Quest Defense is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world's fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are part of a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.
We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.
As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we're eager to hear from you.
The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek have the following characteristics and skills:
The successful candidate is detail oriented and highly collaborative. There will be a significant amount of interaction with the customer's teams. Listening to the customer's issues and offering proactive solutions is critical to building a strong relationship with this new customer.
Roles & Responsibilities:

• Management of project scheduling in Excel or MS Project (or similar)
• Creation of a catalog of the documents in a searchable file (Excel, Access, or other); update files to a common nomenclature (as required) and review for completeness of content, accuracy of structure and consistency to standards (architecture, etc.)
• Document clean-up: technical writing to fix errors and coordinate with Subject Matter Experts to fix technical shortfalls, add content to fill gaps, edit to improve consistency, incorporate mark ups and update to a new format
• Coordinate approval and sign offs of design and review documentation, upload into appropriate systems
• Gather engineering technical data to develop and schedule presentations reviews including: problem statement / reason for change, solution options and drawings / documents to be changed
• Maintain traceability in Product Data Management system and manage changes, tasks, milestones, delivery dates, lead times and closure of action items.
• Work in systems and supply chain to procure low volume, prototype parts.
• Coordinate with project stakeholders to assess cost and schedule of projects against plan
  Develop weekly status reports including: Current status, setting priorities, addressing issues, calculating performance against schedule and budget

Qualifications (required):

• Bachelor's Engineering Degree
• 1-3 years of experience in engineering industry with some project management
• Experience with SharePoint, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Project and/or JIRA
• Due to the nature of these roles, applicants must be US Citizen
• Must have or be willing to pursue a security clearance.
• Independent and forward facing with meticulous attention to detail.

Desired ( but not required) :

• Bachelor's Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering
• Knowledge of agile project management methods
• Knowledge of SAP
• Work well in a team oriented, collaborative environment.
• Engineering risk management
• Engineering cost management.

Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

• Mostly Office Environments, Occasional Shop Floor involvement.
• Substantial amounts of telephone, video conferencing and computer work.
• Heavily Regulated Industries with strict adherence to procedures.
• Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late or arriving early.
• Fast paced, creative environment without a lot of management oversight
• Typical 8 hour days plus lunch / 40 hour weeks / core (required) hours are 9AM to 4PM
• Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations.

The physical demands described herein represent those necessary to perform the essential functions of this role successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
Quest Defense provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.