Job Title: Project Manager

Requisition #:

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Hours: Mon - Fri - 8:00am - 5:00pm

Essential Functions:

  • Manages all aspects of project management and project lifecycles by effectively initiating, planning, scheduling, controlling, and bringing to closure multiple, large, high profile, high priority projects.
  • Acts as a role model and mentor on project management methodology, standards, strategy and quality
  • Stakeholder Management: Negotiation skills with proven ability to establish win-win relationships with internal/external customers
  • Schedule Management: Create and maintain an effort-driven project schedule for each project by identifying and monitoring: overall project timeline, project milestones, tasks, resources, task dependencies, and critical paths.
  • Control and track project performance, time allocations, cost, and quality by constantly evaluating project progress and conducting regular team status meetings.
  • Determines, monitors, and reviews all project economics, including costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, and risk.
  • Provides leadership, direction and integrates activities with other departments to ensure successful implementation and support.
  • Anticipates and identifies Risks and Issues that may impact deliverables and develops and implements mitigation and corrective actions.
  • Monitors and reports on the status of project efforts (including weekly time reporting, monthly resource forecasting, monthly executive reporting, issue management and risk prevention/mitigation).
  • Ensures the project remains focused on key objectives and goals and comply with established methodologies. Develop and manage project expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas in Jeppesen are engaged on the project.
  • Manage vendor relations as appropriate.
  • Promote continuous improvement by conducting, documenting, and communicating lessons learned.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Information Systems, Computer Science or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Master's degree is preferred. Four (4) years overall project management experience, which includes demonstrated proficiency using project management scheduling tools, managing strategic and complex information technology projects, and acting in a lead project management role. A Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification is preferred. Rational Unified Process (RUP) process experience is desired. Primavera project scheduling experience is desired.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

  • Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in project management processes.
  • Knowledge and demonstrated experience in the software development project lifecycle and familiarity with the Rational Unified Process (RUP).
  • Extensive experience in meeting planning and facilitation.
  • Demonstrated experience in making articulate and effective oral presentations to different audiences.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
  • Primavera experience a plus.
  • Proficient with Project Management tools including MS Project and familiarity with Effort Driven Planning.
  • Organization and time management skills: Operates independently with minimal guidance by management.
  • Problem-solving skills with ability to perform root cause analysis.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks.
  • Ability to step into projects already in progress or in need of rescue.
  • Marine application experience desired.

Contact: Frank Orf – – 908 45172

Closing date for applications: May 25, 2009

Jeppesen is an Equal Opportunity Employer.