Sr. Staff - Smt Technical Lead - Bechtel Subcontract

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Roy, UT +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Senior Staff Technical Lead for Bechtel Subcontract, focusing on technical oversight, managing supplier deliverables, developing Statements of Work, and proposal evaluations within a defense sector program. Requires strong systems engineering and construction management experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner with the Program Element and Segment Executives, Global Supply Chain, Mission Assurance, Office of the Chief Engineer, and lead a cross-functional technical team of various systems engineering disciplines managing major supplier efforts focusing on technical excellence and technical rigor.
  2. Primary job responsibilities are leading the technical oversite for Bechtel as the main engineering point of contact for the Program. This includes aligning supplier technical activities with overall program technical baseline and verifying supplier technical deliverables are successfully integrated:
  3. Develop Bechtel Statements of Work (SSOW) through collaboration with key technical and programmatic stakeholders.
  4. Assists Program and Supplier Management Team Lead (SMTL) in generating technical content for Bechtel Request for Information (RFIs) / Request for Proposals (RFPs) / etc.
  5. Responsible for Bechtel proposal technical evaluations and supports program and supplier management team lead (SMTL) in negotiations.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM
  • 14 years' experience (or 12 with Masters', 10 with PhD)
  • US Citizen with ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP/PAR)
  • 2 years of experience working in construction management and overseeing all stages of the construction lifecycle, including quality assurance, safety standards, compliance standards and other industry regulations
  • 4 years of experience with the systems engineering “V” and different phases of the acquisition lifecycle including requirements development to acceptance testing
  • 4 years of experience in managing a technical baseline
  • 4 years of experience working with technology Supplier Name supports (e.g., aerospace electronic systems, Comms systems, and/or payloads)
  • 2 years of experience ensuring requirements changes and flow-downs to subcontractors are compliant to change board and Global Supply Chain (GSC) process
  • 1 year of experience working with DOORS, CPLM, and other management tools

Nice to have

  • Active DoD Top Secret clearance
  • Prior Supplier Management Experience on a Program in the Development phase
  • Technical evaluations of supplier proposals & subsequent contract negotiations
  • Experience in managing technical risks and opportunities
  • Experience in Earned Value Management (EVM) or being a control account manager (CAM)

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