Title:  Specialist, Project Management

Job Title: Operations Project Manager

Job Code: 22729

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Operations Project Manager (OPM) oversees all Operations efforts relating to contract execution and is responsible for planning, executing, and monitoring projects from beginning to end, according to strict deadlines and budgets. The OPM acts as the point-of-contact between elements of Manufacturing, Procurement, Test, Quality, Engineering, Finance, and Program Management. They ensure cost and schedule conformance on assigned projects by coordinating the procurement, build, and test of complex electronic systems. 

A successful candidate should be able to:

• Handle stressful situations with maturity, respect, and confidence
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Be a self-starter with a track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions to complex problems
• Demonstrate attention to detail with strong organizational skills
• Excel in a team environment with the ability to avoid and resolve conflict
• Interpret basic engineering instructions and drawings
• Understand various manufacturing processes and methods

Essential Functions:

• Perform lead-time and critical path analysis on multi-level hardware builds
• Assess cost and schedule risks and develop associated mitigations
• Estimate sales forecasts for labor and material
• Monitor and report financial, schedule and technical performance of assigned projects
• Identify and coordinate resources necessary for production efforts
• Oversee production budgets with the responsibility to analyze, manage and report on budget performance and variance analysis
• Coordinate with Master Schedulers and Master Planners to develop baseline production plans
• Interface and communicate with all levels of the organization
• This position may require overtime, weekend, holiday and/or second shift work

 Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant project management experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related project management experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related project management experience.

Preferred Additional Skills: 

• PMP Certificate
• Related experience in a manufacturing, production, or other highly schedule-based environments
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ability to analyze data using graphs and pivot tables
• Experience using schedule management tools such as Microsoft project
• Experience with SAP or other ERP/MRP systems
• Demonstrated ability in financial or data analysis and monitoring is desired

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