Specialist, Project Engineering 1

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Job Title :  Specialist, Project Engineering

Job Code : 29183

Job Location :  Melbourne, FL

Job Description :

L3Harris is looking for a Project Engineer who will support the Data Comm Network Services (DCNS) program.  The Project Engineer manages the programmatic aspects of the program and ensures schedule and cost targets are met.  While possessing technical expertise and experience, the individual will coordinate and lead the deployment, operations, and sustainment activities.  The PE plans, schedules and directs the engineering support of the program, and keeps the team on plan through proactive engagement, constant and robust communication / collaboration and focused risk management.  He / she is responsible for, and has authority over, all engineering and operations resources associated with or in support of the program and must continually engage and collaborate with engineering functional leadership to ensure the necessary resources and support are available.  The PE leads the engineering team to success, providing quality, error free technical deliverables, to include subcontractor deliverables, to the PM and formal L3Harris customer on cost and schedule.  The PE maintains open and clear communication with the PM, engineering function and assigned team members, suppliers and customer(s).  The PE is a leader in a vitally important role, and is accountable to the PM as well as the Engineering Leadership team.

Essential Functions :

• Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of hardware and software deployment and integration efforts.
• Responsible for successfully leading the team to meet to meet service level agreements (SLAs) within allocated cost and schedule commitments.
• Communicates within and outside of the organization to influence leadership to accept new practices, approaches, and concepts.
• Develops or champions new systems, concepts, or technologies.
• Recommends tactics and strategies that directly impact the achievement of overall business.
• Manages the implementation of cost / schedule / technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports.
• Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Estimate resource and material needs for the project / product.
• Provides the coordination between resource managers / supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.

Qualifications :

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