/BA with 12 or more years of experience managing projects.

• MS/MAwith 10 or more years of experience managing projects.

• PhD with 7 or more years of experience managing projects.

(Experience must be with relevant work in a professional setting)

Required Skills/Attributes:

• Expert in the use of MS project and or Primavera to manage cost, schedule and resources

• Expert in EVMS approach to project management

• Expert in analyzing project material to ascertain likelihood of desired cost and schedule outcomes.

• Expert in developing reporting materials to communicate project status to stakeholders.

• Experience tracking and managing various Milestone and/or other Contract Deliverables

• Ability to be onsite five days a week when required.

• Occasional Travel to partner manufacturing facilities and other Peraton facilities will be required,

• Experience with the application of quality control methodologies to product production beginning at project inception is a key skill.

• U.S. Citizenship.

Desired Skills/Attributes:

• A PMI PMP certification or equivalent

• Direct experience working closely with engineers to deliver complex electro-optical systems

• Experience with logistics for DoE/DoW systems

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.