Project Management Specialist 4\5
Project Management Specialist position supports the Huntington Beach Operations Director and Leadership Team and is responsible for the daily execution of the organizational operating cadence and integration of all manufacturing related cross-functional activities across assigned work statement. This project manager will have responsibilities across a broad spectrum of programs (Commercial, Defense, Missiles, Space) resident at Huntington Beach. Duties include:
-Developing project operating battle rhythm
-Responsible for all project/program Planning and Execution including Cost Schedule and Quality compliance.
-Primary customer interface for assigned project manufacturing work statement
-Develops, reports, and analyzes project performance data to achieve project requirements
-Developing and delivering management project reporting, as required
-Coordinates, develops, and delivers product/repair estimates Integrates project manufacturing, schedule, and financial (Earned Value) status into meaningful management data sets
-Acting as primary change management point of contact and receives / impacts / and manages change through the manufacturing process
-Leading others in all phases of project management areas in accordance with accepted project management standards
-Assisting in the development of Long Range Business Plans and organizational strategies
-Ensuring assigned individuals are executing the identified and assigned tasks and providing appropriate tracking and reporting per plans.
-Assists in achieving operational excellence and improving management accountability.
-Providing in-depth analysis of projects culminating with lessons learned and historical reports for incorporation into future project plans.
-Providing assessments of team performance to appropriate management.
-Consulting with executive leadership and integrates organizational strategy and company initiatives to develop project deliverables.
Competencies
General• Collaboration
Consistently works effectively and cooperatively with team members and fellow project team leaders, other employees and external customers. Establishes and maintains good working relationships by actively involving less experienced employees and/or other project team leaders and external customers and helping them feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions. Places higher priority on team and organization goals than on own goals. Offers to provide assistance and/or project team leadership to other teams and/or employees when doing so would benefit the organization.
• Communication
Consistently clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Consistently keeps the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used; attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Advises fellow project leads and other internal employees in effective communication techniques.
• Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions as a project team leader; develops and sustains productive customer relationships as they relate to project team leadership responsibilities; actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; presents project level information to customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how project level actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists other project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.
• Managing Conflict
Consistently establishes a clear and compelling rationale for resolving the conflict. Collects information from relevant sources to gain extensive understanding of the conflict. Views the conflict from all sides. Stays focused on resolving the conflict and avoids personal issues and attacks. Presents and seeks potential solutions or positive courses of action. Consistently takes a positive action to resolve the conflict in a way that addresses the issue, dissipates the conflict, and maintains the relationship. Effectively summarizes to ensure that all are aware of agreements and required actions.
• Negotiation
Explores all parties' needs, concerns, and initial positions as they relate to large/complex negotiations. Builds common ground by highlighting areas of agreement and working through areas of disagreement. Manages the interpersonal process to stay focused on the task; constructively addresses emotions and conflict. Engages in mutual problem solving by brainstorming alternative positions or approaches and evaluating them openly and fairly. Builds value of preferred alternatives by relating them to the needs of others; responds to objections by emphasizing value. Seeks a win-win solution through a give-and-take process.
Technical• Analytical Skills
Basic - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources with clients, customers and/or suppliers.
Preferred - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources at the business unit level.
• Proj Sched & Resource Mgmt
Basic - Extensive, specialized ability to create comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for significant Business Unit projects. Extensive, specialized ability to identify time frames for key project milestones, ensure alignment of sub tier activities for overall project visibility, tracking and completion, direct and manage more complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities, independently identify project resource requirements, and integrate and direct multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Extensive, specialized ability to collaborate with others on the very complex projects assigned.
Preferred - Advanced/expert ability to plan, organize and direct the creation of comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for significant organization, enterprise, and business unit projects. Advanced/expert ability to identify time frames for key project milestones, ensure alignment of sub tier activities for overall project visibility, tracking and completion, direct and manage more complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities, independently identify project resource requirements, and integrate and direct multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Advanced/expert ability to collaborate with others on the extremely complex projects assigned.
• Project Leadership
Basic - Extensive and specialized ability to direct, delegate, and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of the overall large scale and complex projects. Extensive and specialized ability to identify and resolve project related issues and provide solutions and/or recommendations to ensure the successful completion of the project.
Preferred - Advanced/expert ability to direct, delegate, and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of enterprise wide and/or extremely complex large scale projects. Advanced/expert ability to identify and resolve any issues to ensure the successful completion of the project.
Basic Qualifications For ConsiderationDo you have technical experience (fabrication or manufacturing engineering) in Boeing commercial or defense manufacturing?
Do you have experience with Program Management Best Practices (PMBP), the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and other project management standards?
Do you have experience with applying the bounding conditions of material and process specifications to manufacturing projects?
Do you have experience in manufacturing functional interfaces and leveraging those functional interfaces to ensure project completion?
Do you have experience with popular scheduling / spreadsheet software and using that software to assist in project management activities?
Typical Education/Experience
Level 4 - Bachelor's degree and typically 10 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree and typically 8 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Level 5 - Bachelor's degree and typically 15 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree and typically 13 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Job related information
Position requires Current Secret security clearance or equivalent. Applicants MUST include their Security Clearance Level, Investigation Type and Investigation Date clearly on their resume. Some domestic travel may be required.
- Business Unit Defense, Space&Security
- Division Networks & Space Systems
- Program Network And Tactical Systems
- Job Type Non-Management
- Experience Level Career/Experienced
- US Person Status Required? Yes
Closing Date: 02/24/2012
