Description
Leidos is seeking a Deputy Manufacturing Program Integrator to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems. The successful candidate will support manufacturing activities across multiple sites to ensure appropriate planning, organizing, and efficient execution of manufacturing scope for the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB).
The Deputy Manufacturing Program Integrator will work closely with Program leadership, Manufacturing Site leaders, manufacturing program managers/CAMs at the sites, and Finance personnel within the program and within Manufacturing to ensure clarity of the demand signal for manufacturing and to provide a clear communication path on manufacturing performance back to the programs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the Cost Account Manager (CAM) for manufacturing content on the program
- Partnering with Program Leadership to identify manufacturing content in the program and coordinate make/buy decision making with the Manufacturing functional team
- Coordinating manufacturing-related budgets/costs with Program finance and Manufacturing finance to ensure successful execution and appropriate capacity planning
- Coordinating hand-offs with site-specific CAMs on manufacturing content and establishing recurring reviews to status cost/schedule/technical performance across the manufacturing sites
- Partnering with Manufacturing site and functional leadership to drive cost and schedule performance in support of Program objectives using KPI’s and Metrics
- Providing variance analysis, rationale, and corrective action plans as required by the Programs and/or Manufacturing
- Providing manufacturing-related inputs to Program leadership in support of recurring program reviews
- Supporting the development of the manufacturing plan, as required
The ideal candidate will have:
- A Bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline with 4+ years of experience in manufacturing project management
- 4 years of project leadership or personnel management in a manufacturing program/project environment
- Demonstrated experience as a Cost Account Manager on a complex hardware production program
- Experience coordinating and organizing activities between a Program organization and an executing organization such as manufacturing
- Experience coordinating efforts across geographically separated sites and/or distinct functional groups
- Demonstrated experience in applying EVMS and reporting on complex projects using earned value KPIs
- Manufacturing experience in one or more of the following areas – electronics, machining/welding, or complex system integration and test
- Experience creating and providing recurring briefings to leadership stakeholders on program/product status
- Experience with a program start-up, plant optimization and/or plant operations
- US Citizenship and a Final Secret Clearance or eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance
Preferred qualifications include:
- Experience in manufacturing management for Defense, Aerospace or Commercial projects
- Program/Project Management experience, with PMP/PMI Certification a plus
- Manufacturing Engineering or Industrial Engineering training and applicable experience
- Experience with AS9100 and DCMA standards
- Familiarity with Manufacturing Risk and Readiness Assessments
- Familiarity with the DoD Manufacturing Readiness Levels
- Experience with Costpoint MRP
- Experience working with Manufacturing Execution Systems
- Familiarity working with cross-functional teams with emphasis on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, & Manufacturing
- Experience planning hardware product realization efforts
- Familiarity with AS6500 manufacturing management program
- Proficiency with Microsoft PowerBI, advanced Excel usage, SQL queries, and advanced data reporting/management