**Title:** Defense Project Specialist **Location:** United States-Illinois-Wood Dale **Job Number:** 16207 ***PENDING CONTRACT AWARD*** **SUMMARY** Performs a wide variety of administrative and technical assignments to include: extract and analyze data, update accounts, prepare letters, memos and reports, and make recommendations to improve business processes within functional department. On a regular and continuous basis, exercises administrative judgment and assumes responsibility for decisions, consequences, and results having an impact on people, costs, and/or quality of service within the functional area. Title may reflect departmental designation. **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** + Maintains reports and performs administrative and technical duties that require knowledge of the department, facility, and the company along with current policies, practices and procedures. + Performs diversified duties including reports preparation, data collection, trend analysis, reconciliation reports, and business and process documentation. + Follow administrative processes within the site and makes recommendations to implement process improvements. + Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the company, and the community; maintains professional competence, knowledge, and skill necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities. + Analyzes budget patterns, program expenditures, and prepares budget reports for management. + Assists in the development of business proposals. + Performs individual assignments as site manager deems necessary; ensure adequate, continuous controls are exercised over all assigned activities affecting quality. + Uses various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports. + Respond to customer requests for information in a timely manner. + Review backlog reports to ensure timely shipments and invoicing of customer orders. + All other duties as assigned. **CORE COMPETENCIES** + Change of Direction + Being connected & Respectful + Diverse Mindset + Building relationships and partnerships + Focus + Accountability Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. **EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE** + Associates degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. + Minimum 3 years Logistics/ Contracts Experience required. + Export License experience preferred. **PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT** + The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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. + While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach and move about the facility. + The environmental characteristic for this position is an office setting. Candidates should be able to adapt to a traditional business environment. \#LI-LM1 #LI-Hybrid We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.