Aerospace Technical Project Manager - Valves

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company that provides solutions for engineering, technology, and product development projects. For decades, we’ve been helping our clients develop products that are changing the world, whether that’s by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set a new standard of care, or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. Our team of more than 600 people works across industries including aerospace, medical devices and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicle, electric vehicles, rail, and more. Our offices across the US have different industry focuses and engage with our clients in different ways, ranging from working on-site at client facilities to performing product development at our delivery centers.

ALTEN Group, our parent company, has been a leader in engineering and information technology for more than 30 years. ALTEN Group operates in 30 countries across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and employs more than 36,000 people, 88% of whom are engineers. The company covers the whole development cycle and offers a choice of service levels, from technology consulting to complete project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you join a group of people passionate about collaborating to solve some of the world’s most technical engineering challenges. Our success is tied to taking care of our employees by building relationships and providing opportunities for mentorship and career growth. We offer comprehensive benefits for all full-time employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan with employer matching; paid time off (PTO); paid parental leave; and mentorship to help you take your career to the next level. You don’t have to take our word for it that we are a great place to work—we were named on the 2023 Top Workplaces list thanks to feedback from our proud employees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Act as a manufacturing-focused Project Manager, responsible for managing scope, schedule, cost, resources, and programmatic risks.
• Receive direction from the IPTL and coordinates often with Tech Lead, Mfg Lead, Test Lead, and Test Project Manager on priorities of team resources to resolve potential conflict.
• Work closely with the Manufacturing Lead who has responsibility for technical oversight over the same team members.
• Manage the Manufacturing Team, provide direction on task priorities based on IPT programmatic needs (scope, schedule, cost) and receiving status on mfg activities.
• Create new tools and utilize existing company systems (where possible) to improve documentation, visibility, and tracking of our mfg scope of work and forecasted work.
• Manage the Valves IPT Manufacturing Team.
  • Leads manufacturing team by providing direction on priority and focus of labor resources.
  • Request and receive status on progress of tasks tracked in the WIP log.
  • Provide programmatic support or facilitate escalation when team members run into issues or obstacles which hinder progress on tasks.
  • Provide occasional support and peer review during execution of tasks and action items owned by manufacturing team.
  • Keep manufacturing team informed on our scope, schedule, costs, and risks, to help facilitate independence and autonomy in how work is executed at the lowest level of detail.
  • Keep manufacturing team focused on the right priorities.
  • Motivate team and provide encouragement when issues are discovered and negative impacts are realized.
• Manage IPT Manufacturing Scope of Work
  • Knowledgeable on the baseline manufacturing scope of work, as documented in the program IMS (Integrated Master Schedule)
  • Assess whether or not any requested unplanned manufacturing activities fall outside the baseline scope of work and budget.
  • Manage and maintain Resource Manufacturing Plan, which represents the planned resource usage for manufacturing and acceptance testing of valve assemblies.
  • Manage and maintain Hardware Manufacturing Plan, which represents the baseline hardware demand for manufacturing of top-level valves (Assembly + ATP).
  • Manage and maintain Hardware Usage Log, which is a living document for active tracking of location, usage history, maintenance / rework history, and life of top-level valve hardware.
  • Prepare materials to facilitate Manufacturing Capacity Requests to Production Engineering.

• Manage IPT Manufacturing Schedule. Create and manage supplemental schedules, showing higher-fidelity (compared to IMS) discrete manufacturing tasks required to reach milestones and objectives – As Required.

• Report status on schedule for manufacturing activities to IPTL, for updates to program IMS.
• Manage IPT Manufacturing Costs. Create and maintain tool which tracks costs in coordination with IPTL and additional systems managed by program PP&C and Finance leads.
  • Create estimated cost forecast compared to baseline costs.
  • Deliver cost data outputs to IPTL for roll-in with wider team cost data on monthly cadence to support program-level cost management processes.
• Oversight on Procurement Activities
• Oversight on Purchase Orders & Delivery Schedule
• In response to significant issues that require a major coordinated effort, create and lead a tiger team to identify the root cause and implement corrective actions (RCCA).
• Coordinate with critical non-Valves IPT stakeholders on the engine program to execute on existing or new deliverables.
  • Avionics – Customer for delivery of valves and other hardware which support integration testing of our Engine Control Unit (ECU) and HIL Systems.
  • Engine Design and Integration (EDI) – Customer for delivery of our valves which support engine builds.
• Coordinate with critical non-program stakeholders which are necessary to execute on manufacturing and quality activities:

Education/Experience

• B.S./B.A. degree in engineering or another technical field.

Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

• Some experience in leading a team, strong communication & organizational skills.
• Experience in aerospace industry (space or aviation).
• Experience in complex component development & manufacturing.
• Needs to be knowledgeable on Program-level and IPT-level objectives, milestones, and deliverables:
  • Awareness on all manufacturing-related deliverables to the program and other IPTs
  • Awareness of the Program schedule forecast and critical path
  • Awareness of the IPT schedule forecast, including primary and secondary critical paths

Salary Range: $80k - $155k

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

Note: Due to nature of work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position.

Location: Onsite. Kent, WA