Senior Production Engineering Manager - Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) & Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3)

Boeing•Huntsville, AL

22d•Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems (SI&WS) is seeking a Senior Production Engineering Manager to join our team at Huntsville, AL. This Leader will be responsible for Production Engineering (PE) work scope execution supporting the Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) portfolio, with critical focus on Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) production and rate readiness. This position will be responsible for managing employees and managers performing production engineering activities. This leader must have strong experience with production planning for rate increase within an active high-rate production system and must also be experienced with implementing production process controls and continuous quality improvement initiatives. The manager in this position must effectively establish key cross-functional relationships to define and align priorities to drive outcomes. In addition, this leader must have demonstrated performance leading through complexity and dynamic changes, proven ability to simplify objectives, be a creative strategic problem solver, and proficient in concise Boeing and customer executive communication including metrics and execution plans. The ideal candidate must also possess expertise in mediating conflicts, balancing conflicting priorities, and fostering cooperation to address intricate technical and program-related challenges. This role will report to the SI&WS Director and Capability Leader for Production Engineering – Weapons & Intelligence, with matrix reporting structure to the IAMD & PAC-3 program Integrated Product Team(s) IPT(s).

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
5+ years of experience in aerospace, automotive, robotics, or similar industry
5+ years of experience in Production Engineering, Structures Design and/or Analytical Engineering or a combination of these experiences
5+ years of experience managing people, programs, and budgets
3+ years of experience in engineering senior management
Experience leading or managing large or complex teams of managers and/or non-management employees
Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading teams of over 80 people (directly or indirectly)
Experience working & collaborating with a cross-functional team of touch labor, engineers, and managers
Proficiency with MESci, Aurora precedence networking tool, Model Based Work Instructions (MBI) development
Experience with high-rate production systems and demonstrated successful major rate increases
Implementing process controls for error-proofing (poka-yoke, no fault forward) within high-rate production systems
Understanding of electro-mechanical assembly production, calibration, and test
Understanding of circuit card assembly (CCA) production and test
Experience in collaborating and working with union members
Experience with constraint-based schedule development and maintenance
Bachelor of Engineering Degree with production engineering experience, knowledge of factory operations, manufacturing capabilities (e.g., composites, structures), and data needed for defining delivery configurations (e.g., design definition, program directives, engineering drawings, change memos, wiring diagrams, schematics, functional tests, and supplier data)
Ability to create an environment of inclusion, transparency, and trust, executing with strong values
Proactively and quickly makes sense of complex issues and responding effectively to complex and ambiguous situations
Strong communication skills, with ability to communicate verbally and present clearly at all levels, adjusting for the audience
Familiarity with One Boeing Production System (One-BPS)
Domain knowledge in production engineering best practices
Domain knowledge leading Model Based Engineering (MBE), Design for Assembly (DFA), Designing for Manufacturing (DFM), and Design for Affordability (DFA)
Demonstrated skills in Risk Management and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) efforts
Cost Account Management using Boeing processes and procedures, including Earned Value Management (EVM)

Responsibilities

Lead production engineering (PE) ensuring execution of SOW aligned to quality, safety, cost & delivery objectives – executing integrated organizational plans, policies and procedures and guiding the development of technical strategies to meet organizational goals with metrics in place to manage performance to plan, actions to improve, recovery plans, and communicating information at an executive level
Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes to ensure alignment with business plans and goals and compliance with command media, processes, procedures
Drive continuous improvement strategies embedded within the organizational culture to advance LEAN across the value stream.
Proactively identify and adopt technologies and tools, aligned to BDS standards
Show a proactive and patient personality with a willingness to listen, coach, and lead the team with clear direction
Communicate clearly at all levels, adjusting for the audience
Bring creative solutions and plans to solve problems, bringing engineering excellence aligned to program priorities
Lead execution of ‘start right’ production engineering, support gate reviews, proposal reviews, business capture, and future factory activities
Manage workforce talent ensuring teams are staffed with the skills needed. Includes Identifying skill gaps and working cross functionally to develop and deploy training, etc. to mitigate them and development of Technical Fellowships, Production Architects, and Technical Lead Engineers
Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Includes establishing working relationships with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Safety, Test