Senior Manager, Engineering Management
About The Position
The Waco Senior Manager for Specialty Engineering leads day-to-day execution for Waco-based Specialty Engineering work across four assigned teams supporting System Safety, Reliability & Maintainability, Integrated Logistics Support, Technical Publications, Technical Training, and Configuration Management. The role serves as the site leader for schedule, cost, staffing coordination, issue resolution, and local stakeholder engagement, reporting directly to the Specialty Engineering Sector Manager. It also maintains dotted-line alignment with functional process leaders to support consistent execution of processes, procedures, technical standards, and department expectations across the assigned disciplines. The position owns financial and schedule performance, coordinates priorities and staffing, provides people leadership, and supports compliance with customer requirements, company policies, contractual obligations, and applicable processes. It drives collaboration and continuous improvement across Waco functional groups and the broader Specialty Engineering organization. The role requires the ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance and includes 10% travel based on business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior engineering experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior engineering experience.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical or engineering teams in a regulated environment.
- Demonstrated experience owning execution performance, staffing coordination, and issue resolution for site, program, or functional work.
- Demonstrated experience overseeing employee performance management, team development, and organizational effectiveness.
- Demonstrated experience working effectively in a matrixed organization with direct and dotted-line coordination across multiple functions.
- Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.
- 10% travel based on business needs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting Specialty Engineering disciplines and coordinating execution across multiple functional teams.
- Experience supporting aerospace and defense programs across development, production, and sustainment.
- Experience using metrics, standard work, and operating reviews to improve local execution performance.
- Experience partnering with engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, or program teams to resolve execution issues.
- Experience leading work in an on-site production or engineering environment.
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Business Administration.
- Active US Secret security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Own financial and schedule performance for Waco-based Specialty Engineering work and provide visibility into priorities, risks, and recovery actions.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for Waco Specialty Engineering site execution and performance, including escalation support and day-to-day coordination.
- Lead execution across four Waco-based teams spanning System Safety, Reliability & Maintainability, Integrated Logistics Support, Technical Publications, Technical Training, and Configuration Management.
- Coordinate with Waco engineering team leads, program leadership, and local stakeholders to align priorities, staffing, dependencies, and execution plans.
- Provide people leadership, including goal setting, performance reviews, development planning, recognition, and corrective action as appropriate.
- Partner with functional process leaders to support consistent application of procedures, tools, standards, training, and best practices across assigned disciplines.
- Drive collaboration across Waco functional groups and the broader Specialty Engineering organization to improve communication, responsiveness, and execution discipline.
- Support implementation of department processes, priorities, metrics, and expectations, and communicate status, risks, and support needs to department leadership.
- Ensure compliance with applicable customer requirements, company policies, contractual obligations, and process requirements relevant to assigned Specialty Engineering work.
- Drive continuous improvement through standard work, metrics, lessons learned, and local execution reviews.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
