Aerospace Program Manager (PROGR006531)

Dodge Industrial•Tucson, AZ

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Program Manager is responsible for leading major programs and projects, project team leadership, and customer support from contract award through qualification and transition to full-rate production.

Requirements

Associate’s Degree or higher, and 3 years’ experience related to the roles and responsibilities above, OR Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, or engineering management from an accredited university, plus one-year project management experience.
Familiarity and abilities in the following areas: Program and project management, Leadership, interpersonal, and administrative skills, Customer service, Contract Oversight, including FAR, DFAR, NNPI, ITAR, Import/Export, ISO, SOX, and portal systems
Experience using MS Office products (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Basic understanding of engineering design and manufacturing processes
Ability to manage multiple priorities and a single, cross-functional project simultaneously and shift priorities as needed to support business needs and critical deadlines.
Must be US Citizen

Nice To Haves

Ethical, honest in all interactions, delivers good news and bad, and follows through on commitments.
Fair, credible, confidential, fiscally responsible and accountable for decisions and actions.
Embraces diversity, recognizes and supports the accomplishments, talents and development of others.
Committed to the building of strong relationships and creates an environment of trust and mutual respect.
Builds strong internal/external customer relationships, and goes above and beyond to deliver high quality products and services on time, every time.
Responsive with strong customer service skills, product and job knowledge to provide excellent customer satisfaction.
Inclusive, engaged and collaborative, sharing information, ideas and experiences to accomplish goals, improve decision making and leverage capabilities.
Dependable team player, demonstrated through attendance and punctuality, works well with others and has strong communication skills (both oral & written) to keep all stakeholders informed.
Strong work ethic with a results/performance driven track record in a fast paced, changing and challenging environment.
Adaptable, works with a sense of urgency and high level of initiative and demonstrates a commitment to quality with attention to detail.
Naturally curious, passionate and never satisfied with the status quo.
Innovative and has a problem solving mindset that provides and implements CI ideas.

Responsibilities

Ensure safety is the foundation of daily work through vigilance and accountability
Control and manage schedule, cost, customer interface, and risk for major projects and programs including use of schedules, reports, action items, and team meetings as appropriate
Provide leadership to cross functional project teams and obtain necessary resources to meet customer requirements
Customer communications and relationship management for assigned accounts
Monitor and management of directed changes and associated claims
Track/report customer & program news
Provide monthly and/or weekly status reports including accomplishments, progress, issues, schedule, opportunities, cost, milestones, and risk
Support development of strategic plan