Manufacturing Manager; Aviation

Base pay range

$95,000.00/yr - $/yr

Inviting applications for the role of Manager, Manufacturing Project Management.

In this role, you will engage with Manufacturing and engineering teams to drive cross‑functional collaboration to plan, execute, and track projects under the product line program, ensuring alignment with overall business and customer objectives. You will leverage your analytical and program solving skills to proactively identify and resolve roadblocks to maintain project momentum and deliver successful outcomes.

• Understand overall objective and vision for product line program and collaborate cross functionally to translate that vision into a structured project plan, under the guidance of the manufacturing program team leader.
• Get alignment on project plan from various stakeholders, develop RACI, key actionable insights and track milestones and deadlines.
• Provide leadership around change management, cost reduction, and producibility improvement for assigned hardware.
• Identify issues proactively, working with business to prevent machine maintenance in the future.
• Work along with fabrication team during assembly and collaborate with internal engineering teams and conduct functional testing and validation testing of parts and assemblies.
• Read and understand diagrams and schematics to help the business/manufacturing teams.
• Utilize various digital tools & technology, methodologies to track project status effectively for report‑outs and to drive quick decision making.
• Share clear agendas, keep meetings focused, improve time management, promote team alignment, and support accountability and follow‑up.
• Responsible to create introduction plans for the active projects on assigned hardware, as well as coordinating and delivering engagements to ensure timely completions.
• Conduct weekly meetings with cross‑functional teams to review the project plan, identify constraints, address issues, and ensure alignment with execution goals.
• Proactively remove obstacles and elevate matters when necessary to maintain progress according to plan.
• Support effective problem‑solving through data‑driven approach and systematically record insights and takeaways for future reference and continuous improvement.
• Ensure centralized view for Project Vision, SOPs, RACI and data.
• Perform other tasks with similar scope of work that may arise due to changes within the business and machine modality.
• Supervise and manage Supplier’s performance of Services and/or transfer of Deliverables.

• Strong understanding of manufacturing principles from order intake through shipment.
• Ability to understand and assess a wide range of source/vendor capabilities in manufacturing.
• Significant experience in project coordination in a Manufacturing and Sourcing environment, with experience related to engine components.
• Competence with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, Word, and Outlook.
• Demonstrated experience/Good knowledge with Machining, Coating processes, Welding/Heat Treat, Composites.

• Knowledge of machining, coating processes, welding/heat treat and composites.
• Navigate through complex conversations in a professional and courteous manner in cases where information is needed to execute on a project or accountability for commitments needs to be established.
• Ability to provide succinct, clear executive level communications to program, engineering, manufacturing source, and sourcing.
• Ability to explain complex technical and business issues simply, in a concise and accurate manner.
• Experienced and knowledgeable in typical manufacturing financial metrics with an understanding of operational metric implications on business performance.
• Able to translate current and recent trends of business/performance metrics to future performance.
• Be a transformation leader – Work at the cutting edge of AI, automation, and digital innovation.
• Make an impact – Drive change for global enterprises and solve business challenges that matter.
• Accelerate your career – Get hands‑on experience, mentorship, and continuous learning opportunities.
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