AIT is the world's largest provider of automation, factory integration and tooling solutions dedicated to the global aerospace, defense, and space launch vehicle industries.
Job Summary:
The project manager position is responsible for the management of customer projects, with the goal of delivering every project on time, within budget, and meeting scope and quality requirements.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Kick-off new projects and coordinate with internal resources for the execution of projects.
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring feasibility.
• Ensures resource availability and allocation to support project plan and timing with support from the scheduling department.
• Develops master timing plan to report to status to customers.
• Manages customer authority data with support from data management department.
• Support of outsource scope development and sourcing as required to maintain project cost and timing.
• Perform risk and opportunities assessments, manage program internally and externally to minimize project risks.
• Manages changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate tools and techniques.
• Track job cost and escalate/adjust accordingly.
• Assist in preforming PCM Reporting to finance.
• Support relationships with customers and manages customer interactions and expectations.
• Report and escalates issues or concerns to management bi-weekly or as needed.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Ensure quality reports and project deliverables meet or exceed both customer and internal expectations.
• Possess required experience, skills and attributes for assigned levels in Project, Abilities, Strategies, Software, Financial, Soft Skills, and Travel in the Project Management Skills Matrix.

1. Project -Works autonomously to Manage a Project.
2. Abilities -Works autonomously with Organization Skills and Follows Processes.
3. Strategies -Kick-off's, Change Strategy, IP Strategy, and follows AIT Std. PM&E procedures
4. Software -MS Project and CAD (Catia/NX) and Works autonomously with MS Office Suite.
5. Financial -Project Estimating Budget Allocation and Monthly EAC's..
6. Soft Skills -Project Leadership Presence, Manager/Teamwork, and Customer Facing interaction.
7. Travel -Short and Long Travel may be required.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar field.

Work Experience Requirements:

• Two to Four years minimum in a tooling/manufacturing environment, Design, Build and Installation programs.
• Must be able to obtain, maintain and/or currently possess a security clearance.

Work Conditions
Environment Type:

• Indoors. Production and office environment. Temperature controlled.

Work Hours:

• Standard work schedule, overtime may be necessary for meeting deadlines, required travel, and emergent conditions.
• This position may involve travel up to 25% of the time.

Competencies- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Can multitask and manage multiple large to small projects in a cross functional environment.
• Comfortable working in foreign business environments; must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Creates and maintains complex files and written documents.
• Work in a high energy, high volume, rapidly changing environment.
• Communicates regularly with customers to get feedback and performance information.
• Provides excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to plan and set priorities.
• Clear and effective communication skills in both written and spoken forms.
• Understands how to use the computers, including such tasks as turning the computer on and off, locating and opening files, navigate to websites, perform searches, and download files.
• Knowledge of computer applications including email, databases, word-processing program and spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Office).
• Maintains confidentiality while processing and handling confidential information with discretion.
• Defines tasks and milestones to achieve objectives, while ensuring the optimal use of resources to achieve those objectives.
• Works effectively with different levels of management, team members and customers.

Physical Demands:

• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

AIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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