Project Engineer

Business Unit:
Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions

Company Details:
This position plans, directs, coordinates and monitors assigned engineering projects involving the design modification, testing and evaluation of complex systems with integrated hardware, mechanical, optical and software components and Integrated Logistics Support. This role is responsible for the technical performance, schedule and budgets of assigned projects. This position typically works under general supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.'

Job Details:
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

- Provide overall technical leadership and management of assigned project and personnel
- Responsible for the technical performance, schedule and budgets of assigned projects
- Plans, assigns, directs and monitors project’s engineering tasks
- Provides technical input to proposal plans and costings
- Ensures “design to cost” targets are met
- Reviews and approves project documentation
- Ensures engineering tasks are compliant to defined program requirements, accepted engineering practices, export compliance regulations and local standards
- Ensures initial specification and ongoing elaboration/capture of the specification are sufficient for project and company needs
- Ensures that the test plan is adequate to ensure delivery of a quality product and that testing is conducted before release
- Is the liaison between different engineering disciplines, engineering support functions, manufacturing, program management personnel and the customer
- Ensures transition to production, maintainability and life cycle cost are considered adequately during design
- As appropriate, assists the program manager with schedule status, project costs and concerns, areas of risk, technical issues, customer meetings and program review attendance
- Proactively support continuous improvement of engineering processes

General Duties and Responsibilities:

- Comply with Cubic’s Quality Management System
- Comply with Cubic Occupational Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures
- Ensure own health and safety and that of others by following all rules and procedures, reporting and managing all hazards in the work area and actively contributing to, and participating in, company health and safety initiatives
- Comply with security in accordance with established policies and procedures of the organisations
- Comply with Cubic Human Resources Procedures
- Other duties as requested

Minimum Job Requirements:
**Qualifications**:
Essential:

- Tertiary qualification in the field of engineering (majoring in electrical, electronic, software or similar), computer science, information systems, or other relevant technical discipline

Desirable:

- Project management qualifications such as PMP or Prince 2

Skills/Experience/Knowledge

Essential:

- Eight years’ minimum experience in relevant engineering design with at least 1 year experience in leading teams and managing engineering staff
- Familiarity with project management principles

Desirable:

- Formal training and at least 1 year experience in project management

Competencies:

- Living One Cubic: Identifies with the larger organisation and their role within it, shares resources, responds to requests from other parts of the organisation, supports larger organisational initiatives and sees them as more important than local or personal goals.
- Ethics & Compliance: Demonstrates high level of trust and respect for others and maintains compliance with Cubic's polices, mission and values.
- Communication: Expresses information clearly, transparently, and disseminates appropriately in a timely manner.
- Results: Effectively balances and prioritises time and projects to meet deliverables and drive continuous improvement.
- Winning the Customer: Seeks to understand customer needs and challenges, works effectively with customers to resolve issues, provides exceptional service and deliverables that exceed customer expectations.
- Innovation: Applies information, imagination and initiative to identify efficiencies, implement improvements and drive growth.
- Accountability: Takes personal responsibility for all work activities and actions; follows through on commitments and adheres to deadlines; implements decisions that have been agreed upon; acknowledges and learns from mistakes without blaming others; early transparency about risks and issues; recognises the impact of one's behaviour on others and the company.
- The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need._

Worker Type:
Employee