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Project Management Officer

Company : Safran Electronics & Defense

Job field : Customer services and support

Location : Irvine , California , United States

Contract type : Permanent

Contract duration : Full-time

Required degree : Bachelor's Degree

Required experience : More than 3 years

Professional status : Employees / Staff

Salary range : $77,000 - $125,000

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Job Description

Job Summary

The Project Management Officer (PMO) will support engineering project management efforts by assisting in achieving the project's cost and delivery objectives. This position is responsible for the planning, budgeting, scheduling, bidding, and documentation of engineering related activities. Other responsibilities include identification and monitoring of risks and opportunities, ensuring project deliverables are met, and providing critical operational support to drive project performance. By contributing to key performance goals, you will help ensure that both internal and external stakeholders are aligned with project timelines and cost expectations, facilitating the successful execution of engineering projects.

Essential Job Functions

• Promote and uphold standards, ensuring compliance with program and project management processes.

• Assist in planning, budgeting, scheduling, statusing of program tasks, and control within programs.

• Support risk management processes and communicate actions to mitigate or resolve risks.

• Organize and facilitate management activities, including month-end activities, reviews, milestone assessments, and actions.

• Coordinate and update program information such as KPIs (including Earned Value (EV) metrics), reports, related documents, and dashboards.

• Responsible for coordinating with project leads to ensure Estimate to Complete (ETC) for active programs are properly documented. Responsible for coordinating with proposal leads to ensure anticipated programs are accurately captured and updated monthly.

• Coordinate with financial organization the opening and update of project network activities and resources.

• Support the Bid & Proposal process, assisting in bid narratives and bid reviews.

• Support operational teams with management processes, including program and project management, work package management, visual management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Contribute to feedback on program and project management to support continuous improvement efforts.

• Support the analysis of engineering staffing, capital assets, and other engineering manager assigned tasks.

• Organize engineering bid input data and capture results as a roll-up for engineering sign-off.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Facilitate and manage the tracking and/or maintenance of program/project schedules, action items, financial and milestone performance, risk management tools and tasks in the change management tools. Support the analysis of engineering staffing, capital assets, and other engineering managers assigned tasks. Organize engineering bid input data and capture results as a roll-up for engineering sign-off. Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.

Job Requirements

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in appropriate discipline.

• Typical experience:

4 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion

• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills

• Proactive, highly motivated and adaptable, with excellent organizational skills including the ability to juggle multiple tasks, changing needs, and competing priorities with ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively

• Must have the ability to coordinate several projects and complex engineering support activities while balancing priorities and schedules

• Intermediate to high level expertise with MS Office Suite

• Intermediate expertise with development and management of Integrated Master Schedule and scheduling tools, such as MS Project

• Experience with ForProject strongly desired. Understanding of resource allocation and strong understanding of EV concepts required.

• Strong proofreading and document preparation skills

• Experience in program management office (project management)

• Experience within engineering development process, a plus, but not required.

• Experience in SAP is a plus

Leadership Skills / Management Skills / Personal Skills

• Change agent

• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of technical and management personnel

• Ability to manage and solve conflicts

• Customer oriented

• Integrity

• High work ethics

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position and occasionally move about the office and laboratory. Constantly operates and use a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a copier/printer and laboratory machinery. The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information these situations. The ability to observe, identify and assess details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds across office for various needs.

1. Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

2. This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. green card holder), political asylee or refugee

But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.)

• Schedule, track, and analyze projects, investigate variances for financial and milestone performance, facilitate corrective actions. Analyze risk management and change management items. Facilitate the analysis of engineering staffing, capital assets, and other engineering manager assigned tasks. Lead the coordination and integration of engineering bid input data, ensuring accuracy and completeness, and capture results as a roll-up for engineering sign-off. Work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Possess detailed understanding and knowledge of relevant company and engineering processes and use as guideline in decision making.

• Assist in the planning, scheduling, assignment, and controls within the department. Manage the risk management process and communicates appropriate actions to mitigate or resolve risks. Facilitate the closure of program/project action items. Develop solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and innovation. Ensure solutions are consistent with organizational objectives. Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Expert in relevant company and engineering processes.

Potential travel between Irvine, California and other locations up to 10%.

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

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Irvine

California United States

100,000

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Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.