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Engineering Engineering Program and Project Management Engineering Support
Management Professional Supervisory
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Engineering Project Manager – Senior Supervisor (PSU0147)
Job Summary
The Engineering Project Manager facilitates and provides daily oversight of various engineering projects; collaborates with investigators, sponsors, technical staff, and financial teams to ensure the delivery of project commitments; monitors project budget, resources, and reports to ensure successful execution; provides subject matter expertise in both the engineering discipline and project management to successfully meet the needs of the unit.
Representative Duties
- Utilize project management strategies for implementing project requirements; collaborate with investigators to develop, execute, and update the project plan; monitor and facilitate technical project execution, milestones, and deliverables
- Facilitate communication between sponsors, investigators, resource managers, project engineers, and technical tradesmen; manage and track project schedule, resources, deliverables, and milestones; monitor technical project execution to ensure timely and quality deliverables
- Manage stakeholder project and product needs; coordinate with investigators to manage and adhere to sponsor requirements
- Facilitate task/project budgets, work breakdowns, rough order estimates, task prioritization, and integration plans with investigators and program managers; coordinate with investigators and financial teams to create project budget baseline; establish and update the project budget
- Provide relevant project data including cost and hours input to financial teams to create estimates; review project costs on a regular basis to ensure accuracy in preparation for project close out
- Collaborate with financial and property inventory teams to review fabrication costs; ensure correct classification, work breakdowns, and coding in preparation for project close out
- Manage all status collection, reporting, and schedule management activities; prepare reports and other associated project documentation
- Manage project resources; oversee subcontracts including identifying and qualifying subcontractors, risk management, and reviewing agreements
- Coordinate with investigators to prepare contract closeout reports including technical, property, and subcontract final reports
- Coordinate with project investigators to ensure adherence to regulatory and sponsor requirements
- Coordinate and resolve conflicts and other issues within and between project and program teams; recommend and implement solutions
- May supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management
Level Matrix
- Level:
- – Senior Supervisor
- Base Description:
- – Supervises direct reports, but primarily completes activities, tasks, and/or projects of a functional nature.
- Level Summary:
- – Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge to perform own work; spends majority of time on tasks related to own job responsibilities. May demonstrate subject matter expertise. Demonstrates intermediate to advanced planning, organizing, directing, and facilitating skills. Demonstrates the ability to coach assigned employees. Assigns and reviews completed work to verify accuracy, quality, and adherence to professional standards. Trains, coaches, mentors, and motivates staff. Anticipates potential problems, issues, and opportunities; researches and recommends solutions within defined policies. May develop creative recommendations for solving problems.
- Supervisory Responsibilities:
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– Typically oversees at least 2 full–time direct reports or equivalent team of part–time and/or student workers (for Professional track, performs work at the Senior Professional level or higher)
- Fiscal Responsibilities:
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– May validate and pay invoices
– Monitors and tracks budgets for specific area and/or grant(s)
– May assist in planning and forecasting budgets
- Problem Solving:
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– Encounters moderately complex problems
– Applies general precedents and practices and specialized knowledge and skills to resolve problems
– Understands benefits, limitations and impact of potential solutions
– Anticipates potential problems and recommends possible solutions within general guidelines
- Independence of Action:
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– Works independently on moderately complex work assignments, reviews progress, and evaluates results
– Organizes work of direct reports and sets team priorities
– Reviews the work of others to verify accuracy, quality, and adherence to professional standards
- Communication and Collaboration:
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– Communicates internally within working unit and the University
– Communicates with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– May communicate with external audiences for business purposes
– Collaborates closely with team members; may interact with other staff outside of area
– Utilizes a communication style that is appropriate for a given situation
– Interprets and communicates information, ideas and instructions clearly, accurately and persuasively both verbally and in written materials intended for distribution
Salary Structure
- Comp Grade – 14
- Minimum – $97,100.00
- MidPoint – $121,400.00
- Maximum – $145,700.00
FLSA Exemption Status
Exempt
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree
Minimum Experience
6+ years of relevant experience
Equivalency
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience