Project Administrator

Description

Veterans Encouraged to Apply: Detroit Defense proudly supports those who have served. We welcome applicants with military experience, including those transitioning to civilian careers. Your leadership, adaptability, and mission-focused mindset are valued here. Detroit Defense is a 3x recipient of the Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award.

Detroit Defense is seeking a Project Administrator to support our direct customer programs. This position will provide services related to coordinating day-to-day activities and project reporting. This is a strategic position within Detroit Defense’s expansion of Technical Services for the DoD.

The Project Administrator works with the Projects Manager(s) and Technical Leads to ensure overall success of the software products and programs. This position engages frequently with the Project Managers, team members and key stakeholder on a frequent basis. Additional responsibilities include developing monthly status reports, allocating and assigning project hours and tasking.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Organize meeting space and associated multimedia requirements, attend meetings, and prepare agendas, action item trackers and meeting minutes
• Assist in the development and maintenance of project documentation, including schedules, status reports, meeting minutes, and risk logs.
• Coordinate project meetings, including scheduling, preparing agendas, and documenting action items.
• Monitor project timelines and deliverables to ensure compliance with deadlines.
• Track project expenditures and assist in budget reconciliation.
• Maintain project files and ensure version control of key documents.
• Communicate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders to facilitate project progress.
• Support onboarding of project team members and maintain contact lists and organizational charts.
• Perform administrative duties such as data entry, reporting, procurement tracking, and invoice processing

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in an applicable field of study
• A minimum of two years of applicable experience
• Ability to obtain a Common Access Card, Government Security Clearance and maintain a clearance. 
• Ability to collaborate with technical and management staff
• Ability to develop and present presentations 

Detroit Defense offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
• Company Paid Life and AD&D
• Company Paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending & HSA Accounts
• Legal & ID Shield Services
• 401k with Company Match
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days

Why Detroit Defense:
At Detroit Defense, we deliver mission-critical solutions that enhance national security, protect the warfighter, and enable readiness through innovation, technical excellence, and end-to-end lifecycle support. 

Remaining steadfast in our core values of Trustworthy, Mission Driven, Creative, and Agile we are a complex systems integrator for the U.S. Government, Detroit Defense provides solutions to meet the technical and programmatic challenges faced by our customers. Our proven success in multi-domain cross-platform system-of-systems integration results in fielded capability for warfighters. From R&D to production, fielding, and sustainment, Detroit Defense provides services and solutions to Empower Those That protect Us.

Detroit Defense is a proud recipient of the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award.

Detroit Defense is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity or gender expression), age, mental or physical disability, creed, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, genetic trait or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.