Description
Major Job Duties and Responsibilities:- Develop integrated baseline project plans applying estimating models.
- Identify resources and skills required.
- Document estimating assumptions.
- Refine plans and manage performance against them.
- Recommend best solutions based on understanding of business issues.
- Provide task based schedule and cost forecasts and assist in assessing risk based provisions.
- Capture and track program metrics and perform analysis.
- Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk.
- Manage client expectations.
- Anticipate operational and tactical risks, and track them.
- Clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalate to immediate manager where required.
- Manage project closure initiatives, such as client satisfaction survey and closure analysis.
- Document and archive project activities, deliverables, tools, and findings for future projects.
Skills/Qualifications:
- Must have extensive knowledge of, and experience in, truck development, including, but not limited to: design; test & validation; meeting regulatory requirements; releasing (structure); configurations; platform designs; and contract engineering resources.
- Candidates with 15+ years of System Integration Experience preferred.
- Bachelor's degree.
- PMP certification preferred.
- 8+ years relevant experience managing projects.
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to develop project plans, manage individual deadlines and goals.
- Knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics.
- Ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions, and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis.
- Advanced proficiency with all MS Office applications, MS Project and/or Visio.
- Highly organized with good time management skills.
- Customer service orientation, and strong interpersonal skills.
- Analytical thinker with creative problem solving skills and attention to detail.