Project Management 3 - Spirit AeroSystems

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Key Accountabilities:

• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between program management and planning, project team, and Operations leadership
• Reviews status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports
• Assesses production issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients and other stakeholders
• Assist in training/ mentoring/ developing Team members as well as suggest new strategies or concepts.

Required:

• 6+ years of related experience 
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree OR equivalent experience 
• PMP or other PMI Certification
• Individual project management and tracking as part of a larger portfolio.
• Familiarity with Smart sheet
• Ability to create and present in depth presentations to executive level management.
• Schedule development by project appropriate to project scope.
• Technical background to be able to work with cross functional teams.
• Ability to integrate large multi-year projects and small near-term projects.
• Business acumen to quantify implications of projects and the ability to coordinate with Finance on tracking to plan.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with executive leaders.
• Ability to manage with influence and provide leadership throughout multiple teams simultaneously.
• Proven ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously (coordination, status and performance to plan)
• Cross-functional coordination and leadership to achieve project goals.
• SAP, MES, and MES experience
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Risk assessment and mitigation.
• Demonstrated ability to foster business partnerships with internal customers.
  Preferred knowledge of manufacturing environment, lean processing, and industrial engineering concepts.

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.