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Overview

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Arcfield is seeking a Project Integrator to support a Sponsor's front office, who has responsibility for a wide range of duties involving scheduling, planning, coordination of Sponsors and vendors, monitoring progress, and problem solving. The PI will coordinate interdepartmental plans, interface with vendors and Sponsors, and perform extensive investigations as required. Responsibilities for the role include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Support Department-level weekly staff meetings
• Coordinate travel arrangements and itineraries (for Senior Department Officers) and work with the Sponsor travel representative on group travel documentation
• Prepare requests for concurrence cables, reading, assigning, and generating cable responses for Sponsor FO
• Manage the Sponsor office supply budget; be proactive and responsible in maintaining Department-level office supplies
• Be the WebTA timekeeper for approximately 60 officers and backup for other SA timekeepers in the Sponsor
• Maintain the Check-in/Check-out process for staff and contractors including upkeep of welcome books and coins for new EOD
• Work with Chief of Staff to track officers for nominated awards and ensure medallions are ordered for departing officers
• Support Group Chief of Staff with floor space/resource planning
• Maintain Department-level organization charts, personnel lists, and recall plans
• Maintain group biographic data, including phone trees for personnel accountability purposes and organizational charts for senior leadership
• Work with the Chief of Staff in maintaining group Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Work with the Chief of Staff and Department SIs in maintaining data holdings in accordance with (IAW) the Group Data Management Plan
• Support and assist the Sponsor Budget and Plans officers
• Support and assist Chief of Staff (CoS) who is the reporting government senior
• Perform lock-up security checks and ensure office is secured daily
• Will be required to build a network with staff and contract SAs and MSAs in the Mission Centers and other pertinent IC elements to enable the Sponsor's mission.

Required

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• BS 10-12, MS 8-10, PhD 5-7
• Have at least 10 years of IC experience and at least 10 years of related skills experience
• Have at least 5 years Sponsor experience
• Present a professional and personable attitude at all times as the first face of the Sponsor
• Be proactive and responsible in managing the calendars of the Front Office staff, and the Department-level master calendar
• Be proactive and skilled at coordinating, scheduling, and facilitating business meetings and boards
• Have a built-in understanding of Department and Mission Center-level staff functions
• Be skilled and experienced in professionally coordinating with senior government officials (military and civilian) and their staffs
• Be able to work seamlessly with multiple organization staffs and contractors
• Demonstrate proficiency with office automation tools (MS Office, email, instant messaging, SharePoint)
• Demonstrate proficiency with Agency-specific administration tools
• Have a working understanding of Agency logistics, security, and facilities management processes
• Have knowledge of and experience managing website content
• Have experience working with web developers to communicate and verify office automation requirements - Represent the Sponsor as the IMAGINE database referent, developing, applying, and establishing procedures to better support group users.
• Be adaptable to other ad hoc support duties as assigned

Desired

• BA in Business or Personnel Management, or related field
• A PMP certification
• Experience as a SharePoint administrator

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.

WiSC Enterprises is a mission-focused, veteran-owned small business providing expert support within the Defense and Intelligence Community. We specialize in delivering cleared professionals to high-impact programs, offering agile staffing solutions and operational excellence across a wide range of mission-critical areas.

At WiSC, we prioritize integrity, collaboration, and continuous growthensuring our employees are empowered to contribute meaningfully, advance professionally, and thrive personally. Join us and become part of a company where your impact matters.

Lead end-to-end program and project management activities, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.

Manage cross-functional integration across technical and operational teams to ensure program objectives and milestones are met.

Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, using industry-standard tools to track progress and dependencies.

Manage requirements gathering and ensure proper configuration management throughout the project lifecycle.

Implement and maintain risk management processes, identifying and mitigating issues that could impact scope, cost, or timeline.

Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to monitor cost and schedule performance and provide variance analysis.

Develop performance metrics and reporting dashboards to communicate progress to internal and external stakeholders.

Oversee and coordinate verification and validation (V&V) activities, ensuring system requirements are met and fully tested.

Support commissioning, system turnover, and acceptance activities, ensuring readiness and compliance at all stages.

