PROGRAM MANAGER

Looking for a challenge? AeroTEC Inc. is composed of ambitious and motivated professionals, and we are looking for other talented individuals to join our team. We care about and believe in nurturing our people. We foster leaders who want to develop and mentor their employees, offering opportunities and training to further enhance the team's skills. At AeroTEC, you enjoy a supportive, unique, and fun work environment as well as a complete package of benefits that includes 100% medical & dental coverage, optional vision plan, performance-based pay, and a 401k plan.

AeroTEC is currently seeking a talented Program Manger to join our team.

 AeroTEC’s Program Execution Office (PEO) is primarily involved in developing the strategy for, and managing the execution of all projects AeroTEC works on. PEO Division is responsible for taking direction and inputs from our customers, developing program strategy and work plans (schedules, budgets, resource and task management, and customer communication), creating the road map for the AeroTEC team to follow to meet customer goals.  

The Program Manager’s responsibility consists of supporting management of AeroTEC programs through the program lifecycle to achieve or surpass the capability, schedule, and financial performance of customer programs. This position acts as primary customer contact for a program’s status, deliverables, and cross-disciplinary technical leadership, across a multitude of external contacts and internal team members to ensure customer requirements and expectations are met.  This role requires the significant exercise of independent discretion and judgment in matters of significance.

Job Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Communicate with potential customers to determine scope of project for desired services, timeline, and cost.
• Provide business guidance and cross functional integration of engineering, test, manufacturing, supply chain & contracts.
• Conduct internal reviews to determine program staffing to ensure technical skills are paired with technical needs at the appropriate time.
• Create proposals including schedule, deliverables, and cost in response to customer Statement of Work ensuring contract conditions minimize AeroTEC risk.
• Develop & maintain integrated master schedule and budget for large scale, complex programs including design, manufacturing, modification, and test programs.
• Develop & maintain control systems that accurately measure progress of schedule, risk, and technical performance with sufficient time for corrective action should issues arise.
• Lead and integrate the enhancement of program execution processes to enable efficient performance
• Conduct program status reporting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify, and mitigate potential cost overruns and schedule delays before they are realized.
• Communicate routinely with Internal and External Customers (peers, stakeholders, senior and executive leadership).
• Manage relationship with customers throughout the lifecycle of a project.

Level Requirements (Minimum):

Education

• Four (4) year degree in Engineering or equivalent Technical Program Management experience

Experience

• 5 years of relevant program management competencies and fundamentals
• 3 years in aerospace engineering environment
• Working knowledge of aircraft certification, design, manufacturing, modification, test desired

Hybrid workspace possible.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Must have the ability to sit for long periods of time.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Travel 10% (flying and driving) to various international and domestic worksites may be required.
• Driving personal vehicle for errands required.  State driver’s license and clean driving record required.

AeroTEC provides comprehensive, full-service aerospace services and solutions to customers in aircraft design, testing, instrumentation, certification, manufacturing, modifications, and maintenance with facilities in Seattle, Arlington, and Moses Lake.

AeroTEC is an equal opportunity employer.