Project Manager I
Chipton-Ross is seeking a Project Manager I for a contract opportunity in Van Nuys, CA.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):
• 3 to 5 years’ successful experience in manufacturing, installation, or repairs would be a considerable asset for this position.
•Strong production/repair management and performance management skills.
•Profile with proven initial experience in a similar field and immediately operational.
•Aviation/Aerospace Component Repair Knowledge including CMM, Quality systems and manuals.
•Computer Proficiency (Microsoft Suite).
•Performance management (quality, costs, deadlines).
•Production management/repair management.
•Technical Knowledge.
•Risk Management.
•Continuous improvement/Lean.
•HSE requirements.
•Skills Development.
•Organizational Skills.
•Leadership Capabilities.
•Interpersonal Skills.
•Change Management.
•Process Oriented.
Communications Proficiency.
•Time/Priority Management.
•Problem Solving/Analysis.
•Discretion.
•Good oral and written communication skills essential for interaction with both internal and external customers.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Ensuring that the customer’s needs are met while respecting safety, quality, costs, and delivery deadlines.
•Ensuring the required transformations and change management.
•Providing a vision and uniting the teams around the entity’s challenges.
•Organizing your teams in a way that promotes multidisciplinary contributions, autonomy, accountability, and cross-functionality with the aim of being agile and adaptable to operational contingencies and customer needs.
•Ensuring that competencies and resources are maintained at the highest level within the expanded scope.
•Ensuring the accessibility and quality of data in the sector.
Guaranteeing the use of and compliance with the referential.
•Ensuring compliance of all production, processes and the correct application of all directives (Part 145 regulations, HSE, etc.).
Managerial Focus / Organizing the activity:
•Maintaining a working environment that complies with HSE requirements and ensuring the safety of the teams working under your responsibility
•Implementing the guidelines and objectives of the Site Manager for your scope of responsibility into SQCDP (Safety – Quality – Cost – Delivery – People) operational objectives in line with other Production Line Managers.
•Ensuring that products are repaired in terms of quality and quantity to meet customer order requirements within the set deadlines and costs
•Managing and planning the resources of the repair production lines around a workload / capacity tool in terms of repair production resources and staff (quantities and competencies). Anticipating the needs related to the ramp-up of the repair production tool.
•Identifying training needs, defining training initiatives to ensure the development of the team, and contributing to employee career management.
•Managing the skills and training of the teams to guarantee the quality of operations. Implementing effective communication within the team/repair production lines by ensuring communication routines to maintain a good social climate.
•Promoting the functioning of the teams in line with the leadership model principles.
Responsible for ensuring that employees comply with all Policies and Procedures
Operational Focus / Managing performance:
•Monitoring the performance indicators of the repair production lines in relation to the monthly targets and developing continuous improvement plans (improvement project): 5S, Kaizen, Kanban, etc.
•Proposing and implementing a plan for the continuous improvement of repair production lines: on production means and processes to contribute to the sustainable improvement of performance.
•Ensuring that repair deadlines are met (deadlines of Work Orders within your scope, SPT):
-Validating schedules with the scheduler for repair production.
-Following schedules and responding to issues (resources, quality, supply chain, maintenance, etc.)
•Involving the Technicians/Leader in managing performance and the teams coordination.
•Taking part in the daily management routines of each line to ensure that they are followed and that standard are respected. Supporting your staff in the application of management standards to help them develop their skills.
•Adapting the management system constantly, in particular the relevance of KPIs (Performance Indicators) based on changes in the results and context.
•Ensuring the operational cohesion of the lines with the site’s other departments (HSE, Methods, Quality, Supply Chain, etc.) and promoting cross-functionality.
•Optimizing set-ups within the lines in keeping with the site’s industrial strategy.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):
•Experience in team management would be a plus.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
•The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
•While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, and kneeling. The employee must sometimes lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
•Accredited Bachelor’s degree + 5 years / Engineering degree – General or Mechanical.
WORK HOURS:
•Full-Time
ADDITIONAL:
This work assignment has been designated as "safety-sensitive" by the Client. Contractors assigned to safety-sensitive jobs at the Client site must first complete regulatory pre-placement requirements prior to reporting to assignment. Additionally, contractors assigned to safety-sensitive work will be subject to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with federal mandates.
Job Location: Van Nuys, CA
Rate: Up to $40.00 DOE
Duration: 9 months
Input Date: 03/18/2026
Attention: Billy James
Address: 420 CULVER BLVD
City, State: PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293
Phone: 310/414-7800 X286
800 Phone: 800/927-9318
Fax Phone: 310/414-7808
Email: bjames@chiptonross.com
Website: www.chiptonross.com
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