Project Manager, Operations Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Project Manager

** Job details*
* ** General information*
* ** Entity*
* Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electrical & Power is one of the world's leaders in aircraft electrical systems. The company is a key player in equipment electrification and in the electric and hybrid propulsion sector. It has over 14,000 employees across 13 different countries.

** Reference number*
* ** Job details*
* ** Domain*
* Programs / Customer Relations

** Job field / Job profile*
* Project management - Project management

** Job title*
* Project Manager

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* Employment type

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* Permanent

** Professional category*
* Professional, Engineer & Manager

** Part time / Full time*
* Full-time

** Job description*
* Location:

Twinsburg, OH

The Project Manager leads engineering development projects, responsible for technical process compliance, schedule, non-recurring costs, manage technical risks, and adherence to project milestones.

They will lead a cross-functional project team of engineers across several different departments, prioritizing and communicating issues to the Program Manager and upper management and coordinating functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Effective project communication to engineering team, engineering management, program management, and customers (technical aspects)

- Organize and lead technical decision making process within projects, ensuring that technical decisions made in the project are compatible with Program objectives and lead to the best overall outcomes

- Estimation, planning, coordination, and tracking of engineering work

- Ensure the adherence to the Safran Develop process

- Project planning and reporting

o Organize and lead the project (WBS, OBS, top level schedule, SOW engineering) in accordance with the program objectives for engineering

o Identify resource requirements and maintain the project plan in line with assigned resources

o Forecasting engineering resource needs (human and financial) for budgeting and financial control purposes

o Ensure projects are delivered to financial targets for Engineering Non-Recurring Costs (NRC)

o Ensure that technical decisions are coherent with the Recurring Costs (RC) targets

o Ensure project deliverables are delivered to the agreed timescale

o Manage technical risks (identification, quotation, mitigation, escalation)

o Provide necessary KPI's to the Program Manager and engineering management

- Process

o Ensure compliance with Airworthiness requirements

o Deliver definition of and adherence to project milestones, both external and internal

o Manage the system configuration at program level and with customer

o Request technical audits when necessary

- Ensure project considers Design to Industrialization and Manufacturability

- Support the lead engineers in interfacing between different departments or sites

- Hours/Travel:

May need to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and additional hours as necessary

Regular travel (guideline: up to 25% possible)

Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

List the supervisory responsibilities this position must perform; include the department or position titles responsible for and the level of authority exercised in performing the responsibilities.

This role will manage projects in a matrix organization with no direct reports, responsible for working with functional managers on resource allocation.

** Candidate skills & requirements*
* Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability…