Project Manager

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**Due to Federal Contract requirements, US Citizenship is required for

this position.**

**Principle Duties**

To act as the primary point of contact with the customer and is

responsible for all communications and customer satisfaction after

contract award.

Defines the scope of supply for awarded contracts, including the need

for internal deliverables and customer submittals. The Project Manager

shall collaborate with the Engineering Manager **or Principal Engineer**

to establish milestones for each project and recommend high level work

priority based on the milestone schedule. The Project Manager will be

expected to understand status of assigned contracts throughout the

engineering, job creation, procurement, manufacturing, testing and

shipping stages.

Expected to interface and collaborate with different departments within

the business to meet contract objectives, including Operations, Supply

Chain, Planning, Quality, Sales, Test, and Engineering.

Negotiates changes to contract as required and identifies scope

increase. Negotiation can include Terms and Conditions, submittals,

delivery expectations, and pricing.

Executes communications plan to project requirements. Communications

will include but are not limited to status on major materials, delivery

status to original commitment date, risks associated with delivery and

mitigation plan for those risks. Proactively documents delays, changes

in scope and any other incidents that impact the scope of work or

schedule.

Prepares monthly revenue forecast for the Design Value Stream in

collaboration with the Design Value Stream Manager.

Understands and communicates task schedules to all project team members

to ensure timely completion of project **and when necessary, advocates

for required project resources**.

Foresees problems on contracts before they become problems.

Coordinates and chairs meetings to assure all planned activity occurs

and that the quality of each event satisfies project requirements.

Manages multiple, parallel projects using formal project planning

techniques.

Maintains contract file in accordance with established protocols and

procedures.

Produces regular status reports containing assessments of contract

status relative to cost, delivery, customer submittals, milestone

completion, and risk.

Coordinates product packaging and shipping in accordance with contract

requirements. Also ensures that progress payments and final invoices are

executed on time.

Creates and maintains Health of Contract Report to monitor project

performance to budget (margin expectations) and schedule including an

\"Issues List\" in order to document all unplanned obstacles to

satisfying the contract. All items must be resolved before contract can

be formally closed.

Develops post-shipment contract review including assessment of cost,

delivery, quality, and miscellaneous contract specific requirements.

Improvement ideas for future contracts are communicated to the team for

implementation based on this review.

**Secondary Duties**

Aids in development of project quotes, as needed. This can include

milestone generation, timeline creation, risk assessment, review of

commercial requirements, terms and conditions, and other activities.

Participates in the training and coaching of new and/or inexperienced

team members.

Assists in developing department plans, goals, objectives, policies and

procedures.

Other duties as required

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