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Applied Research Associates, Inc. Staff Project Manager 2 in Tyndall AFB, Florida
Description
The Engineering Science Division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking a Staff Project Manager 2 to join our Aircraft Operating Surfaces (AOS) team at Tyndall AFB, FL. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and assist in a variety of highly technical research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) projects covering such topics as structures, pavements, maintenance, materials, and/or geotechnical engineering.
As a staff project manager, you will be responsible for the performance of the project, including overseeing project budget, schedule, quality, and scope. The staff project manager ensures deliverables meet contract requirements and company policies, procedures, and guidelines.
You will work with a team of highly qualified engineers, technicians, and support staff in a dynamic environment throughout the entire project life cycle. Some of the projects include applied bench-level research, advanced technology development, prototype/pilot scale systems design, construction, and evaluation in field demonstrations and operationally relevant environments, testing and evaluation of materials, technologies, and processes in air force operations, and improving operations and maintenance capabilities through insertion of alternative pavements, materials, technologies, processes, and procedures.
As a staff project manager, you will:
Ensure all project deliverables meet quality standards and client expectations
Provide updates to senior management and clients
Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies
Manage budgets, track expenses, and ensure cost efficiency
Use various analytical, scientific, and engineering methods to execute research, development, testing, and evaluation
Prepare formal reports and presentations
Staff project manager required experience and skills:
Must be a US Citizen
Must possess an active DoD Security Clearance or be able to obtain one
Bachelor’s degree with 5-7 years’ experience or a master’s degree and 3-5 years’ experience
2-4 years of related project management experience
Experience in preparing formal reports and presentations
Proficient in the use of MS Office
Preferred experience and skills:
Experience with DoD-specific process and procedure for project management
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent
Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience
Technical writing skills
Company Information:
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs more than 2,100 professionals and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns’ greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience.
Qualifications
Behaviors
Preferred
Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
Education
Required
- Bachelor of Science or better in Engineering
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred
- Project Mgmt Prof
Experience
Required
- 2-4 years: Project Management
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)