Amentum is looking for a Junior Project Manager to join our team in Springfield, VA to support our mission critical customer.

MINIMUM POSITION KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Preferred a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction, or 5 years of experience as an equivalent to the degree.
• Demonstrated equivalent and 2 years relative experience applicable in field of operations, maintenance, construction, civil engineering, and/or MEC-related activities.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is recommended. Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) certification is recommended.
• MEC experience including working on Operational and Test Ranges performing range clearance operations is a plus.
• Good oral and written communication skills; working knowledge of word-processing and integrated software applications; organizational skills and ability to perform detail-oriented work are required.
• Must be a US Citizen, have a TS/SCI and being able to obtain CI Poly. (Done on site)
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PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Responsible for overall operation of a project/contract to include the safety and well-being of its employees, safeguarding company funds and property, and generally represents the company with respect to the customer

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working under the supervision of a senior PM or above demonstrates and provides project leadership in their area of responsibility.
• Identify potential project problems or opportunities, analyze the issues using all appropriate resources, develop alternatives, and arrive at the most optimum approach to mitigate problems or exploit opportunities.
• Ensures development and adherence to the project Work Breakdown Structure, Asset Management, and Workflow Management elements.
• Expand the Project Execution Plan for subsequent phases (Project Initiation, Project Execution, Construction, etc.) and communicates and coordinates the implementation of the enhancements with the project team.
• Establish track and report status against key performance indicators or contractual metrics on a routine basis.
• Participate in the establishment of project organizational structure in support of proposal efforts.
• Demonstrates command of the schedule goals, key milestones, and approach to the work embodied in the schedule.
• Ensures that a firm scope-based schedule baseline is established and properly resourced.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the schedule tools, procedures, and work process.
• Reviews, reports and manages key performance measures defined within the contract. Implements corrective measures when measures are outside service levels or bandwidths.
• Consistently meets or improves upon the established schedule goals in their area of responsibility.
• Manages performance and progress against the plan and ensures accurate forecasts with commensurate action plans.
• Establishes annual operating budgets in cooperation with customer, business manager or group financial department.
• Provides accurate monthly forecasts of cost, schedule, and resource utilization.
• Works with Business Development to increase scope of services on existing contracts.
• Supports BD, and Group management in Contract negotiations with customers.
• Supports or conducts formal presentations to clients and/or management.
  Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.