Program Configuration & Schedule Manager
Well organized and driven individual needed to perform the following job responsibilities
- Manage schedule creation and ongoing variance tracking;
- Serve as the main point of contact for the cross-functional teams during the initial design, drawing and creation processes;
- Direct work flow and resource usage to mitigate design risk and maintain schedule and budget adherence to an established program plan;
- Coordinate the evaluation, approval and implementation of configuration changes throughout program life cycles;
- Manage regular change review meetings to track open engineering change orders;
- Help enforce established design development and documentation procedures;
- Modify change requests and document best practices for authoring program changes;
- Lead metrics documentation to track change management health;
- Proactively identify and communicate potential risks prior to and during the change management process;
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure all change requirements are documented and implemented in an accurate and timely manner;
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the change management process to ensure best practices are used;
- Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing teams to:
- Create and/or update build books and work instructions;
- Redline in-process work orders and launch engineering change requests as required to support production;
- Facilitate the change review process in regard to cost, schedule impact, and effective dates;
- Ensure compliance with proprietary and export marking requirements;
- Ensure the timely completion of design activities specific to aircraft and automotive systems;
- Facilitate the execution of design reviews as required to resolve design or engineering issues;
- Coordinate and communicate effectively with other engineering management and technical players;
- Support manufacturing process verification & validation planning.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent) is required;
- 10+ years of general technical experience in vehicle development programs is required;
- 10+ years of progressive project and/or program management experience in the context of a vehicle development program;
- 5+ years working within an aviation regulatory environment;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project (or open-source equivalent) and Microsoft Office products;
- Familiarity with SolidWorks;
- Demonstrated ability to work on a fast-paced, deadline-driven Engineering design team;
- A high level of initiative and protectiveness;
- Outstanding organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills.
Highly Desired Qualifications
- Experience with 14 CFR Part 23 or ASTM F2245;
- Experience with ANSYS Mechanical and Fluent;
- A general aviation background.
