Project Manager (Aerospace Manufacturing)
Palmdale, CA 
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Description
Acara Solutions has been providing aerospace firms nationally with our staffing services for over 60 years. Our Palmdale, CA national/international aerospace client has an opening for a Project Manager with a Secret clearance. The salary range is $110K - $130K. This is a lower to mid level position reporting to the Sr. Program Manager.

The position requires the individual to have a Secret clearance currently or to have had one within the past 2 years. This is mainly an onsite position due to security.

As a Project Manager you will be responsible for supporting a portfolio of Tooling and Equipment projects to support airplanes, helicopters, and rockets for major aircraft OEM's and their sub-tier suppliers. Your role will involve managing the design, build, and installation of Tooling and Equipment that may include mold tooling for fabricating composite parts, assembly jigs & fixtures, work platforms, automation (such as auto drill / rivet machines), up to and including supporting portions of full assembly line design and build for the aircraft. You will work closely with senior project managers to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget. You will also be responsible for supporting communications with stakeholders, managing project risks, and ensuring that project documentation is up-to-date and accurate.

Performance, Cost & Schedule Management:

  • Your primary responsibility is to manage performance, cost, schedule, and customer satisfaction of your assigned projects throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring adherence to contractual requirements. You will collaborate with internal teams to address customer requests for schedule improvements or technical changes and maintain an Integrated Master Schedule using MS Project.


Customer Relationships:

  • You will actively work to cultivate and nurture both external and internal customer relationships. You will support the Sr. Project Manager to proactively establish trust and confidence with customers through effective communication across various levels and channels, providing regular project status updates and confidently addressing any issues that may arise. When representing the Team, you are expected demonstrate integrity and honesty when managing challenging situations.


Risk and Opportunities:

  • You will track, manage, and transparently communicate risks and opportunities within your projects to improve profitability. You will collaborate with and sometimes lead internal and external teams to develop strategies to mitigate risks and leverage opportunities to improve project schedule and profitability. Additionally, you will conduct variance analysis on your assigned projects, with support from the Finance team, enabling a comprehensive understanding of the financial implications associated with identified risks and opportunities.


Change Control:

  • You are responsible for understanding customer requirements on your projects and differentiating between contractual requirements and needs / wants. You will support changes in project scope by collaborating with the appropriate team members, which involves recognizing changes, preparing change requests, and ensuring that associated cost and schedule impacts are captured in accordance with the contract. Your overarching objective will be to generate additional profit for organization while effectively meeting customer requirements. Key points of control occur during the proposal phase, contract acceptance phase, kick-off, and design phase, during which you will negotiate with the customer to finalize changes and capture value for company. This necessitates thorough attention to detail and adept communication with both the internal project team and the customer to ensure that changes are managed in a way that benefits all stakeholders.
  • Additional responsibilities may include:
    • Assist senior project managers in coordinating and monitoring project activities.
    • Develop and maintain project schedules, budget, and risk management plans.
    • Prepare reports and presentations for project updates.
    • Ensure timely and accurate delivery of project deliverables.
    • Collaborate with team members to ensure project goals are met.
    • Monitor project progress, identify risks, and mitigate them.

Job Requirements
Required Skills / Qualifications:
A current active Secret clearance or have had a DoD Secret within the past 2 years
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (ideally BSME), construction management, or Business with a PM concentration
Min 2 years of experience as a project manager within an aerospace manufacturer (they may consider a candidate with a background in aerospace tooling manufacturing as long as the individual has managed projects).
Min 3 years of manufacturing and/or engineering related experience that includes the ability to read blueprints / CAD models and a basic understanding of GD&T principles, along with the ability to understand a P&L statement and principles of cash management applied to a project, and the ability to understand the basics of contracts and establishing compliance matrices.
Min 3 years of experience with Excel spreadsheet analysis.
Min 3 years of Microsoft Project experience along with other Microsoft Office tools (including PowerPoint)

Preferred:
Highly preferred to have aerospace tooling experience


Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. The Aleron companies welcome and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for applicants taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.
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Aleron companies; Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, Viaduct, and Aleron's strategic partner, SDI are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
2+ years
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