Sr. Project Engineer

About the position

The Sr. Project Engineer at Belcan Corp is responsible for leading engineering projects within the aerospace industry. This role involves developing statements of work, managing project execution, and ensuring that projects meet strict schedules, budgets, and technical requirements. The engineer will lead a team of up to 50 engineers, providing mentorship and guidance while coordinating resources and communicating effectively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develops statement of work (SOW) to satisfy research, ongoing development, and new business requirements.
• Works with customers and management to obtain SOW approval.
• Identifies and manages changes to SOW, assesses the impact of those changes, and incorporates as required.
• Negotiates proposed changes to determine modifications to deliverables, resources, costs and schedules.
• Leads project execution to complete the work statement.
• Identifies program performance metrics.
• Plans identifies and coordinates resources required over the life of the project or program.
• Lead a team of up to 50 engineers.
• Provide planning, organization, coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Manages multiple priorities and competing tasks while prioritizing and assigning tasks and assignments to team members.
• Works constructively with other departments and vendors to gain consensus on the best plan of attack on each program issue.
• Communicates clearly with the engineering team, other departments, the customer, and vendors as required to facilitate smooth completion of the engineering package.
• Plans an engineering package, prepares staffing plans, anticipates critical path issues, and sets a schedule to meet program schedules and budgets.
• Provides periodic project status to upper management using the latest presentation techniques.
• Stays on top of a program, delivers message to GTI Engineers, and serves as the focal point and conductor for all engineering activities on a particular program.
• Delegates responsibility to achieve efficiency.
• Evaluates and approves designs, changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Mentor less experienced staff to grow and develop within the company.
• Maintains regular attendance including being at work, being on time to work and working full shifts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in engineering or equivalent, minimum 10 years industry experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• MS Project experience.
• EVMS background.
• Aerospace background.
• Ability to meet high expectations for meeting strict schedule, budget, and technical solutions.
• Ability to lead engineers through an entire project including creating their own schedules and holding them accountable for meeting the strict deadlines with minimal margin of error.
• Ability to lead and mentor Project Engineering teams in all aspects of the execution of projects.
• Ability to adapt to tailored processes designed for prototype engineering (vs. production engineering).
• Deep knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS).

Benefits

• Direct hire position with competitive salary ranging from $135k to $150k based on experience.