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Senior Project Management Specialist

Smithfield, Pennsylvania Job ID JR2025469567 Category Security Clearance Role Type Onsite Post Date Aug. 27, 2025 Security Clearance Required
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Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

The Boeing Company’s, Argon ST is seeking a Senior Project Management Specialist (Level 4) to join our team in Smithfield, PA.

In this role, the focus will be on utilizing the Program Management Best Practices to develop strategies and manage the execution of the work statement effectively, efficiently, with technical surety, and the highest quality achievable. This person will also create opportunities for the Program and the Enterprise to grow the business in support of strategic goals and objectives. The program manager will also develop and maintain relationships with appropriate Customer leaders.

The lead must be able to communicate and manage across Boeing divisions, sites, and functional teams in order to effectively execute, have strong business acumen and utilize problem solving skills to work collaboratively and effectively to build and enhance customer relationships.

A successful candidate has strong project management skills, communicates clearly and concisely, follows through, and builds strong, positive relationships with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels. This role will work closely with the production value stream stakeholders including but not limited to design engineering, manufacturing engineering, operations, industrial engineering, supply chain, and estimating.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Establishing and maintaining project cost, schedule and performance as well as conducting recurring status meetings and providing regular performance reports/reviews to senior management and customers.
  • Lead and support proposal efforts for current and follow-on projects.
  • Ensure contractual requirements are communicated to the team and contract deliverables are submitted on time.
  • Communicate, coordinate, facilitate and enable positional and senior functional leaders in the business to make effective program level business decisions
  • Present complex information to leaders at all levels of business
  • Lead others and advise all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion
  • Partner with project leader and schedulers to develop and integrate project tasks, schedules, milestones - ensure resource alignment and drive mitigation to cost/quality/flow risks
  • Work to improve project management processes and business systems that support project decision makers
  • Develop and lead weekly/monthly operating rhythm meeting cadence: capture decisions made, actions taken, and distribute minutes
  • Lead discussion on prioritization of improvement activities following the standard guidelines – maintain project One List
  • Review and elevate, issues and opportunities (RIO) related to rate readiness and running the business
  • Empower operations leaders with KPI metrics to make data-driven solutions/decisions
  • Lead in gathering information needed and deploying projects as part of site expansion and rate increase efforts
  • Author Program Directives from inception through execution

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • 5+ years of experience in project management and the ability to work on several projects simultaneously
  • 5+ years of experience collaborating with senior management and/or executive leadership
  • 5+ years of experience utilizing Microsoft Office applications such as SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Project
  • 1+ year of experience using Integrated Scheduling tools such as: Open Plan Professional, Microsoft Project Professional, Enterprise Project Management, or a similar tool
  • Experience managing projects in a manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher
  • 10+ years of experience in project management and the ability to work on several projects simultaneously
  • Current Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Experience working on airplane programs or supporting the production system
  • Experience developing and integrating strategic projects, plans, and initiatives to meet business goals
  • Experience working in a multifaceted work environment, to include managing multiple priorities

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.

Travel: Willing to travel up to 10%

Shift: 1st Shift

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies. 

Total Rewards & Pay Transparency:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range for $107,950 – $146,050

Applications for this position will be accepted until September 7, 2025


Applications for this position will be accepted until Sept. 08, 2025


Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Contingent Upon Program Reward

The position is contingent upon program award


Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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