Job Description
We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. Summary: The responsibilities of a PL2 are to manage the technical project activities in accordance to agreed deliverable, quality and cost as well as ensuring compliance with customer requirements. Additional responsible are to qualify the internal staffing of projects, develop and adhere to project timeline and report the operational situation during internal reviews. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty in accordance to defined standards. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. The essential duties and responsibilities are as followed: Customer/Bid & Offer Review technical requirements set by customer Participate in quotation activities Support client meetings and on/off -site visits Monitors delivery progress with the customer Support negotiation with the customer Project Management Monitor delivery progress on projects Manage technical scope of the projects Responsible of the quality of the deliverables Prepare customer Steering Committee meetings Evaluate activities/roles that should be near-/offshore, if any Support definition of roles and responsibilities in the project organization Monitor the technical skills of the team members Support validation of the project organization and the team members Reports operational situation during monthly financial review s Report if technical/project training is needed in projects Internal Forecast of project Margins Inform Project Coordinator of monthly invoice amount Reports operational situation during monthly review Supervisory Needs and Responsibilities' To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform according to the level(s) of supervision listed below. Managerial supervision An individual will be responsible for supervising and managing a team. An individual is expected to provide guidance, assign tasks, set goals, and evaluate the performance of their team members. Directorial supervision An individual will operate with a high level of authority and is expected to make strategic decisions independently. An individual will work closely with executive leadership to align department's goals with the overall organizational strategy and report on department's performance. May provide guidance and mentorship and support their team members in acquiring new skills and knowledge. Minimum Qualifications and Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should be able to meet each requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from a technical college or university in Business, Management, or Engineering or another technical/scientific discipline and combined minimum 7 years of engineering and project management experience (minimum 5 years of engineering/product development experience, minimum 2 years of project lead/management experience in a technical field). An advanced degree may be substituted for experience. Must possess hands-on experience with project management and project management leadership. Preferred Qualifications and Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability preferred. Language Ability Ability to read, write, speak, analyze and interpret all forms of communic