Senior Program Manager

Field Aerospace has grown to be a center of excellence for aircraft engineering, integration, and modifications. With the ability to design, install, test, and certify all our modifications, Field Aerospace’s upgrades and solutions keep your aircraft in the air, on mission, and ready for the future.

We're looking for an experienced, and motivated Senior Program Manager to oversee high visibility programs for our team and streamline our processes to deliver a great customer experience.

This role is ideal for a hands-on, technical leader who has a problem-solving mindset and wants be part of a team that delivers superior experiences and products, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our industry and beyond.

If you thrive in accomplishing successful projects while mentoring and developing your fellow colleagues. Read on!

Essential Job Functions:

• Mentor and provide oversight to other Program Management staff to aid in the development and advancement of their essential job function performance;
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives utilizing lean tools at all levels to help reduce waste and drive efficiencies across the organization;
• Project initiation, ensure Project System setup in JDE for project planning, compile project summary required for operations kick off meeting;
• Generate initial project charter outlining bid budget and initial statement of work;
• Generate Master Project Schedule in MS Project, highlighting the Scope, SDRLs and reporting plan, risks and mitigation plan, cash-flow plan and high-level milestones;
• Lead regular project team meetings to review major issues, interface items, schedule, tasks;
• Provide monthly update summary to senior management including, Project Summary Report and narrative highlighting deviation in budget, changes in ETC updates including variance from previous month, deviation to schedule and milestone payments, deviation from cash flow profile and customer satisfaction/concerns;
• Provide monthly (or as contractually required) report to contracts department to support customer reporting requirements;
• Attend and present project status at monthly senior management meeting as required;
• Direct the project related activities of the lead engineer, planner, coordinator and expeditor;
• Compile and generate corporate closeout reports;
• Transfer program to customer support;
• Ensure that maintenance, modification and manufacturing are conducted in accordance with Maintenance Manufacturing Policy Manual and Quality Assurance Procedures;
• Ensure Quality Standards are achieved and maintained in order to meet airworthiness regulations; Ensures internal labor estimates and vendor quotes meet company profitability goals and objectives;
• Manages program resources to maximize efficiency and effectiveness; recognizes and effectively leverages employee’s skills and abilities to meet program goals and objectives;
• Manages program subcontractor and vendor activities to ensure project cost, schedule and quality objectives are met.
  
  

Skills and Experiences:

• 10 years managing complex projects in Aviation
• Possess a minimum knowledge of aircraft sub systems
  
  

Competencies:

• Business Acumen
• Integrity
• Excellence
• Accountability
• Innovation
• Customer Service Focus
• Assertiveness
• Fiscal Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Leadership
• Organization and Planning
• Communicating in writing and orally
• Adaptability
• Initiative
• Collaboration/Team Work
• Use of Microsoft Project
  
  

Education:

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
• Business degree preferred
  
  

Reports to: Vice President & General Manager

Location: Mississauga, ON

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Additional Notes:

Field Aviation is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or other characteristics protected by law.

• All applicants, including applicants that may work remotely, must secure CGP clearance within 6 months of applying for it. Field will assist applicant in applying for CGP clearance.
• Field must be able to secure specific licenses from the U.S. government permitting the applicant to work on US government/military matters.
  
  

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those under consideration will be contacted. Please continue to monitor our website and apply for additional positions for which you are qualified and may be of interest to you.