Project Manager

Project Manager

Turn Complex Requirements Into Action and Keep Mission-Critical Aviation Projects Moving Forward

Location: Berkeley, MO

Job Type: Full-Time | 10-Month Contract

Schedule: Monday-Friday | First Shift, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Pay Rate: Starting at $54.32 per hour

Lead the Plan. Drive the Execution. Deliver Results.

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a leader in the aviation industry to hire an experienced Project Manager in Berkeley, Missouri.

In this role, you'll be at the center of complex technical and facility-focused initiatives, transforming requirements into executable plans and ensuring projects remain aligned with schedule, budget, and stakeholder expectations. You'll coordinate across technical experts, engineering and facilities teams, funding managers, and other key stakeholders to keep projects moving from initiation through successful completion.

If you're a highly organized project professional who excels at bringing clarity to complex requirements, managing competing priorities, and holding teams accountable to critical milestones, this opportunity could be your next career move.

What You'll Do

As a Project Manager, you'll be responsible for coordinating and driving project execution across multiple stakeholders. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Develop, coordinate, integrate, analyze, and maintain project plans and schedules in accordance with project management standards.

• Receive technical requirements from capability experts and validate that requirements are ready for execution.

• Identify missing information, gaps, or ambiguities and coordinate clarification with appropriate technical stakeholders.

• Partner with facility project management teams to develop Statements of Work (SOWs) and ensure supporting projects align with technical requirements and timelines.

• Manage supporting projects from initiation through completion.

• Conduct trend, variance, impact, and risk analyses to identify constraints and potential impacts to project performance.

• Track and report project financials, including Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to Complete (ETC), capital funding, and expense funding .

• Prepare financial projections and provide updates to funding managers.

• Create and maintain project schedules, dashboards, reports, metrics, and other reporting artifacts.

• Communicate schedule changes and updates to scheduling teams and key stakeholders.

• Facilitate stakeholder coordination and project status meetings.

• Maintain clear traceability between technical requirements and facility project deliverables.

• Identify and monitor risks, dependencies, execution gaps, and schedule constraints.

• Drive accountability for action items and milestone commitments.

• Maintain structured project documentation and decision records throughout the project lifecycle.

• Support performance recovery planning when projects encounter challenges.

• Identify opportunities to strengthen project management processes, business systems, and best practices.

Required Qualifications

We're looking for a results-oriented professional with:

• 2+ years of project management experience supporting technical and/or facility projects.

• Demonstrated ability to manage the execution of complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Proven ability to interpret, manage, and synthesize complex technical information.

• Exceptional listening skills with the ability to ask precise, effective clarifying questions.

• Experience coordinating with engineering, facilities, and/or infrastructure teams .

• Financial tracking experience, including EAC/ETC, capital, and expense funding .

• Strong meeting facilitation and stakeholder communication skills.

• Excellent time management skills and the discipline to work independently.

• Ability to take direction and execute effectively while respecting established technical authority.

• High attention to detail with strong ownership and follow-through.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree with typically 6 or more years of related work experience, or

• Master's degree with typically 4 or more years of related work experience, or

• An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates will stand out with:

• Experience supporting technical capability stand-up or facility infrastructure projects .

• Familiarity with Statement of Work development .

• Experience with Smartsheet, Jira, Microsoft Project, or similar project management tools .

• Experience working within highly technical or regulated environments.

• Formal project management education or training.

• PMP preparation, PMP certification, or similar project management credentials .

Why Join Us?

At PDS Tech Commercial , we connect talented professionals with exciting opportunities to contribute to challenging programs across the aviation and aerospace industry.

This opportunity offers:

• Competitive pay starting at $54.32 per hour

• A full-time, 10-month contract opportunity

• A consistent Monday-Friday, first-shift schedule

• The opportunity to manage complex, highly visible technical and facility projects

• Hands-on experience with project financials, schedules, risk management, and technical requirements

• Collaboration with engineering, facilities, technical experts, funding managers, and business leaders

• An environment that values accountability, precision, collaboration, continuous improvement, and results

• The opportunity to deepen your project management expertise in a sophisticated aviation environment

You'll do more than maintain schedules and facilitate meetings. You'll create the structure, visibility, and accountability that teams need to turn complex technical requirements into real-world results.

Ready to Take the Lead?

If you're a detail-driven Project Manager who knows how to bring people, requirements, schedules, and budgets together to deliver results, PDS Tech Commercial wants to hear from you.

Apply today and take the next step in your project management career while supporting innovative work within the aviation industry.

This position requires use of information or access to facilities subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These regulations may limit access of controlled technologies: 1) to U.S. Persons, including U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, and other narrow categories including refugees and asylees, or 2) to certain foreign nationals that have received an export license.

Pay Details: $54.32 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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