Interface with customers, stakeholders, and leadership to ensure alignment with mission goals and contractual deliverables.

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field; PMP certification strongly preferred.

812 years of project/program management experience within the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community.

Proven experience in managing large-scale technical programs with complex integration requirements.

Strong knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) and project scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera).

Experience with requirements and configuration management tools and processes.

Demonstrated experience in risk management, metrics development, and data analysis.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief senior leadership.

Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph eligibility required.

WiSC Enterprises is a mission-focused, veteran-owned small business providing expert support within the Defense and Intelligence Community. We specialize in delivering cleared professionals to high-impact programs, offering agile staffing solutions and operational excellence across a wide range of mission-critical areas. At WiSC, we prioritize integrity, collaboration, and continuous growth-ensuring our employees are empowered to contribute meaningfully, advance professionally, and thrive personally. Join us and become part of a company where your impact matters.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end program and project management activities, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Manage cross-functional integration across technical and operational teams to ensure program objectives and milestones are met.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, using industry-standard tools to track progress and dependencies.
• Manage requirements gathering and ensure proper configuration management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement and maintain risk management processes, identifying and mitigating issues that could impact scope, cost, or timeline.
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to monitor cost and schedule performance and provide variance analysis.
• Develop performance metrics and reporting dashboards to communicate progress to internal and external stakeholders.
• Oversee and coordinate verification and validation (V&V) activities, ensuring system requirements are met and fully tested.
• Support commissioning, system turnover, and acceptance activities, ensuring readiness and compliance at all stages.
• Interface with customers, stakeholders, and leadership to ensure alignment with mission goals and contractual deliverables.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field; PMP certification strongly preferred.
• 8-12 years of project/program management experience within the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community.
• Proven experience in managing large-scale technical programs with complex integration requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) and project scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera).
• Experience with requirements and configuration management tools and processes.
• Demonstrated experience in risk management, metrics development, and data analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief senior leadership.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph eligibility required.

The purpose of the Expert Project Engineer position is to lead the design, installation and start-up of plant construction or process equipment projects for Feed Supply Chain and Manufacturing operations. This position specifically focuses on packaging equipment. Incumbent is responsible for development of the project scope, working closely with the Feed Engineering Manager and Plant Manager, develop project and process design, capital and expense estimates, contractor selection, equipment specifications and purchases, implementation timeline and coordinate implementation plans for the projects. Provide recommended methods and standard operating practices to optimize processes and meet product specifications.

Work closely with the Directors of Operations to prepare capital plans . Manage the business relationship with packing equipment suppliers.

The target location for this role is Land O'Lakes Corporate Headquarters in Arden Hills, MN, however this position can be remote (virtual) and located anywhere in the USA. International travel will be required occasionally for business meetings.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare process designs, equipment specifications and capital estimates for process upgrades and modifications to existing systems.
• Track equipment condition and provide long-term projections for repairs/replacements based on equipment age and number of cycles.
• Work closely with the Feed Engineering Manager and Plant Managers on the capital approval and implementation steps.
• Validate expected improvements are obtained from capital investments.
• Prepare equipment standards for processing equipment.
• Provide project management working with contractors, equipment vendors and plant personnel to insure on budget and on schedule project implementations.
• Conduct process evaluations in the forms of process system audits and in-plant testing.
• Evaluate process variables and provide recommendations for processing and energy efficiency improvements.Implementation of process improvements and validations of improvements.
• Provide equipment recommendations and methods to optimize processing

Required Education and Skills:

• B.S. degree with concentration in Mechanical, Agricultural, Food, Feed Process Engineering or related degree and 10+ years related work experience.
• Technical experience in packaging equipment and robotics is highly preferred
• Technical processing expertise for Feed Operations highly preferred
• Solid working knowledge of mechanical or agricultural engineering and processing plants and equipment,
• Individual is highly organized, proficient, and knowledgeable in most current grain or food processing systems

Competencies-Skills (Required):

• Highly effective communications is required and ability to modification communications approach to reach operators, supervisors, and Plant Managers.Strong interpersonal skills are required to sell and implement improvement projects.
• Ability to collaborate closely with operators on the plant and processing floor to understand equipment variables and equipment operations.
• Ability to understand root cause of problems and develop solutions is critical to success.Fact based reasoning and recommendations are essential to optimizing process variables and systems. Visualize process and building revisions and improvements.
• Ability to work closely with operators on the plant and processing floor to understand equipment variables and equipment operations.
• This position will involve 50% to 75% travel and will involve exposure to all shifts to allow training and operations improvements to be refined and fully implemented. Project installations can be up to 3 weeks in duration, including weekends. Significant time required in feed manufacturing facilities which have typical levels of dust and noise.

Travel: 60%

Salary: $120,880 - $181,320

In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.

Requisition ID# 164461

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno

Department Overview

The Electric Engineering team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Engineering is responsible for every aspect of PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration and emergency response.

Position Summary

This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

The Expert Project Controls Analyst job requires mastery of the Scheduling or Earned Value discipline and skills. This position is responsible for providing technical standards, strategy and implementation support for the Earned Value and Scheduling systems and functions; and handles complex problems and issues. The Expert Project Controls Analyst is a recognized expert within their area of project cost analysis, identifies opportunities and brings in ideas to help improve company performance and applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices to resolve complex problems with only minimal guidance.

This position has a Pre-Employment Testing requirement (instructions below).

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of thejob posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The annual salary range is:

CA Minimum, $137,124

CA Maximum, $171,420

Job Responsibilities

• Support the development of Earning Rules / and Baseline Schedule Templates
• Assist in tracking and reporting work stream portfolio trend analysis
• Identify, provide recommendations, and lead improvements or corrective action to program
• Train and mentor less experienced PCA's, provide guidance and assistance
• Help develop and implement earned value and portfolio schedule strategies
• Manage complex 2,000 to 10,000 line-item schedule
• Understand and keep track of granularity of PG&E and third-party contractor schedules. Create and maintain complex integrated schedules including import of contractor schedules, functional schedules and schedule data from codependent projects. Ensure horizontal and vertical integration of master schedules.
  • Create contractor scheduling specifications for bid packages to facilitate contractor schedule integration into Master Integrated Schedules including definition of key milestones, activity naming and calendar conventions, contractor baseline requires, and contractor schedule of payments based on weekly and/or monthly
  • Review contractor schedule submissions and PG&E generated schedules for accuracy, unapproved baseline changes, legitimacy of delay and scope change claims
• Use tools to manage Schedule Change (Claim Digger or equivalent). Identify and evaluate changes made to different versions of the same schedule. Compare schedules, perform impact analysis and document delays to the schedule.
• Works across multiple cross functional work streams to generate comprehensive solutions
• Interact with Managers and or Directors to influence, design and implement processes
• Create detailed plans with limited information including WBS structure and core logic
• May maintain, utilize and mentor other PCA's regarding ANSI/EIA-748-Compliant Earned Value Management systems and procedures for project management organizations

Knowledge/ Abilities:

Demonstrates knowledge and abilities required for the Journey and Senior level Project Controls Analyst and, also:

• Interacts with Managers and or Directors to influence, design and implement processes.
• Has specialized technical expertise and provides information and training as appropriate in the assigned specialized area.
• Provide leadership, direction, and assistance to project team.
• Successfully negotiate cost effective solutions beneficial to our customers and PG&E.
• Complete complex assignments with few or no precedents or standards.
• Apply extensive knowledge of concepts, principles and practices in a specific field or area of expertise to resolve complex problems.
• Demonstrates strong technical and communications skills.
• Actively participates in management initiatives for process improvements.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• BA or BS Degree from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Current Planning and SchedulingProfessional (PSP) Certification by AACEI
• 7 years of experience as a Project Controls Analyst (including Sr. PCA) or 12 years of PG&E relevant experience or 14 related industry experience

Desired:

• Widely recognized and emulated as a teacher, coach and leader.
• Attitude toward team development is infectious, extending beyond the region.
• Sought after as an expert. Knowledge and skills influence beyond region. Opinions sought by others.
• Highly developed facility in verbal communication.
• Professional education outlook extends beyond required education.
• Results consistently surpass expectations.
• Highly motivated and proactive.
• Ability to anticipate project requirements and quickly formulate original, far-reaching solutions

Pre-Employment Testing

Note to PG&E Employees:You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application; and all secondary tests prior to interviewing. For more information prerequisite and secondary tests, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing programs website.

