Engineering Program Manager

The Engineering Program Manager is responsible for managing contract budgets and schedules while building and maintaining positive customer relationships. Duties: Project Planning and Execution: o Provides input to the Business Development team to develop technical project plans, and define scope, milestones, payment plans, and budget. o Participates in technical design and development activities to determine any effects to schedule and cost. o Collaborate with other departments to allocate resources to meet invoices, schedule and budget requirements. o Correspond with supply chain to ensure materials meet contractual cost and schedule requirements. Cross-Functional Collaboration: o Works closely with contracts, engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and test teams to ensure smooth project execution. o Coordinates with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of components and materials meeting project specifications. o Participates in regular project reviews, both internally and with clients, providing updates on contract progress and challenges. o Oversees engineering team to develop, review and finalize technical data packages. Documentation and Compliance: o Monitors and tracks program documentation, including customer mandated requirements and internal specifications, ex: drawings, test procedures, and reports. o Ensures contract activities and products meet scope requirements established by the program. o Supports audits and inspections, addressing all compliance concerns related to program activities. Testing and Validation: o Collaborates with other departments to ensure project deliverables meet performance and quality standards. o Works with quality assurance and testing teams to identify areas of improvement and implement necessary changes. 5. Risk Management and Continuous Improvement: o Identifies project risks and develops and implements mitigation strategies. o Contributes to process improvements that includes communicating lessons learned to all team members aimed at improving future project efficiency and effectiveness. Communication: o Builds and maintains positive customer relationships through professional communication, responsiveness, and proactive issue resolution o Serves as the primary communication interface among internal cross- functional teams, subcontractors, and customers to ensure clear, timely, and consistent project execution. o Prepares, coordinates, and delivers project status briefings and reviews using PowerPoint presentations for internal leadership and customer audiences. o Lead the development of integrated project presentations by collecting inputs from engineering, operations, finance, quality, and other functional teams; ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of content. o Actively track and follow up with contributing departments to ensure assigned presentation sections, data, and metrics are completed on schedule. o Facilitate…