Kbr
Project Manager
Houston, Texas · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
Project ManagementAccount ManagementBudgetingLogisticsProcurementSystems EngineeringHardware DesignLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingTime ManagementOrganizational Skills
About the role
- Your NASA counterpart will be in the Human Systems Engineering and Integration Division of the Human Health and Performance Directorate.
Responsibilities
- Manage the technical scope oversight, budget estimating and monitoring, schedule development and maintenance, and risk development and monitoring
- Manage expectations and communication with contract and customer stakeholders including organization of regular meetings to support successful product delivery
- Manage development of documents and products for human spaceflight including plans, requirements, safety, flight certification, and hardware delivery
- Organize and lead internal engineering meetings to support schedule development and maintenance, mitigate potential issues and develop client-friendly solutions in coordination with internal and external stakeholders
- You will provide inputs to support multi-year Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE).
- We Deliver - Together.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, science, or project management
- Previous working experience with NASA or a NASA contractor
- Experience in customer interfacing role
- Experience and understanding of configuration management for documentation and hardware/software
- Experience leading negotiations with subcontractors/vendors and completing procurement
- Experience with Microsoft Project
- Experience with Flight Hardware Development processes as outlined in SA-WI-014 and/or EA-WI-023
- Experience in managing spaceflight projects of different sizes from start to finish
- Experience in organization of technical reviews for life cycle milestones
- Previous experience with Human Systems Engineering such as human factors and designing for the product end-user
- You bring experience leading a multi-disciplinary team, interfacing with contract upper management and support organizations, and interfacing with NASA customers and Programs.
- You use your experience and judgment to guide and focus the team to meet contract deliverables while working within defined scope and proactively seek guidance from contract leadership when needed.
- You comply with KBR's Safety, Health and Environmental Plan, Quality Plan, and all safety policies and procedures, and complete all assigned training.
- 5+ years' experience as a project manager, project engineer, systems engineer, subtask lead, or similar role in the aerospace industry
Skills
- Ability to take on ownership of projects and direct them from beginning to end
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Excellent organizational skills and be detail oriented
- Strong time management skills with a high level of intuition and judgment
- Have a "can do" attitude - no job is too big or small, be a problem solver
- Be results-oriented with a creative approach to problem solving
- Be proactive about learning and motivated to take on additional responsibilities over time
- What to Expect
- This position is expected to be in person for a minimum of 4 days per week.
- Occasional travel may be required.
- KBR Benefits
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Benefits
- On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health, ensuring human performance, and advancing technologies for human space exploration.
- You provide oversight and lead the CHeCS components of the Environmental Health System (EHS) and Health Maintenance System (HMS).
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Company info
- At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.
- We are a contract of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers and dreamers and we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely.
- We are seeking an Engineering Project Manager at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX.
Equal opportunity
- KBR is an equal opportunity employer.
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