Project Engineer at ITT Aerospace Controls LLC – Valencia, California

Project Engineer

US-CA-Valencia

Job ID: 2025-15532
Type: Employee
# of Openings: 1
Category: Program Management
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Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans based on ITT Value Based Product Development process, supplier manufacturing plans, internal manufacturing plans, logistics processing time, and quality control and testing.
• Assign duties or responsibilities to project personnel and lead cross-functional teams through all phases of project lifecycles.
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure that products are delivered on time, in the correct quantities, and meet all contract quality standards.
• Develop a strong partnership and interaction within the engineering and project team to manage Technical Data Packages and other engineering processes.
• Ensure customer requirements are met and manage stakeholder expectations through effective communication.
• Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
• Create program and project status presentations for delivery to stakeholders, leadership, and project personnel.
• Implement and manage detailed project schedules and risk and opportunity registers.
• Monitor the performance of project team members to provide performance feedback.
• Prepare professional and user-friendly project related communications for distribution to employees, customers, leadership, and suppliers.
• Provide technical and proposal support to the Sales and Production Departments.
• Plans and formulates engineering project and organizes project staff according to project requirements.
• Assigns project personnel to specific phases or aspects of project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and product testing.
• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Directs integration of technical activities and products.
• Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Manages technical and program scope.
• Controls budget and expenditures within limitations of approved budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or equivalent education and experience.
• 3+ years’ experience in an aerospace engineering and manufacturing environment, with 2+ years in project engineering/management.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
• Microsoft 365 including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Adobe Acrobat.
• Outstanding organizational and time-management abilities.
• Proven track record of successful project delivery from start to finish.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems – Preferably Oracle.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, problem-solving abilities, and leadership talent necessary to drive positive outcomes of design / manufacturing projects.
• Foundational understanding of finance/project finance to make informed decisions that affect the financial health of a project.
• Skilled at customer relations, managing expectations and building relationships / partnerships.

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