Specialist, Operations Project Manager

Job Title: Specialist, Operations Project Manager

Job Code: 46645

Job Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Job Schedule: 9/80 (employee's 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
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills
• Excel in high stress/high visibility environment, including public speaking and creating formal presentations

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate with Master Schedulers and Master Planners to develop baseline production plans
• 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

Interface and communicate with all levels of the organization

Required Qualifications (one of the following):

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

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Related experience in a manufacturing, production, or other highly schedule-based environments
• Demonstrated ability in financial or data analysis and monitoring is desired
• Demonstrated ability in business and/or technical writing, public speaking, and creating formal presentations is desired
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ability to analyze data using graphs and pivot tables
• Experience using schedule management tools such as Microsoft Project is preferred
• Experience with SAP or other ERP/MRP systems is preferred