Project Engineer I - Aircraft Interiors - 1st Shift
FAA Regulated?: No
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with aircraft interiors and complex commodities and suppliers across the design life cycle from initial concept into sustainment.
- Experience developing and maintaining MS Project schedules with resource loading.
- Candidates will be evaluated based on project experience and demonstrated skills in leading projects and communicating effectively.
- Experience with configuration management, preferred experience with Seats and/or Electrical Systems
Education and Experience Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in engineering or a related curriculum required or equivalent combination of appropriate education and experience 10 years engineering experience with a Bachelors. Experience credit considered for related advanced degrees limited to 2 years for Masters and 4 years for PhD in fields applicable to this job. 2 years project management experience.
Position Purpose:
Creates and manages product plans for major aircraft programs that support the program milestones leading to certification and entry into service. In a supervisory capacity, plans, develops, coordinates and directs a cross-functional team of engineering staff.
Job Description
- Fully responsible for planning and conducting important segments of engineering projects with extensive and diversified engineering requirements. Has input for facilities, personnel, and funds required. to carry out project.
- Establishes project work scope, task descriptions, budget estimates and manpower requirements including master scheduling that meets corporate objectives and commitments.
- Determines practicality of the overall project in regard to function suitability, availability of manpower, equipment and materials, resources, cost, and producibility.
- Anticipates problems with assigned projects (technical, budget, schedule) and takes appropriate action to prevent their occurrence.
- Assigns tasks to functional personnel and provides the necessary project supervision to meet schedules and fulfill requirements.
- Keeps management informed of project accomplishments and major problem areas as well as budget and schedule status.
- Provides project management between engineering sections and all related activities including program management, other departments, vendors, consultants, and customers.
- Maintains a current knowledge of technical developments.
- Approves project related engineering data to assure compliance with corporate policies and FAA/military requirements as required.
- Actively works to improve daily processes and ensures all work meets customer requirements.
Additional Functions:
- Actively works to improve daily process and ensures all work meets customer requirements .
- Maintains a current knowledge to technical developments that are relevant to the industry .
- Perform other duties as assigned
Other Requirements:
- Strong written, verbal, interpersonal and teambuilding skills.
- The level of skills and abilities appropriate for this skill code are detailed in the departments skills/knowledge matrix.
- Has accountability for technical decisions pertaining to the configuration of the aircraft for the project. This includes as a minimum, design, analysis, supplier integration, development, testing, and certification.
- Must interface with other PEs and engineering management to ensure systems are compatible and designed with in common goals.
- Must provide leadership to direct staff to ensure proper methodology and decision making criteria are being utilized.
- Must express judgment and foresight to recognize when decisions should be elevated to senior management.
- Must be able to clearly and concisely present technical and team status to program and senior management leadership.
- Must be able to organize and facilitate technical supplier coordination meetings.
- Must be able to prepare status reports that accurately reflect status of project.
- Has budgetary responsibility for cross-functional team.
- Must prepare budget status report that can be submitted and presented in a clear manner to program and functional management.
Shift: First