Project Manager Job in Farmington Hills 48331, Michigan US

 

Project Manager

 

 

 

We seek a talented Project Manager to be responsible for the execution of successful projects in the Military/Aerospace, Medical Device, Consumer Electronics, and Automotive Industries.

 

This position requires exceptional technical aptitude, strong customer interface skills and the ability to work within a fast paced environment.

Responsibilities and Duties:

 

Project Management

·       Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate .

·       Helps identify resources required for project and works to ensure project is staffed properly.

·       Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.

·       Effectively enforces project management standards. [mw1] 

·       Minimizes exposure and risk on project.

·       Attains delivery schedules;

·       Successfully leads multiple projects, some consisting of multi member teams.

·       Change Order Management - delivering these to customers and tracking the status of same.

·       Continuously monitoring projects for creeping elegance and scope related issues and budget.

·       Participating in and sometimes conducting timely and productive Post Mortems.

·       Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately. [mw2] 

Project Accounting

·       Tracks team hours and expenses

·       Manages project budget.

·       Determines appropriate revenue recognition, invoicing, and monitors receivables for project.

·       Follows up with clients, when necessary, regarding unpaid invoices.

·       Analyzes project profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization.

Financial Management

·       Understands basic revenue models, P/L, and cost-to-completion projections.

·       Accurately forecasts revenue, profitability, margins, bill rates and utilization.

Business Development

·       Identifies business development and "add-on" sales opportunities.

Communication

·       Facilitates team and client meetings effectively.

·       Creating project status reports and sending them to the customer on a regular basis

·       Holds regular status meetings with project team.

·       Effectively communicates relevant project information to superiors.

·       Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.

·       Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.

Technical Understanding

·       Possesses general understanding in the areas of application programming and system design.

·       Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on client
      engagements.

Basic Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge:

·         Engineering degree,

·         Minimum 5 years project management experience, preferably within the integration test arena.

·         Automated Test Equipment, preferably including National Instrument platforms.

·         Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) experience.

·         Risk management astuteness, ability to identify and quantify project related risks.

·         Must be extremely organized with effective oral and written communication skills.

·         High level of concentration, alertness, and adaptability to change.

·         Judgment to deal with complex situations.

·         Must be computer literate with MS Office expertise.

·         Moderate travel required.

 

Preferred Skills and Knowledge:

·         PMP Certification.

·         Advanced technical degree.

·         Integrated Test experience.

·         Experience within Department of Defense / Military, Aerospace or Medical industries preferred.

·         Knowledge and experience with test standards such as PXI, LXI, ATML etc.

·         RF domain knowledge.

·         Basic awareness of National Instrument ATE platforms.

·         Software development experience specifically within LabVIEW and / or TestStand.

·         Experience in government proposal development.