• Project Management Specialist 4

    PDS Defense (Huntington Beach, CA)


    Engineering

    **Project Management Specialist 4** Huntington Beach, CA Posted: 7/23/2025

    Job Description

    Job ID#:

    212288

    Job Category:

    Engineering

    Position Type:

    Associate - W2

    Duration:

    52

    Shift:

    1

     

    PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Project Management Specialist 4, in Huntington Beach, CA. Job ID#212288

     

    Pay Rate: $78 - $83/hr

    Job Description:

    A successful candidate will develop and manage project schedules. Support Project Managers by providing schedule analysis based on project status, developing mitigation plans as required. And generate "what if" scenarios for Project Manager as requested.

    Position Responsibilities:

    • Leads a team of schedulers based on program priorities

    • Oversees integration of multiple schedules and manages key handoffs

    • Oversees, develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains integrated plans and schedules for highly complex or difficult projects, programs and change driven activities to execute in accordance with project management industry standards

    • Directs and provides high level studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), determines scope, reports, and oversight of planning requests

    • Identifies risk and opportunity potential, develops mitigation planning and refines the business case

    • Develops and executes the process and strategy for the integration of plans and schedules

    • Consults and recommends integrated planning, scheduling, change and baseline management, processes, techniques and tools to management considered to be best practices across the industry

    • Recognized as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives

    • Authorizes commitment of resources by obtaining approvals from stakeholders

    • Oversees deployment of approved recommendations at Division, Business Unit, and/or Enterprise levels

    Required Skills:

    • This position requires an active U.S. Secret (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

    • Ability to obtain Special Program Access

    • Experience working with cross-functional teams across different geographic locations & time-zones

    • Experience working with program managers to develop & manager project schedule baselines

    • Experienced in managing complex integrated schedules, earned value management system (EVMS), using scheduling tools (ex. OPP, MS Project or Milestone Professional)

    • Experience with managing and analyzing resource loaded schedules

    • Experience integrating complex project schedules

    Preferred Skills:

    • 10+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

    • Agile / JIRA experience

    • Experience with early development programs and proposal scheduling

    Education / Experience:

    Bachelor's degree and typically 10 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree and typically 8 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

     

    Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

    Job Requirements

    Minimum Security Clearance:

    Secret

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

     

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    The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

    + The California Fair Chance Act

    + Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

    + Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

    + San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

     

    VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled