Technical Project Manager

DCS Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 120,506 - 160,800; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corporation is seeking a skilled project manager with a MS or BS degree in engineering and at least 10 years of experience in a technical field. The role involves planning technical projects, managing workflows, stakeholder communication, and ensuring on-time and on-budget project completion.

Candidates must have U.S. Citizenship, the ability to obtain a security clearance, and experience in aerospace or defense industries. Knowledge of project scheduling software is essential.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in a technical discipline.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Plan technical projects including scope and stakeholder identification.
• Generate schedules and manage project budgets for deliverables.
• Perform risk analysis and implement mitigation plans.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Risk management

Budget management

Scheduling

Multitasking

Education

MS degree or BS degree in engineering

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Smartsheet

Microsoft Office

Job description

Salary Range: $120,506 - $160,800

Essential Job Functions

• Plan technical projects: Collect requirements and define scope, identify stakeholders, develop project plans, create work breakdown structure.
• Schedules: Define, sequence, and estimate durations for activities; generate schedules with defined milestones while ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Budgets: generate labor and material resource and cost estimates, allocate cost to activities.
• Risk Management: Identify risk, perform risk analysis and mitigation plans. Implement and monitor risk mitigation controls.
• Materials: track materials procurements, cost, and delivery schedule to ensure they support the cost and schedule requirements.
• Own and maintain the project master schedule, track deliverables, risk mitigation strategies to ensure on-time and on-budget completion.
• Manage the daily project workflow and interactions between disciplines and technical subject matter experts.
• Partner with cross functional teams in finding and implementing solutions to problem and challenges.
• Oversee operational processes, ensuring efficiency, alignment, and continuous improvement across the team.
• Stakeholder communication: Develop project dashboards and provide regular updates to stakeholders, including status reports, risk assessments, and project outcomes.

Required Skills

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements.
• Requires MS degree or a BS degree in engineering with a minimum of 10 years' experience in a technical discipline.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance for the duration of employment.
• Have 3+ years of project management experience in hardware/software development and integration environment in an aerospace, defense or other related industry.
• Have experience and clear understanding and management of HW/SW development cycle from requirements definition, design reviews, fabrication, integration, test, etc.
• Clear understanding of engineering documentation and processes.
• Experience with Project Scheduling software (MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet).
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Ability to multitask.

Desired Skills

• PMP, Agile, or similar training or certification preferred
• Experience with aerospace product development, design, and I&T life cycles.
• Ability to work across all disciplines, functions/levels as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Active security clearance