• Expert Project Controls Analyst - Scheduling

Requisition ID # 164461 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno

Department Overview

The Electric Engineering team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Engineering is responsible for every aspect of PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration and emergency response.

Position Summary

This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

The Expert Project Controls Analyst job requires mastery of the Scheduling or Earned Value discipline and skills.  This position is responsible for providing technical standards, strategy and implementation support for the Earned Value and Scheduling systems and functions; and handles complex problems and issues. The Expert Project Controls Analyst is a recognized expert within their area of project cost analysis, identifies opportunities and brings in ideas to help improve company performance and applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices to resolve complex problems with only minimal guidance.

This position has a Pre-Employment Testing requirement (instructions below).

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The annual salary range is:

CA Minimum, $137,124

CA Maximum, $171,420

Job Responsibilities

• Support the development of Earning Rules / and Baseline Schedule Templates
• Assist in tracking and reporting work stream portfolio trend analysis
• Identify, provide recommendations, and lead improvements or corrective action to program
• Train and mentor less experienced PCA’s, provide guidance and assistance
• Help develop and implement earned value and portfolio schedule strategies
• Manage complex 2,000 to 10,000 line-item schedule
• Understand and keep track of granularity of PG&E and third-party contractor schedules. Create and maintain complex integrated schedules including import of contractor schedules, functional schedules and schedule data from codependent projects. Ensure horizontal and vertical integration of master schedules.
  • Create contractor scheduling specifications for bid packages to facilitate contractor schedule integration into Master Integrated Schedules including definition of key milestones, activity naming and calendar conventions, contractor baseline requires, and contractor schedule of payments based on weekly and/or monthly
  • Review contractor schedule submissions and PG&E generated schedules for accuracy, unapproved baseline changes, legitimacy of delay and scope change claims
• Use tools to manage Schedule Change (Claim Digger or equivalent). Identify and evaluate changes made to different versions of the same schedule.  Compare schedules, perform impact analysis and document delays to the schedule.
• Works across multiple cross functional work streams to generate comprehensive solutions
• Interact with Managers and or Directors to influence, design and implement processes
• Create detailed plans with limited information including WBS structure and core logic
• May maintain, utilize and mentor other PCA’s regarding ANSI/EIA-748-Compliant Earned Value Management systems and procedures for project management organizations

Knowledge/ Abilities:

Demonstrates knowledge and abilities required for the Journey and Senior level Project Controls Analyst and, also:

• Interacts with Managers and or Directors to influence, design and implement processes.
• Has specialized technical expertise and provides information and training as appropriate in the assigned specialized area.
• Provide leadership, direction, and assistance to project team.
• Successfully negotiate cost effective solutions beneficial to our customers and PG&E.
• Complete complex assignments with few or no precedents or standards.
• Apply extensive knowledge of concepts, principles and practices in a specific field or area of expertise to resolve complex problems.
• Demonstrates strong technical and communications skills.
• Actively participates in management initiatives for process improvements.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• BA or BS Degree from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Current Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) Certification by AACEI
• 7 years of experience as a Project Controls Analyst (including Sr. PCA) or 12 years of PG&E relevant experience or 14 related industry experience

Desired:

• Widely recognized and emulated as a teacher, coach and leader.
• Attitude toward team development is infectious, extending beyond the region.
• Sought after as an expert. Knowledge and skills influence beyond region. Opinions sought by others.
• Highly developed facility in verbal communication.
• Professional education outlook extends beyond required education.
• Results consistently surpass expectations.
• Highly motivated and proactive.
• Ability to anticipate project requirements and quickly formulate original, far-reaching solutions

Pre-Employment Testing

Note to PG&E Employees:  You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application; and all secondary tests prior to interviewing.  For more information prerequisite and secondary tests, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing programs website.

• Expert Project Controls Analyst – Scheduling