Secret Cleared Project Engineer

About the Role

An employer is seeking a Project Engineer to support the planning, execution, and delivery of complex defense programs. In this role, you will serve as a key leader responsible for managing cost, schedule, and technical performance within an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) environment, ensuring program objectives are achieved while meeting customer commitments. You will partner with program managers, engineering teams, finance, and functional leadership to develop and manage work packages, maintain integrated schedules, support forecasting activities, analyze program performance, and lead technical direction. This role is ideal for a professional with a background in program leadership, cost account management, EVMS, and defense program execution who can effectively balance customer expectations, financial performance, and strategic program goals in a dynamic environment. This person must also have an Active Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, execution, and delivery of complex defense programs.
• Serve as a key leader responsible for managing cost, schedule, and technical performance within an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) environment.
• Ensure program objectives are achieved while meeting customer commitments.
• Partner with program managers, engineering teams, finance, and functional leadership to develop and manage work packages.
• Maintain integrated schedules.
• Support forecasting activities.
• Analyze program performance.
• Lead technical direction.
• Own earned value metrics, variance analysis, and Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) development.
• Manage risk and opportunity.
• Conduct resource planning.
• Prepare program reviews for internal and external stakeholders.
• Drive cross-functional teams, identify and mitigate program risks, and ensure alignment between technical execution and business objectives.
• Support DoD programs, EVMS compliance, Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), financial forecasting, and program performance reporting (highly desirable).

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering or relevant field.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of project/systems engineering experience.
• Experience leading technical and program management efforts.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Strong EVMS understanding.
• Experience managing Integrated Master Schedules.

Preferred Skills

• PMP certification.

Pay range and compensation package

This role is offering $75-85/hr.