Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Camarillo, California (On-Site)
Job Summary: We are representing an opportunity for a detail-oriented professional to support operational execution across aerospace programs. This position plays a key part in coordinating priorities, removing production roadblocks, and helping teams deliver on quality, schedule, cost, and customer commitments.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary operations focal point across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Planning, Quality, Engineering, and Customer Service teams.
- Lead daily and weekly execution reviews to track schedule risks, material shortages, capacity constraints, quality concerns, and recovery actions.
- Coordinate expediting efforts, escalation activities, and cross-functional problem solving to support production flow and customer delivery commitments.
- Monitor hardware status, manage recovery plans, support change implementation, and communicate risks, schedule updates, and priorities to internal and external stakeholders.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
- 2-5 years of experience in Program Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Production Control, or a related function within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing operational performance, production schedules, material shortages, and customer delivery commitments.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations, production planning, inventory management, supply chain processes, Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel, Power BI, Project, ERP/MRP systems, and an understanding of financial forecasting and operational metrics management.
- Ability to work onsite in Camarillo, travel limited to 10-15%, and meet ITAR requirements as a U.S. person.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related technical discipline; aerospace, defense, or highly regulated manufacturing industry experience; AS9100 knowledge; PMP, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt, APICS/CPIM, or equivalent certification; ERP/MRP experience such as SAP or MFGPRO.
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