Summary:

The Manufacturing Project Manager will be an integral member of a dynamic team tasked with managing customer projects and acting as an interface between clients and the manufacturing departments. Candidates will provide day-to-day project leadership and work with engineering and shop personnel to meet quality, budget, and schedule requirements. Candidates will need to have experience in machining and/or manufacturing engineering, assembly and quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Adhere to Company safety rules/policies
• Responsible for managing all projects from start to finish in the ERP system and effectively communicating to all parties on a timely basis:
• Tracks progress of job communicating any concerns/issues for resolution
• Tracks the cost of the project against the estimate that was proposed to the customer. Escalates issues.
• Establishes and maintains MS Project Schedule for proper communication with customer and internal scheduling resources.
• Communicates timely with customer for all information related to the project including the schedule, any technical issues, errors or concessions, scope changes, regular periodic updates, customer supplied materials, and any control of current models, prints and QADs.
• Coordinates all resources to achieve project completion including internal manufacturing engineers, internal planning and scheduling, quality, design engineers, and machinists/technicians.
• Communicates and monitors all outside vendors related to the project to ensure management of their capability, certifications and on-site visits, purchasing on time delivery, including the procurement of raw materials and supporting hardware, design and testing.
• Establish project scope, guidelines, deliverables and metrics.
• Monitor or measure manufacturing processes to identify ways to reduce losses, decrease time requirements or improve quality.
• Serves as the primary contact for assigned customer.
• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables as well as project tasks and resources requirements.
• Focused on future customer needs and initiates potential product development projects to gain competitive advantage.
• Develops and implements all work instructions for cost effective and productive manufacturing.
• Plans ahead and ensures all tooling, fixturing, and supportive manufacturing resources are aligned for on time delivery of the project.
• Participate and complete all mandatory overtime including Saturday and Sunday, as scheduled
• Perform other duties as assigned by Aerodyn management.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum 5 – 7 years of experience project management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Aerospace industry experience strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with the capabilities/limitations of all conventional/CNC machines and welding equipment.
• Must have a Manufacturing background and direct work experience in a project management capacity.
• Must have a strong mechanical aptitude and demonstrate the ability to develop creative solutions to problems
• Strong oral and written communication skills including the ability to present data to internal and external customers and managers.
• Must be customer-focused, able to work with customers and understand/react to their needs
• Must be able to report out on the status of any customer order at any given time.
• Must have high levels of computer literacy including Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word & Outlook)
• and Project Management Software Must have high levels of attention to detail, be able to multi-task, stay organized and prioritize work daily.
• Must be self-directed and able to deliver under pressure, meeting customer and management deadlines.
• Must be comfortable operating independently as well as within a team environment
• Must demonstrate the ability to act professionally
• Minimum travel required