Job Description

The Project Manager oversees the planning, implementation, and tracking of specific development projects. Project manager oversees the development of a product, service or manages an investment project.

The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that all technical, cost, quality and delivery requirements are met. This includes meeting all recurring cost (RC), manufacturing, purchasing and maintainability objectives. The project manager has budget accountability as delegated by a Program Manager, or Division/Business unit leader for a stand-alone project.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time:
• Define and implement the project development plan according to SAFRAN's standard development process and in line with performance, quality, delivery and cost commitments as defined by the program manager or Division/Business Unit leader
• Familiar with the particulars of integrating a product within a system. Able to put these products/services into perspective with regard to the explicit or implicit needs/requirements of the customer
• Define and organize a project using project management methodology and tools. Is able to formalize the PBS/WBS/OBS, drafting and managing via a project management plan (PMP)
• Define and implement a management strategy for project scheduling with reserve buffers. Able to monitor and integrate supplier constraints
• Support program milestone and tollgate reviews; during development (from S0 to S8), and product changes during serial production (from S8 to S12)
• Implement Earn Value Management (planning, budgeting, critical path, margins, S-Curves), and control remaining workload (ETC) in view of progress/variances
• Implement the management elements for Recurring Costs (RC) including material & labor, Design to Cost (DtC) and Design for Manufacture (DfM)
• Manage project risks, and their associated budgets including risk mitigation plans, and opportunity optimization plans, following SAFRAN's risk management process, utilizing its RiTo risk tool
• Leads a project team, and is responsible for cross-functional coordination and ensuring performance-related objectives are met
• Assist in the estimating of fiscal year budgeting & business case process
• Understands the principles of subcontract management including the oversight of partners and key suppliers
• Understand the configuration management process and lead new HoV (Head of Versions) configurations
• Lead New Product Introductions (NPI) or Improvements on baseline designs
• Able to use change management controls and make them a factor for business success
• Analyze and document project/work package changes. Develop change packages, as needed for program change control board (CCB) review/approval

Job Requirements

Education:
Bachelor's degree in an Engineering, Science or other Technical field
Experience:
• (with Bachelor's degree) 4-6 years (for level 2) of related experience leading a medium size project or multiple concurrent large work packages.
• Experience within the aviation and/or aerospace industry.
Other Skills:
• Proficient with MS Project or Planisware, competent with MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Previous experience in planning or managing projects, as well as, the ability to develop, lead, motivate working teams.
• Solid organizational skills including multi-functional team coordination skills.

Specificity of the job

YES