Space Launch System Michoud Materials & Processes Engineering Manager

Boeing • New Orleans, LA

124d • $129,200 - $174,800

About The Position

Boeing Defense & Space (BDS) is seeking a driven, team-orientated, and customer-focused first line manager to lead a team of engineers performing engineering and technical production support activities across the Materials & Processes (M&P) Engineering discipline in support of the Space Launch System (SLS) Program in New Orleans, LA. The M&P team directly supports the production statement of work at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans through providing non-conformance report (NCR) reviews, engineering specification interpretation and support, temporary environmental control area certifications, and critical processes qualification and support. This first-line manager is responsible to maintain and continuously improve the internal and external customer relationships associated with execution of the M&P statement of work while assuring engineering excellence and first-time quality in the team’s tooling reviews, test plan development and execution, production readiness support, and NCR resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• 3+ years’ experience leading or managing an engineering project or team.
• Experience working across organizations and cross-functional groups to ensure project coordination, implementation, and completion.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years technical leadership experience.
• 2+ years Cost Account Manager (CAM) experience.
• Experience with Boeing program management processes.
• Experience with Boeing’s Quality Management System.
• Experience providing specialized engineering experience on a development program.
• Project management experience.
• Experience with Space Launch System or NASA programs.
• Materials & Processes experience.
• RCCA (root cause and corrective action) experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages, oversees, and coordinates the daily operations of a highly skilled engineering team performing activities within multiple engineering disciplines.
• Responsible for staffing team with appropriate skills to execute statement of work within allocated budget.
• Manages cost, schedule, and technical performance for team.
• Conveys organizational messages to facilitate the accomplishment of work-group, project or process goals and effectively communicates prioritization of work.
• Provide flow down of policies, goals, and expectations from upper levels of management.
• Listen to employee concerns and suggestions and enable resolution or be a conduit of this information to peer and upper management.
• Defines, communicates, and presents metrics on team performance towards program major milestones to senior program leadership.
• Develops and maintains partnerships and relationships with internal and external customers, stakeholders, peers and direct reports; Networks with the full Boeing Enterprise to support execution of team statement of work.
• Develops and executes project and process plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals.
• Provides oversight and management approval of technical approaches, engineering products and processes.
• Creates proposal impacts for team for task orders, change requests, and other new scope of work.
• Coaches, counsels, mentors, and provides developmental opportunities and job assignments to enhance employee performance and expand capabilities.
• Aligns Technical Lead Engineers with mentees to assure transition of knowledge is effective in support of team operational and employee career goals.
• Acquires, deploys and assigns personnel to meet project and operational objectives.
• Must be able to work effectively on a development program with multi-discipline teams, including application of engineering judgment to balance requirements, risks, and costs, and be able to negotiate and communicate effectively.
• Execute large volume of work to support critical program needs including multi-shift coverage required to execute production support SOW.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees