Modification Industrialisation Project Leader

Accountabilities

• Provide Industrial assessments (MOD) at all project milestone gates ensuring that all Broughton Plant requirements are included.
• Define & monitor an industrial top level project plan for each modification and/or new development project
• Ensure the alignment of all plans with central programme requirements and individual functional stakeholders
• Contribute to resource planning workload and funding requirements
• Ensure all plans are produced and managed to a level of detail to ensure the accurate delivery of time, cost, quality and safety requirements
• Ensure regular engagement and communication with programme work package managers/MFT leaders to enable the management and appropriate escalation of project risks and opportunities.
• Apply a risk & opportunity review process including the maintenance of a local risk & opportunities register and reporting chart.
• Exploit opportunities to introduce improvements to the product industrial system and identify potential design improvements, without introducing risk to the programme.
• Chair the weekly governance process inclusive of project leaders and key stakeholders.
• Lead and develop a team of Local Representatives
• Develop and deploy, with Operational support, communication and awareness training into the Operations team (including line-side support functions) and engagement of the operational stakeholders
• Provide Local Representative support and leadership of issue resolution during development builds and regular progress reports.
• Support the OSWX team governance process inclusive of improving the ways of working through Project Management principles
• Deputise for Single Aisle HO Industrialization

Main Activities

• Drive a "Safety First" culture in the team
• Chairing Project reviews
• Manage Project plans
• Project Industrial Assessments
• Chair Risk & Opportunity reviews
• Project governance review participant
• Project milestone review contributor.
• Design review participant.
• Coordinate & manage industrial trials
• Support Flight Test A/C refurbishment programmes
• Managing Local Representative (BC) resource
• Monitoring Balance Scorecard performance
• Deputising for Head Of Industrialisation.

Outputs

Successful industrialization of all new developments, modifications and flight test A/C refurbishment via:

• Project review action tracker
• Project Plan
• Risk & opportunities register.
• Project issue tracker.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Management
• Operational Communication packs.
• Project closure documentation.
• Lessons learned and continuous improvement
• Blue collar development plan.

Skillset and Experience

Essential:

• Understanding of Wing Operational processes
• Good communication and negotiating skills.
• Experience and successful demonstration of managing similar MFT projects.
• Application of project management tools and techniques

Desirable:

• Understanding of Airbus modification processes and industrial set up
• 5+ years experience
• Degree level (technical) or similar demonstrated and capability.

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.