Senior Project Manager

The ARA Transportation Infrastructure Division is looking for a senior project manager to join our team! This is an exciting opportunity to lead and assist a variety of highly technical research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) projects covering such topics as construction robotic systems, structural evaluation, construction process development, infrastructure resiliency, and other emerging technologies for both commercial and Department of Defense/Government customers.

As a senior project manager, you will be responsible for the performance of the project, including managing project budget, schedule, quality, and scope.

The senior project manager ensures deliverables meet contract requirements and company policies, procedures, and guidelines.

You will lead a team of highly qualified engineers, technicians, and support senior in a dynamic environment throughout the entire project life cycle.

In addition to managing the engineering and product development process, you will have an opportunity to interface with customers, deliver products, and grow our business.

As a senior project manager you will:


* Manage a product or project development team consisting of engineers, scientists, and technicians.


* Be accountable for meeting contract requirements.


* Manage a project schedule, scope, quality, and budget.


* Be accountable for ensuring design, verification, and validation goals are met for the technical objective.


* Support senior and principal project managers on specific tasks within more complex projects.


* Interface with customers, suppliers, and subcontractors.


* Travel to customer sites for direct sales, project reviews, demonstrations, and other meetings as required.

Senior project manager required experience and skills:


* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Software, or Systems Engineering or Construction Management.

Relevant military experience may also be considered to meet this requirement.


* 8-10 years of related engineering or project management experience.


* Understanding of CPM (Critical Path Method) scheduling using computer tools—Microsoft Project, P6, etc.


* Proficient in the use of MS Office.


* Effective in both verbal and written communications.


* Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Preferred experience and skills:


* Experience in full project life cycle from contracting through project close out.


* 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.

About ARA:

ARA 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 19...