Associate Project Engineer

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is assigned to the FFG PMO Configuration Management team under the Change Program Manager and is responsible to implement change orders that are assigned. The Associate Project Engineer for Change will provide technical support to a cross-funcitonal team in determining the technical requirements of a Change Request (CR), Engineering Change Proposal (ECP), or contract modification with reference to the baseline configuration. As such, this position will make a determination on the configuration items affected, effects on performance allocations and interfaces, impacts to manning/training, software/hardware upgrades, integrated logistics support and spares, and determine trade-offs and/or alternative solutions. Attention to detail, in-depth knowledge of the baseline configuration, and the need to be thorough are all required attributes since they would have a significant bearing on timeliness, expense, and/or disruption to the organization. The individual is expected to have an ability to read, interpret, and clearly present complex information; interact with customers, partners, and colleagues; listen well; keep the PMO Change Manager well-informed; and, resolve issues identified by stakeholders.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Shape and execute change management schedule.
• Evaluate scoping information from Engineering (impacted drawings, test procedures, purchase technical specifications, etc) of proposed change.
• Verify and validate Engineering and ILS impacts are within the bounds of the proposed change and are current, accurate, and complete.
• Validate that technical drawing impacts provided are accurate and comprehensive. Identify impacts across multiple proposed changes.
• Ensure that the proposed change accurately captures impacts to manufacturing and identified the correct point of insertion in accordance with the Integrated Master Schedule. Ensure that In-Yard Needs Dates support the execution timeline.
• Understand and interpret the Project Bid (Basis of Estimate) as a basis to establish resource requirements.
• Enforce deadlines across the change team and ensure ECP packages are submitted on time and responses to customer questions are timely.
• Assist the PMO Change team in compiling ECP packages - filling out DD-1692s (ECPs) and DD-1695s (Notices of Revision).
• Attend regular project staff meetings and help ensure the change proposal gets administered through the required technical boards.
• Represent PMO at internal change coordination meetings.
• Meet, as required, with FMM supply chain as required, and understand vendor equities in the proposed change. Ensure that contract modification requirements are understood by the supply chain and the implementation timeline is achieved.
• Must abide by and enforce all organizational policies and procedures.