Operations Program Manager (OPM)

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary 

Operations Program Manager is responsible for execution of assigned projects through the life cycle of a the effort.  This will include proposal, planning, manufacturing, assembly, installation and deployment. An Operations Program Manager manages, monitors and reports the project production progress and performance; identifies resolves, and escalates project issues and risks to meet project deliverables.  The Operations Program Manager will apply independent judgment and creativity in the performance of tasks that may be broad in scope.  The Operations Program Manager interfaces/coordinates with: Production, Program Management, Finance, Hardware Engineering, Procurement/Sub-Contracts, Material Planning, Production Planning, Quality Assurance and Test Engineering to ensure Program  success.  The Operations Program Manager plays a critical role in defining schedule of production, procurement and design tasks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Business Development

• Understand the bid approach and scope of work
• Support development of the execution plan and schedule to ensure producibility
• Review and generate Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for new cost proposals and update existing BOEs when there are changes to the proposed scope of work

Project Management

• Attend project kickoff meetings to be aware of project schedules and overall requirements
• Support generation of a Hardware Development Plan specific to execution plan for production effort
• Have a comprehensive understanding of Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule to support risk and time phased production
• Ensure Integrated Master Schedule adequately defines the procurement and production effort
• Review schedule milestones with hardware teams and consult with Project Management and Project Engineering to determine changes to the Master Plan
• Control Account Manager for production labor on assigned projects
• Perform labor hours analysis and labor hour spreading for newly kicked off programs or programs that are re-base lining
• Monitor advance orders, BFE parts and critical material to ensure component availability
• Provide status of available produced assets to project team (test bed, etc.)
• Coordinate with the TE to test designs and functionality prior to HSI
• Ensure a smooth transition between design, production, in-house testing and Tear down, pack and ship (TDPS).
• Identify technical documentation required for deployment to ensure deployment team has complete documentation package
• Assist PM and PE with risk definition and mitigation plans

Technical Leadership

• Generate build plan/assembly sequence
• Participate in process improvement initiatives
• Support Production/Manufacturing personnel with any problems they may encounter
• Assist in problem resolutions and coordinate with Engineering design team to correct/revise designs