Project Engineer

Company: Lockheed Martin
Location: Cape Canaveral
Posted on: September 19, 2022

Job Description:

COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID-19 variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security.

To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires. All current and newly hired employees are required to follow onsite safety measures based upon the COVID-19 Community Level at the specific work location.
Description:The coolest jobs on this planet or any other are with Lockheed Martin Space.

At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to think big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you!

This is an exciting opportunity to work on the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program (FBM), a 63-year-old Program with a long-standing history of Mission Success and of a strong partnership with our Navy Customer! Are you an enthusiastic individual with a strong planning background that can thrive in an exciting fast-paced dynamic environment?

The new Project Engineer will support the project management and execution of electrical product updates/refresh. Use your strong social skills to work with all project partners and affect change.

In this dynamic role, you will:
Develop proposals, support negotiations, and lead projects through completion
Actively lead and balance technical, cost, and schedule requirements for these projects.
Project risk identification and mitigation strategy development
Providing leadership & direction to a diverse Electrical Ground Support Equipment organization in support of the creation and update of Ground Support Equipment.
Coordinate Product Team and balance resource requirements through IPT management

Typically has 5 - 10 years of professional experience.

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin cultivates an inclusive work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking.

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
Medical
Dental
401k
Paid time off
Work/life balance
Career development
Mentorship opportunities
Rewards & recognition

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Engineering from an accredited college or a related discipline or equivalent experience/combined education
Experience leading projects, teams, and development efforts
Understanding of product life cycle (development, deployment, retirement)
Understanding of risk and opportunity identification and mitigation
Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required
Desired Skills:
Project management certification or equivalent
Subcontract management experience
Baseline control experience, Earned Value Management (EVM), control account management (CAM) or equivalent training/experience Support equipment, missile, or production operations experience.
Agile methodology experience
Experience with Jira or other issue tracking tools
FBM experience would be advantageous
Proposal development and customer negotiation
Possess strong communication, social, and problem resolution skills

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