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Responsible for technical/operational leadership of a project/mission within the programmatic guidelines set by the program manager and customer. Defines, generates, and reviews project requirements documentation. Performs technical studies to refine project requirements. Monitors project to ensure work scope, schedule, and budget are well defined and maintained. Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received. May conduct performance/project analyses during phase-down to benefit future/other projects/missions/programs. Incumbents have experience as engineers before moving into this project role. Anticipates internal and or external business challenges and/or regulatory/ compliance issues; recommends process, product or service improvements. Solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact. Contributes to the development of job family or strategy. Mentors and advises project teams to achieve milestones and objectives. Progression to this level is typically restricted on the basis of business requirements. Due to the complexity and uniqueness of the required skill set there are generally fewer incumbents at this level. Regarded as the technical expert in their particular discipline. Requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within the job family.