Project Management Specialist

Project Management Specialist

Cincinnati, OH

Quest Defense Systems and Solutions is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world's fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are part of a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

Role Purpose

Provide on-site production control, material planning, and schedule coordination support for LM9000 high-pressure turbine airfoil casting activities. The resource will work directly with the Production Control Manager and cross-functional manufacturing teams to improve schedule visibility, material availability, execution discipline, and recovery of production constraints.

Anticipated Responsibilities

• Support development, maintenance, and execution of production plans and schedules.
• Monitor work-in-process, material availability, shortages, and production priorities.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, sourcing, quality, engineering, logistics, and program stakeholders.
• Identify schedule risks, material constraints, capacity issues, and recovery actions.
• Track parts and material through the manufacturing process.
• Support daily production meetings and operating reviews.
• Maintain action logs, shortage lists, recovery plans, and schedule-status reporting.
• Escalate constraints that threaten delivery commitments.
• Analyze production performance and identify opportunities to improve flow, schedule adherence, inventory management, and execution.
• Support implementation of standard work and sustainable production-control processes.
• Provide clear status communication to the Production Control Manager and other stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Associate degree in supply chain, operations, manufacturing, business, engineering technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2 or more years of relevant experience in production control, production planning, material planning, manufacturing operations, inventory control, purchasing, supply chain, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or other scheduling software
• Knowledge of engineering processes:
• Engineering change process
• Customer gated review process
• Design reviews process
• Due to the nature of these roles, applicants must be US Citizen, Permanent Resident or Green Card Holder.

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Aerospace manufacturing experience.
• Casting, turbine airfoil, or complex component manufacturing experience.
• Experience supporting engine programs or highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with ERP, MRP, production-planning, inventory-management, or scheduling systems.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing, daily management, constraint management, or production-recovery activities.
• Experience in adoption and/or integration of emerging technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, digital assistants) into day-to-day operations for continuous improvement.

Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

• Mostly Office Environments, Occasional Shop Floor involvement.
• Substantial amounts of telephone, video conferencing and computer work.
• Heavily Regulated Industries with strict adherence to procedures.
• Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late or arriving early.
• Typical 8 hour days plus lunch / 40 hour weeks / core (required) hours are 9AM to 4PM
• Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations

The physical demands described here 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.

The QDSS Advantage:

At QDSS, our advantage is purpose-driven work, collaborative teams, and complex challenges that push boundaries and build lasting impact. You'll grow your career while contributing to mission-critical programs that demand excellence and shape the future.

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