KC-46 Production System Project Manager

at  Boeing

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Boeing Defense Space and Security (BDS) is currently seeking a KC-46 Production System Project Manager (Level 4) to join the team located in Everett, WA.
Key responsibilities will include leading projects and driving program management across the KC-46 production system to achieve stability and improvement… including issue resolution, root cause corrective actions, tools, process, and systems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 5+ years of experience in Project Management
• 5+ years of experience working in a cross functional environment
• 5+ years of experience communicating and collaborating directly with internal or external customers, peers, other employees and all levels of leadership
• 5+ years of experience using Microsoft Office Products such as Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Graduate degree
• Experience in an aerospcae or manufacturing environment
• Experience with aircraft modification
• Experience with LEAN manufacturing and or LEAN training
  Typical Education & Experience:
  Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 10 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+8 years’ related work experience, 14 years’ related work experience, etc.).

• Leads, develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains integrated plans and schedules for complex projects, programs and change driven activities in accordance with project management industry
• Leads studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments and planning efforts to determine impacts, constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives
• Identifies risk and opportunity potential, develops mitigation planning and refines the business case.
• Develops and establishes lead time requirements
• Facilitates and ensures integration of project/program plan, schedules, change and baseline management, processes, techniques considered to be best practice across the industry
• Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives
• Directs all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion
• Coordinates commitments with internal and external stakeholders to fulfill strategies
• Program and project management leading KC-46 production stability and improvement levers
• understands fundamentals, practices and principles of LEAN with emphasis on the following
• Boeing Problem Solving Model (5 steps, 8 key points)
• Proficient in A3 thinking (PDCA)
• Oobeya principles
• Effective Teaming
  This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at the listed location.