Associate Project Management Specialist

Overview

This role is at Spirit Aero Systems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units ("Spirit Commercial"). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

If you're a dynamic Project Manager experienced in directing cross-functional projects in fast-paced environments, this position may engage all of your strengths! You'll play a key role within the company's largest interdisciplinary commercial program, contributing to high-impact work at Spirit Aero Systems, now part of The Boeing Company. If you're ready to bring your expertise to a program with scale, complexity, and real business influence, we invite you to apply today.

Position Responsibilities:

• Planning elements in support of a large program-integrated schedule, integrating large multi-year projects and small near-term projects
• Integration and utilization of standards and best practices (processes and tools) within the Integrated Product Team (IPT) and in support of cross-IPT integration
• Review the status of projects, manage schedules, and prepare status reports
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem‑solving with stakeholders
• Support customer meetings and status requests
• Ability to work in a rapid‑paced team environment is essential, along with being able to work independently
• Ability to create and present in-depth presentations to executive-level management
• Proven ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously (coordination, status, and performance to plan)
• Cross-functional coordination and leadership to achieve project goals
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Demonstrated ability to foster business partnerships with internal customers and functional organizations
• Business Acumen, Managing with Influence, Interpersonal Relationships and Communication.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 3+ years of related experience in a highly-regulated, relevant manufacturing environment
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree OR equivalent experience
• Five or more years of aerospace experience
• PMP or other PMI Certification
• Individual project management and tracking as part of a larger portfolio
• Ability to create and present in depth presentations to executive level management
• Schedule development by project appropriate to project scope
• Technical background to be able to work with cross functional teams
• Business acumen to quantify implications of projects and the ability to coordinate with Finance on tracking to plan
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with executive leaders
• Ability to manage with influence and provide leadership throughout multiple teams simultaneously
• Proven ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously (coordination, status and performance to plan)
• Cross-functional coordination and leadership to achieve project goals
• SAP, ERP, MRP, and EXRP experience
• Intermediate and/or Advanced expertise in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Risk assessment and mitigation.
• Demonstrated ability to foster business partnerships with internal customers.
• Preferred knowledge of manufacturing environment, lean processing, and industrial engineering concepts.

This is a union‑represented position.

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