Project Engineer – DoD Clearance, Agile PM Lead

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc.; East Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 73,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Certification assistance

Professional development support

Flexible, collaborative workplace

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. in East Hartford, CT seeks a detail-oriented project coordinator with STEM background to lead scheduling and documentation across aerospace programs.

You will work with Jira, SAP, MS Project, Confluence and Siemens Teamcenter in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. The role requires 1–4 years of experience, DoD clearance eligibility, and strong Excel/PowerPoint capability.

Qualifications

• The successful candidate is detail oriented and highly collaborative.
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field is required.
• 1-4 years relevant work experience.
• Excellent computer skills with MS Sharepoint, Excel, Outlook, Access, Project and Powerpoint; also Jira, Confluence, and SAP.
• Experience working in fast-paced, team-oriented environments like Siemens Teamcenter PLM.
• Existing or ability to obtain DoD Secret/Collateral clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project scheduling and milestones in tools like Jira, MS Project, or SAP.
• Create catalogs documents in a searchable file (Excel, Access, or other); update files to a clear, common nomenclature.
• Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts to fix technical shortfalls and add content where needed.
• Review documents for completeness and coordinate approval and sign-offs of design and review documentation, upload into appropriate systems like Confluence.
• Gather engineering technical data to develop Review presentations containing: problem statement / reason for change, solution options and drawings / documents to be changed.
• Support Review meetings, including scheduling, presentations, and assist in closure of action items.
• Maintain traceability in Product Data Management system like Siemens Teamcenter.
• Assist in development of change implementation schedule, tasks, milestones, delivery dates and lead times in tools like SAP, Primavera and MS Project.
• Coordinate with project stakeholders to assess cost and schedule of projects against plan.
• Develop weekly status reports including: current status, setting priorities, addressing issues, calculating performance against schedule and budget.
• Familiar with Agile Project Management and Scrum.

Skills

Project scheduling tools

Jira

MS Project

SAP

Confluence

Siemens Teamcenter

MS Sharepoint

Excel

Outlook

Access

PowerPoint

Project

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Jira

MS Project

SAP

Confluence

Siemens Teamcenter

MS Sharepoint

Excel

Outlook

Access

PowerPoint

Job description

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. in East Hartford, CT seeks a detail-oriented project coordinator with STEM background to lead scheduling and documentation across aerospace programs.

You will work with Jira, SAP, MS Project, Confluence and Siemens Teamcenter in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. The role requires 1–4 years of experience, DoD clearance eligibility, and strong Excel/PowerPoint capability.