Manufacturing Program Manager

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos’ Defense Manufacturing Sector is seeking a Manufacturing Program Manager for its Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) Team at the Platform Integration Facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The position manages manufacturing programs and control accounts covering assembly, integration, and testing across three major programs. The role is responsible for planning, monitoring, and reporting control-account content and program health, and partnering with manufacturing and program leadership to establish schedule and cost positions, explain variances, and develop corrective courses of action. The manufacturing work includes mechanical disassembly, component fabrication, platform final assembly, and acceptance testing. The manager partners with Manufacturing and Program leadership to prepare recurring internal and external customer review materials, and collaborates with the Manufacturing Program Integrator and local Site Leadership to communicate progress, constraints, risks, and mitigation plans. Leidos Defense Sector / Manufacturing provides systems, solutions, and services for defense customers worldwide, including enterprise and mission IT, intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline with 4–8 years of prior relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 2–6 years of prior relevant experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Working knowledge of EVMS and scheduling processes.
Experience developing cost and schedule baselines for manufacturing projects and reporting recurring schedule and cost performance against those baselines.
Demonstrated experience analyzing manufacturing performance on a recurring basis throughout a program lifecycle.
Knowledge of developing, maintaining, and/or tracking an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), change management, work authorization, Estimate at Completion (EAC) forecasting, and corrective actions.
Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville–North Alabama area.
Must be a U.S. citizen and possess and maintain a Final Secret Clearance, or be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Nice To Haves

Three or more years of experience managing a manufacturing project or program.
PMI/PMP certification.
Experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Production Control, Master Scheduling, or Cost Account Management.
MBA or advanced technical degree.
Familiarity with Deltek Costpoint accounting software.
Familiarity with electronic Manufacturing Execution Systems.
Experience on manufacturing programs or projects involving welding, fabrication, assembly, integration, and final acceptance testing.

Responsibilities

Deliver the scope associated with assigned control accounts to the PM and customer at agreed cost, schedule, and technical objectives.
Manage schedule, cost, and technical performance against control-account baselines, including resources.
Proactively manage risks and opportunities in the control accounts.
Report control-account schedule and cost performance weekly.
Analyze schedule and cost performance, develop variance rationale, and prepare recovery plans as needed.
Partner with Manufacturing management and shop personnel to develop courses of action that maintain program schedule and cost baselines.
Coordinate near-term schedules and execution plans with Manufacturing.
Support proposal activities and business-development opportunities.
Participate in program reviews.
Partner with Manufacturing and Program leadership to develop materials for recurring internal and external customer reviews.
Communicate program progress, constraints, risks, and potential mitigation plans in collaboration with the Manufacturing Program Integrator and local Site Leadership.