Job Description

At Akkodis, we use our insight, knowledge, and global resources to make exceptional connections every day. With 60 branch offices located strategically throughout North America, we are positioned perfectly to deliver the industry's top talent to each of our clients. Clients choose Akkodis as their workforce partner to solve staffing challenges that range from locating hard-to-find niche talent to completing quick-fill demands.

Akkodis is seeking a Project Manager with a Hollister, CA -based client to join their team.

Pay Range - $78-145k/yr.; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Employment Type: Direct Hire

Location: Hollister, CA -Normal working hours are 7a-5p Mon-Thurs (4-10s)

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Lead the Integrated Project Team for medium sized development programs from proposal through successful product launch and first production delivery, for customer funded or IR&D authorized funded development efforts.
• Have budget responsibility for assigned programs, including meeting Product Cost Targets based on future business projections determined with Product Line Management (PLM).
• Develop and maintain positive customer relationships and ensure the customer's contractual requirements are fulfilled. You will have responsibility for maintaining program schedule in accordance with customer and Client requirements, controlling expenditures within the program budget, updating estimates to complete by program.
• Review customer requests for quotes and makes bid/no bid recommendations for opportunities involving product development.
• Generate and release program work authorization documentation defining the scope of work, schedule requirements, program budget, contractual requirements, and data items.
• Prepare and present program review reports for Advanced Product Development management.
• Support presentations for assigned proposals/programs to management and customers.
• Maintain positive communication and relationships with all company functional areas to ensure program and customer requests and schedules are met, while maintaining an overall perspective of the goals of the company.
• Conduct analysis and modeling based on key pricing inputs to develop optimal pricing recommendations.
• Identify and highlight key strategic considerations, develop credible business cases, and communicate rationale to senior management.
• Gather input from the IPT to develop preliminary integrated master schedule (IMS) at the bid phase and manage and update the IMS when acting as primary PM on program.
• Ensure proposed schedules are achievable and facility capacity will be available at the time of anticipated order placement.
• Be responsible for the proposal schedule, cost to prepare proposal and budget.
• Conduct contract negotiations on assigned programs in concert with the assigned Contract Manager.
• Lead presentations for assigned proposals/programs to Management and Customers

Qualifications

• Project Engineering experience a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in a technical and manufacturing environment in the aerospace/defense industry
• DOD pricing and contract experience desired.
• 2+ years of leading a development IPT or supervisory responsibility preferred.
• Ability to work on site as needed with some remote options.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business/marketing Degree with technical program experience.

If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to If you have questions about the position, please contact Dana More at dana.more@akkodisgroup.com

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client

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