Senior Production Engineering Manager - Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) & Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) - Shift C
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The Boeing CompanyJoin Boeing Defense, Space & Security's elite Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems team in Huntsville, AL as our next Senior Production Engineering Manager!
Step into a pivotal leadership role driving innovation and excellence in the heart of our cutting-edge Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) portfolio. You'll spearhead production engineering efforts for the renowned Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) program, leading a high-energy team dedicated to advancing production rate readiness and operational success. If you thrive in fast-paced, high-rate production environments and excel at orchestrating process improvements that elevate quality and performance, this is your opportunity to shine. Bring your knack for strategic problem solving, dynamic leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to steer complex challenges towards clear, impactful solutions.
As a Senior Production Engineering Manager at Boeing, you'll be at the forefront—championing continuous improvement, guiding diverse teams, and influencing key outcomes with precision communication and a visionary mindset. Your expertise in balancing priorities and fostering cooperation will be critical in driving mission success and shaping the future of defense technology.
Are you ready to lead, innovate, and make a difference on a global scale? Join us and help defend the skies tomorrow!
Position Responsibilities:
- Lead production engineering (PE) ensuring execution of SOW aligned to quality, safety, cost & delivery objectives – executing integrated organizational plans, policies and procedures and guiding the development of technical strategies to meet organizational goals with metrics in place to manage performance to plan, actions to improve, recovery plans, and communicating information at an executive level
- Provide oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes to ensure alignment with business plans and goals and compliance with command media, processes, procedures
- Drive continuous improvement strategies embedded within the organizational culture to advance LEAN across the value stream. Proactively identify and adopt technologies and tools, aligned to BDS standards
- Show a proactive and patient personality with a willingness to listen, coach, and lead the team with clear direction
- Communicate clearly at all levels, adjusting for the audience
- Bring creative solutions and plans to solve problems, bringing engineering excellence aligned to program priorities
- Lead execution of ‘start right’ production engineering, support gate reviews, proposal reviews, business capture, and future factory activities
- Manage workforce talent ensuring teams are staffed with the skills needed. Includes Identifying skill gaps and working cross functionally to develop and deploy training, etc. to mitigate them and development of Technical Fellowships, Production Architects, and Technical Lead Engineers
- Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Includes establishing working relationships with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Safety, Test
This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. secret clearance Post Start is required.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
- 7+ years of experience in aerospace, automotive, robotics, or similar industry
- 7+ years of experience in Production Engineering, Structures Design and/or Analytical Engineering or a combination of these experiences
- 7+ years of experience managing people, programs, and budgets
- 3+ years of experience in engineering senior management
- Experience leading or managing large or complex teams of managers and/or non-management employees
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
- Experience working & collaborating with a cross-functional team of touch labor, engineers, and managers
- Proficiency with MESci, Aurora precedence networking tool, Model Based Work Instructions (MBI) development
- Experience with high-rate production systems and demonstrated successful major rate increases
- Experience implementing process controls for error-proofing (poka-yoke, no fault forward) within high-rate production systems
- Understanding of electro-mechanical assembly production, calibration, and test
- Understanding of circuit card assembly (CCA) production and test
- Experience in collaborating and working with union members
- Experience with constraint-based schedule development and maintenance
- Bachelor of Engineering Degree with production engineering experience, knowledge of factory operations, manufacturing capabilities (e.g., composites, structures), and data needed for defining delivery configurations (e.g., design definition, program directives, engineering drawings, change memos, wiring diagrams, schematics, functional tests, and supplier data)
- Ability to create an environment of inclusion, transparency, and trust, executing with strong values
- Proactively and quickly makes sense of complex issues and responding effectively to complex and ambiguous situations
- Strong communication skills, with ability to communicate verbally and present clearly at all levels, adjusting for the audience
- Familiarity with One Boeing Production System (One-BPS)
- Domain knowledge in production engineering best practices
- Domain knowledge leading Model Based Engineering (MBE), Design for Assembly (DFA), Designing for Manufacturing (DFM), and Design for Affordability (DFA)
- Demonstrated skills in Risk Management and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) efforts
- Cost Account Management using Boeing processes and procedures, including Earned Value Management (EVM)
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Drug-Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as
outlined in our policies.
Total Rewards & Pay Transparency:
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range: $170,000 - $230,000
Language Requirements:
Not ApplicableEducation:
Bachelor's Degree or EquivalentRelocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.Export Control Requirement:
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.Safety Sensitive:
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.Security Clearance:
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.Visa Sponsorship:
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program awardShift:
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