Project Engineer
Job Description
Project Engineer is responsible for leading Oxygen and PSU (Passenger Service Unit) sustaining related activities. They are responsible for identifying and deriving solutions to meet customer needs. Responsible for creating and maintaining Development Plans related to sustaining activities throughout the course of the project until responsibility is handed over to production. They are responsible for the strategic and tactical execution of an entire program, overseeing all technical, schedule, and financial aspects. They are required to align with the Sustaining Program Chief and Sustaining Engineering Team to assure all programs are properly resourced and provide guidance to team to be sure proper engineering depth and strength is in place. Strong communication is critical with the ability to interface with Engineering Program Chiefs, Program Managers and Operations Managers. Project Engineer is responsible for internal technical project reviews to report status and understand and manage expectations.
The candidate we are seeking is a strong, passionate leader with an action-oriented, collaborative mindset, who operates with a vision, motivates to meet/exceed expectations, coaches, builds, and enhances her/his team, evaluates, and acts on the performance of self and others, proactively plans for the team and customers’needs, all while operating with full integrity.
Primary Responsibilities:
•Reports directly to OPSU Sustaining Program Chief, Sr. Manager Project Engineering
•Lead programs to support sustaining at the Lenexa site
•Responsible for teams executing sustaining projects for oxygen & PSU systems
•Provides managerial review and control over multiple disciplines of engineering efforts including technology development
•Directs activities of engineering or technical personnel involved in designing, fabricating, modifying, or testing products
•Responsible for managing budget, schedule, and technical performance of projects of a subset of Operational Support (OSE), Field Support (FSE) and Product Improvement (PIN/PI
•Participate in customer facing meetings for multiple customers
Preferred Qualifications:
•Exceptional organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills
•Direct technical leadership experience
•Experience with change management process for new production and field implementation
•Experience leading and mentoring team in fundamentals of engineering, product design, RCCA, and processes and procedures.
•Strong business acumen to support setting business and department priorities
•Experience with MS Project
•Experience with MS Office Suite
•Experience with Teams Center
Meet Your Recruiter
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Lary O'Keefe
National Recruiting Manager
Lary started here in 2007 as a technical recruiter. His previous experience was 23 years as an Operations Manager at UPS. In 2009 he moved into Account Sales and Account Management. In 2012, Lary became the National Recruiting Manager.
Lary has a wife and two adult children. When not working, he’s following sports, reading, antiquing and restoring antiques.