Project Management Specialist 2

Engineering

Project Management Specialist 2 Tukwila, WA Posted: 7/10/2026

Job Description

Job ID#:

218935

Job Category:

Engineering

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Duration:

52

Positions Available:

2

PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Project Management Specialist 2, in Tukwila, WA. Job ID#218935

Pay Rate: $47 - $52/hr

Job Description:

Supports preparation, development, coordination, scheduling, and change management activities of maintaining an integrated plan to meet program and/or project requirements in accordance with project management industry standards.

Participates in maintaining, analyzing and producing metrics related to plans.

Assists more experienced personnel with risk assessments, developing mitigation plan and refining the business case.

Develops, collects, organizes and provides data, updates task, to maintain status of programs, schedule, customer and supplier commitments and compliance.

Coordinates document work statements and resulting schedules.

Identifies and provide reports on performance variances, project status, change information to project team.

Communicates plan changes and recovery plans to ensure commitment to stakeholders.

Required Skills:

Advanced excel skills - Ability to work with large data sets to consolidate status, generate metrics .

People skills -Experience hosting meetings with engineering teams to collect status, document risks and issues.

Reporting - Experience putting together presentations on a weekly basis to convey performance to plan.

Experience presenting status to leadership.

Work location flexibility - Ability and willingness to work across multiple sites in the local Puget sound area including Seattle, Tukwila, Renton and Everett.

Education / Experience:

Bachelor's degree and typically 3 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree

and typically 1 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:

No Clearance

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled