Senior Production Engineering Manager

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · North Charleston, SC

Senior Production Engineering Manager for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, leading teams in 3D metrology, equipment, tooling, and reliability engineering. Focuses on improving production assets and equipment performance within a high-paced production environment. Requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder relationship skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develops and implements integrated departmental plans to ensure business, technical and customer requirements are achieved.
  2. Forecasts, obtains and oversees personnel, facilities, services, equipment and tools to meet project and departmental requirements.
  3. Coaches, counsels, mentors and provides developmental opportunities and job assignments to enhance employee performance and expand capabilities of first-level managers and others within their department.
  4. Provides on-going developmental feedback. Promotes employee recognition and builds a departmental culture that improves employee satisfaction and retains a skilled and motivated workforce.
  5. Provides input on the development of departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives and related metrics to ensure alignment with Company vision/strategy.

Skills

Required

  • 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
  • 3 + years of experience leading a cross-functional team.
  • 3+ years of experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and partners.
  • 3+ years of experience communicating to employees, customers, peers and all levels of leadership.

Nice to have

  • 4+ years of experience driving and implementing continuous improvement in a production facing role.
  • 4+ years of experience building a safety and quality first culture.
  • 4+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams in support of production operations.
  • Experience with production build plan ownership, including parts/plans/people
  • Experience with BPS (Boeing Production System) principles and system health measures.
  • Experience with building an organizational talent pipeline.

What the JD emphasized

  • industry leading production assets and equipment running at peak performance is critical
  • prior demonstrated success in developing and maintaining productive relationships with customers, stakeholders, and peers
  • strong problem-solving skills
  • willingness to take initiative
  • ability to partner across multiple engineering functions, business segments, and geographic areas
  • prior experience working in high-paced critical-flow production environments
  • proven track record of being adaptable to changing demands
  • leaders who bring diverse perspectives, curiosity and creativity when approaching challenges
  • insatiable desire for improvement in a global business environment
  • 3 + years of experience leading a cross-functional team.
  • 3+ years of experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and partners.
  • 3+ years of experience communicating to employees, customers, peers and all levels of leadership.