We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Pittsburgh (Cheswick) location.
Your Responsibilities:
As Project Manager, you will play a vital role within the assigned business segment supporting customer deliverables. You will develop and control schedule and budget on assigned projects, as well as being designated as the point of contact for customer communications, meetings, and questions. This position requires interaction with engineering, manufacturing, project management office, planning, quality assurance, contracts, and finance to address all project actions.
Salary: $99,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year
Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in PA. Criteria such as the candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.
We Take Care of Our People:
Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture
Your Challenge:
Manage, coordinate and control Project Work Plan execution to achieve project technical, cost and schedule objectives.
Efficiently and effectively work towards goals in a complex, diverse environment with multiple constraints.
Lead the project team and regular project meetings to monitor and drive progress toward project objectives.
Maintain effective customer communications, ensuring that all customer requirements and expectations are addressed effectively.
Address and resolve project issues pertaining to project work scope, technical requirements, quality, schedule, resource assignments, cost customer interface and other project related activities.
Communicate project progress, issues, and/or resolution options to project team members’ customers and EMD management.
Review and control project cost, including the coordination and certification of Estimate at Complete dates.
Develop and monitor the Project Risk Management Plan as part of project planning and execution.
Interact with Sourcing and suppliers to plan for and secure the materials needed for the project and future production.
What You Bring:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred, Business Administration, or equivalent will be considered
Five 5+ years of related experience in Project management or project leadership experience
Experience with Microsoft Project and ERP Systems
Preferred Project Management Professional Certification. (PMP)
Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and presentation skills.
Knowledge of basic manufacturing processes and procedures.
Manages Ambiguity: Deals comfortably with the uncertainty of change, effectively handles risk, can decide and act without the total picture, is calm and productive, even when things are up in the air, deals constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes.
Organizational Savvy: Is sensitive to how people and organization’s function, anticipates land mines and plans approach accordingly, deals comfortably with organization politics, knows who has power, respect and influence and steers through the organizational maze to get things done.
Courage: Readily tackles tough assignments, faces difficult issues, and supports others who do the same, provides direct and actionable feedback and is willing to champion and idea or position despite of dissent or political risk
Decision Quality: Makes sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information, relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment when making decisions, considers all relevant factors and uses appropriate decision-making criteria and principles and recognizes when a quick 80% solution will suffice.
Directs Work: Provides clear direction and accountabilities, delegates and distributes assignments and decisions appropriately, monitors progress by maintain dialogue on work and results, provides appropriate guidance and direction based on people’s capabilities and intervenes as needed to remove obstacles.
Persuades: Positions views and arguments appropriately to win support, convinces others to act, negotiates skillfully in tough situations, wins concessions without damaging relationships and responds effectively to the reactions and positions of others.
Due to DoD requirements, candidates must be US citizens.
Must be able to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance.
Who we are:
Our Values
Environmental, Social and Governance
EMD a business unit of Curtiss-Wright in Cheswick, PA designs, manufactures, tests, and provides after-market support for the most advanced, proven and reliable critical function pumps, motors, generators, seals, control rod drive mechanisms and power conditioning electronics available anywhere in the world today. Curtiss-Wright EMD has a long-standing and distinguished reputation for the design, development, manufacture, and qualification of critical-function machining solutions for the United States Navy and the commercial nuclear utility industry. http://www.emd.cwfc.com/
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Compliance Statement
This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.
Curtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.
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If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred; Business Administration or equivalent considered
- Five or more years of related project management or project leadership experience
- Experience with Microsoft Project
- Experience with ERP systems
- Project Management Professional certification (PMP)
- Excellent written and oral communication, organization, and presentation skills
- Knowledge of basic manufacturing processes and procedures
- U.S. citizenship
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance
What We Do
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of highly engineered, technologically advanced products and services. We are the corporate descendants of the Wright brothers, the fathers of flight, and Mr. Glenn Curtiss, the father of naval aviation. In 1929, the companies founded by these three great aviation pioneers merged to form the largest aircraft company at the time, Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Today, we design and manufacture highly engineered, advanced technologies that perform critical functions in demanding conditions in the commercial, industrial, defense, and energy markets, and have operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol CW.
