Project Manager/Cost Account Manager, Power Subsystems

Lanteris Space LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health and welfare insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Intuitive Machines is seeking a Project Manager for the Power Subsystems team in San Jose, CA. The role manages schedules and cost/control accounts across labor and non-labor elements from requirements to hardware delivery.

You will interface with executives, engineers, and program managers to forecast, report status, and mitigate risks, while driving cost growth mitigation and weekly review activities.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, engineering, or other STEM field; four years of related experience may substitute for a degree.
• 2 years of related work experience.
• A master’s degree qualifies as 2 years of experience.
• Excel proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Interface between organizations to develop schedules that meet program needs/milestones.
• Ensure engineering, part procurement, fabrication, assembly, and test proceed as planned and help initiate mitigation steps when issues arise.
• Interface with Executive Management, Program Management, Subsystem Management, People Managers, and Engineers to report status and forecasts, manage costs, and mitigate risks.
• Act as the Cost/Control Account Manager (CAM) for the Subsystem WBS Cost/Control Accounts.
• Leverage project management skills to manage labor and non-labor costs within budget.
• Partner with the Subsystem Director to ensure delivery of all engineering and hardware products within budget.

Skills

Project management

Financial management

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, engineering, or other STEM field

Tools

MS Project

Pivot Tables (Excel)

VBA (Excel)

VLOOKUP (Excel)

Job description

Please review the job details below. Intuitive Machines is seeking a Project Manager for the Power Subsystems organization to manage multiple program/project schedules and cost/control accounts that include labor and non-labor elements from initial requirements to hardware delivery. This role, based out of our office in San Jose, CA, requires the ability to embrace change at a fast pace, demonstrate quality decision making, and leverage interpersonal skills while working with Executive Management, Program Management, Subsystem Management, People Managers, and Engineers. The role is part of the team assigned to deliver a complex subsystem for a given spacecraft and is responsible for ensuring that the subsystem is produced, from contract award to final subsystem delivery, within budget. The successful candidate will have experience working with complex systems and manufacturing, possesses strong project management skills, can leverage financial acumen, is detail oriented, and is able to communicate comfortably and succinctly with all levels of engineering and management.

Responsibilities

• Interface between organizations to develop schedules that meet program needs/milestones
• Ensure that engineering, part procurement, fabrication, assembly, and test proceed as planned and help initiate mitigation steps when issues arise
• Interface with Executive Management, Program Management, Subsystem Management, People Managers, and Engineers to report status and forecasts, manage costs, and mitigate risks
• Act as the Cost/Control Account Manager (CAM) for the Subsystem WBS Cost/Control Accounts
• Leverage project management skills to:
• Manage performing organization labor associated with each cost/control account within a given budget
• Manage non-labor scope associated with each cost/control account within a given budget
• Partner with the Subsystem Director for a given program/project to ensure delivery of all engineering and hardware products within budget
• Identify and mitigate cost growth risks for labor and non-labor in collaboration with the Subsystem Director and appropriate people managers
• Work with the Program Manager to review monthly cost growth risks and mitigation plans
• Perform weekly cost review activities to proactively identify growth risks or savings opportunities
• Provide weekly status on programs/projects during Power Subsystem work reviews
• Participate in organizational process improvements related to CAM processes and tools
• Participate in business development costing exercises, as required
• Drive issue resolution; including recovery planning, reporting out status, collaborating with stakeholders, and negotiating for required resources
• Manage multiple programs/projects concurrently

Minimum Requirements

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, engineering, or other STEM field. An additional four years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• 2 years of related work experience.
• A master’s degree qualifies as 2 years of experience.
• Excel proficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the aerospace industry, particularly the satellite industry
• 2 or more years of experience as a project manager
• Strong project and financial management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Exceptional organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Experience in budget and resource management
• Knowledge of advanced Excel, such as pivot tables, formulas, VBA, and vlookup
• MS Project experience, including critical path identification, cross-functional dependencies, and milestone tracking
• Experience with government/DOD contracts and earned value management

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

• The base pay for this position within California is: $82,000.00 - $136,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

Lanteris Space Systems values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Intuitive Machines is building the infrastructure for your boldest missions and the next era of space operations. Our foundation is proven and built for scale, resilience, and mission continuity, extending across LEO, GEO, lunar, interplanetary, and deep space. That’s why commercial leaders and government organizations, such as NASA rely, on Intuitive Machines to sustain continuous mission operations and extend their space capabilities further and faster.. Intuitive Machines is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We comply with disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, or to otherwise participate in the hiring process.