Aircraft Engineering Project Manager

Location:	cape tow, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Job Type:	Contract
Posted:	24th Aug 2011
Closing Date:	21st Sep 2011
Posted By:	British Airways Reruitment Company Ltd
Details:
Aircraft Engineering Project Manager Job Description Aerospace Engineering Project Manager Position - Coordination of all engineering activities on an Aircraft Completions project - Coordination of all engineering activities on an Aircraft Refurbishment project - In particular to monitor and supervise these activities in terms of workflow, schedule and cost and risk to improve communication between all completion project stakeholders (i.e. internal customers and suppliers, Core Team functions and Project Manager) during a completion project - Management of cross-department subcontracting issues (e.g. Production, Engineering) - Project monitoring to ensure timely corrective engineering actions - Support decision making process - Efficiency of inter-engineering departments activities - On-time delivery of engineering departments activities - Work as a dedicated Project Owner with no other Company role function - Cover "cradle to grave" concept, form initial sales quote through to aircraft completion and delivery - To be responsible for Quality Cost and Delivery of each project within Company parameters set - Maximise benefits of Team Working through Continuous Improvement to simplify and process all value added work - To ensure compliance with Customer and Company requirements - Creation, monitoring and reporting all aspects of project status on a daily basis - To ensure proactive recognition and mitigation of risk to safety Key activities: - Be focal point for project leader, manage all engineering-interfaces and represent project-specific engineering department interests towards general management, production, and central functions (e.g. Sales, Design, Financial Controlling, Supply Chain Management, Quality Management) - Manage the project activities which are performed by the involved engineering departments, monitor and supervise these activities in terms of workflow, schedule and cost - Optimize and strengthen collaboration between Engineering, SCM, and Production Project Managers, working to unblock tasks / issues which would disrupt the flow of work on the aircraft - Adjust and maintain Engineering Project Plan for assigned VIP Aircraft completion projects - Monitor and report Engineering budgetary aspects to project, reporting on Estimates at Complete, and carrying out Earned Value Analysis where appropriate - Actively participate in project progress meetings, Critical Path meetings and maintain the Critical Path for Engineering items - Organize and lead project engineering team meetings, record decisions and minutes, assign action items and track execution - Anticipate, analyze and report potential engineering project risks and countermeasures to project leader - Implement mitigation strategies when possible, and analyze and report effect on budget - Coordinate and communicate Engineering quotes for Sales projects - Track Additional Work Requests relating to Engineering, and understand and report impact on Cost, Quality and Delivery to schedule - Set, maintain and promote a professional and personal ownership of working standards and work place - To be a proactive, forward thinking and self-motivated team player - To proactively engage in Safety Management Systems - When workload dictates or requested by Company management, assist in other job roles that are identified as suitable to your skills and grade

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