ISS Project Engineer 5 - (US-AL-Huntsville - 35899)

Minimum Education: None
Jobcode: 59415364
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Location
Huntsville, AL

Virtual Office/Telecommute?
(Things you should know about Virtual Office)
Virtual Work Not Available

Shift
First

Business Unit
Integrated Defense Sys

Division
Network & Space Systems

Program
Space Exploration

Occupation Title
Engr Multi-Skill Leadership

Skills Management Title
Project Engineer

Job Classification
6C1LP5

Job Type
Non-Management

Experience Level
Senior Level (15+ years of experience)

Exemption Status
Exempt

Union
No

Security Clearance Required?
(Security Clearance definitions)
No Security Clearance Required

Work Eligibility Required?
Yes

US Person Status Required?
Yes

Export Control Required?
Yes

Relocation Money Available?
Yes

Date Posted
04/21/2008

Closing Date
(Things you should know about closing dates)
06/20/2008

Position Description
Position is on the International Space Station (ISS) program in Huntsville, AL in the ISS Huntsville Projects organization. Candidate will have experience in leading, acting as liaison, and working effectively with all functional team members, including engineering disciplines, customer representatives, Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Finance, Scheduling, Procurement, and line management. Participates in or develops mechanisms for establishing, monitoring, and integrating all project elements and communications between those organizations. Candidate will assist in preparation of fairly complex proposals and technical change packages; CPES experience a strong plus. Candidate will evaluate and influence development of the proposal (e.g., statement of work, ground rules and assumptions, program schedules, etc.), and identify significant cost drivers and risks to enhance the estimate accuracy of those packages. Candidate will be expected to review proposal requirements (cost and schedule), generate basis of estimates and review impacts with management and support contract negotiations with customer. Upon Customer authorization to proceed, the candidate will be expected to develop project plans, direct all project phases through hardware and documentation delivery, and act as primary customer contact throughout. Uses trend, earned value and variance analyses and risk assessments to develop plans and recommend change. Negotiates project changes and incorporates changes into project control systems to maintain work statements, cost and schedule baselines. Transitions projects to customer for on-going support; performs project close-out and documents lessons learned. Works under minimal direction. Travel possible but infrequent.

Competencies
General/Leadership
[ + ] Business (Operational) Acumen

Advanced understanding of how the business and organization work and why; knowledgeable in current and develops future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the business and organization; thorough understanding of the competition; understands how tactics work in the marketplace. Accomplishes tasks and influences change through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices and procedures; helps others understand and work effectively within the cultures of the organization.
[ + ] Cross Functional Partnerships

Analyzes the organization, potential external partners, and own area to identify key relationships that should be initiated or improved to further the attainment of own area's goals. Exchanges information with team leaders, managers and internal employees areas to clarify partnership benefits and potential problems; collaboratively determines the scope and expectations of the partnership so that both areas' needs can be met. Collaboratively determines courses of action to realize mutual goals; facilitates agreement on each partner's responsibilities and needed support. Places higher priority on organization's goals than on own area's goals; anticipates effects of own area's actions and decisions on partners; influences team leaders, managers and internal employees support partnership objectives. Implements effective means for monitoring and evaluating the partnership process and the attainment of mutual goals.
[ + ] Planning And Organizing

Consistently and proactively identifies more critical and less critical activities and assignments; effectively adjusts priorities when appropriate. Proactively determines project or assignment requirements by breaking them down into tasks and identifying types of equipment, materials, and people needed. Effectively allocates appropriate amounts of time for completing own work; co