Project Manager (ADV0004HV) - ERC

Job Title

Project Manager (ADV0004HV) - ERC

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Type

Temporary

Location

Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX 77058 US (Primary)

Job Description

For more than 30 years, ERC has been delivering the advantage needed to solve our customers' and the nation's toughest challenges. ERC is a trusted partner to the Defense and Space communities. We provide the advanced engineering, innovative technology, and subject-matter expertise to deliver the mission results our customers need to keep the nation safe and secure. Our unique solutions enhance readiness, optimize performance, and help ensure success in the air, on the ground and in space.

An essential part of our success is our corporate culture built on respect, empowerment, and collaboration. Our culture elevates our people, ensuring they provide best-in-class service and solutions to our customers. We always strive to do the right thing. We believe that are our people are our best asset and human connection our greatest strength.

Our ~2,000 employees work on the most critical missions in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force (USAF), NASA, and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). We provide support for Test and Evaluation (T&E), Modeling & Simulation, Agile Software Development, Systems Engineering, and more. Our teams' current projects range from engineering and logistics support for vital space hardware to platform and weapons modeling, simulation, and engineering.

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Your role:

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you! We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration. We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our team with the Facilities and Testing Division.

• This is a temporary position not to exceed 3 months.

What you'll do all day:

• Responsible for managing complex facility projects, such as vacuum and thermal chamber upgrades, facility upgrades, and facility repairs to support space hardware testing for NASA Crew and Thermal Systems Division (CTSD/EC)
• Lead of a team of contractors, engineers, and technicians to execute all facility projects to support NASA test objectives
• Manage the key projects aspects of scope, budget, schedule, and risks. Ensure that projects are successfully completed on schedule, within the approval budget and in accordance with applicable quality and safety standards
• Develop integrated schedules and cost estimates as part of a project plan
• Manage risk throughout the life of the project, including cost, schedule, technical risks, and management of change
• Ensure and document compliance with JSC facility requirements and processes
• Effectively communicate project status to both JETS management and the NASA customer
• Coach and mentor early-career members of the project team
• Responsible for participating in all HSE activities. Proactively identifying, reporting & bringing to closure any safety and facility concerns
• Leads and champions continuous improvement efforts
• Perform other duties as required

You will love this job if you:

• Are a self-starter and require little oversight to complete given tasks
• Enjoy a fast-paced work environment
• Love working with diverse groups of individuals, including engineers and technicians
• Are good at communicating with people
• Have a positive attitude
• Enjoy multitasking

Minimum requirements for this position:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and a minimum of fourteen (14) years of direct engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and twelve (12) years of direct engineering experience, or a Ph.D. degree and nine (9) years of direct engineering experience.
• Must be highly proficient and fully functional in the use of Microsoft Office Projects software application utilized for scheduling projects in logical steps and in the time required to meet deadlines.
• Requires demonstrated leadership skills as evidenced by prior leadership experience involving either facility project experience or hardware development projects.
• Able to make independent, technical, and tactical decisions with a high attentiveness to detail. - Strong skills in project management.
• Experience in management of technical, cost, and schedule elements of projects and tasks.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, a team-oriented approach, strong problem-solving capability, and mentoring skills.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, technical knowledge, and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Must be able to operate independently and self-motivated in accordance with directed prioritization.
• High organizational skills with the ability to track multiple directives.
• Self-Motivating individual with proactive approach to thinking ahead of upcoming scheduled events.

Desired skills and experience for this position:

• Experience in Aerospace testing environments
• Familiarity with the NASA/JSC facility development and Engineering Life Cycle processes
• Environmental testing background

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries.
• Continuing education assistance.
• Professional development allotment.
• Multiple healthcare benefit packages.
• 401K with employer matching.
• Paid time off (PTO) along with federally recognized holiday schedule.

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