Facility Project Manager
Job No:
163257
Location:
Lima, Ohio
- Work on cutting-edge defense contracts
- Earn an annual salary of $108,000 to $130,000, based on skills and experience, plus benefits
- Grow your career with a Fortune 500 company
About the Organization
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) is a global defense industry leader in providing land and amphibious combat vehicle solutions. General Dynamics Land Systems division is based in Sterling Heights, MI, a business unit of General Dynamics, who employs over 90,000 people world-wide. We have a strong foundation of delivering core engineering and manufacturing capabilities to our clients for military vehicles. Our team is focused on continuous process and productivity improvements that reduce product costs, while increasing troop safety and effectiveness. Land Systems continues to work with the US Armed Forces and its Allies to ensure these vehicles remain survivable, relevant, flexible, affordable, and capable of addressing a dynamic threat environment.
GDLS takes our role in the community very seriously. We are proud to have a workforce with varied backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. As a leading defense company, many of our people are current or former service members. We place a high priority on safety and security — for our customers, our people, and the United States of America.
For more information, please visit our website.
About the Opportunity
Currently, GDLS is looking for a full-time Facility Project Manager to join their team in Lima, Ohio.
The Facility Project Manager will be responsible for leading the Program Control Office, and working collaboratively with the Facility Department to set overall project implementation schedules and priorities. A key task will include communicating with other departments to ensure project deliverables are understood and established. This task will involve setting milestones, tracking progress, and forecasting critical events.
Your duties will also include, but are not limited to:
- Developing, managing, and coordinating critical milestone schedules to ensure projects are aligned to schedule need dates
- Preparing and presenting weekly and monthly progress reports on project status, success and issues to GDLS Management, Division and Government employees
- Maintaining daily contact with Plant Engineers and Maintenance to address routine challenges to the work scope
- Managing the infrastructure, planning, and execution of projects encompassing all facility disciplines within a large-scale heavy manufacturing environment
- Interfacing with Management and the Union to determine outsourcing needs based on resources and schedules
- Identifying obstacles to project schedule and developing solutions to mitigate risks to cost, schedule, quality, and performance
- Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation
- Working with Maintenance and Engineering for resource availability and allocation of material and manpower to ensure on-time project completion
- Liaising between Plant Engineering, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure successful project plan, execution, and completion
- Ensuring Notice of Completions are submitted in a timely fashion to the Government for final acceptance of project completion
- Managing individual and team contributions in pursuit of overall facilities' goal achievement
- Engaging in facilities management team strategic planning
- Supervising employees and outside contractors who construct, maintain, and repair utilities systems, buildings, and deploy equipment
- Participating in contract proposals, reviews estimates of production costs, performance requirements, and delivery schedules
- Coaching teams to high-performance, business-based decision-making
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to commute to the office in Lima, Ohio four days a week.
About You
In order to qualify for this role, you will need a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technology, Operations or Construction Management. You will also need 7+ years experience in a facility project management role.
The following skills and experience are also required:
- Proven ability to effectively manage projects
- Experience handling multiple large projects from planning, scheduling and budget development
- Demonstrated ability to build teams and promote a productive team-based environment
- Demonstrated excellence in leadership and communication, especially when interfacing with internal and external customers as well as management
- Ability to set priorities and multitask to meet business critical requirements and schedules
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Word, and Excel
- Experience providing engineering leadership and maintenance/facilities management
- Working knowledge of ISO 14001 and Preventative/Predictive Maintenance Systems
Knowledge of Autocad and Microstation would be considered an asset.
The right candidate must also be a US citizen capable of clearing and holding government security clearance.
About the Benefits
You will receive an annual salary of $108,000 to $130,000, based on skills, knowledge, and experience, plus benefits:
- Robust Total Reward programs including competitive base pay, incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits
- 6% 401K match
- Tuition assistance
- 9-80 work schedule - every other Friday off
- On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive, and rewarding work environment
- Flexible work location
General Dynamics Land Systems is an employment equity employer who values diversity and inclusion. We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs. Successful applicants must meet all applicable security requirements, including, but not limited to, the ability to obtain and maintain a United States government security clearance to secret level.
If you want to work on exciting defense contracts, submit your application below!