Senior Project Coordinator - Aerospace & Defense

Sierra Nevada Corporation; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with 150% match up to 6%

Life insurance

3 weeks paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Sierra Nevada Corporation is seeking a Sr Project Coordinator in Plano, TX to coordinate project activities, manage resources, and maintain comprehensive documentation across vendors and internal teams. The role requires strong time management, communication, and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

You will liaise with stakeholders, track schedules, assist with budgets, and escalate issues as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience in a related field.
• Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• Expert understanding of project management principles and methodologies.
• Fundamental MS Office Skills.
• Ability to manage time effectively.
• Demonstrated ownership of tasks, organization skills and attention to detail.
• Possess strong communication and client-facing, teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment, and information.
• Break projects into actionable tasks and set timeframes.
• Liaise with stakeholders to facilitate project execution and assign tasks to internal teams.
• Assist with schedule management and ensure client needs are met as projects evolve.
• Help prepare budgets and analyze risks and opportunities.
• Monitor project progress and address issues through proper communication and escalation.
• Act as a point of contact and communicate project status to all stakeholders.
• Work with the Program Manager to remove roadblocks.
• Use tools to monitor and control performance, plans, and expenditures.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans, and status reports.
• Liaise with stakeholders in Planning, Operations, SCPM, Planning, and Procurement to facilitate project execution and assign tasks to internal teams.
• Assess and monitor turn around time for procurements to ensure accurate backdates are fed into the schedule for parts demand deliverables / BOMs
• Monitor parts demand / BOM release and procurement completion progress and address issues or bottlenecks through proper communication and escalation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain US Secret Security Clearance

Skills

Time management

Documentation

Communication

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Attention to detail

Project coordination

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Sierra Nevada Corporation is seeking a Sr Project Coordinator in Plano, TX to coordinate project activities, manage resources, and maintain comprehensive documentation across vendors and internal teams. The role requires strong time management, communication, and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

You will liaise with stakeholders, track schedules, assist with budgets, and escalate issues as needed.