Experienced or Senior Project Management Specialist (General Project Mgmt)

Experienced or Senior Project Management Specialist (General Project Mgmt)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Commercial Airlines (BCA) is seeking an Airplane Level Integration (ALIT) Project Manager to join the Engineering Operations group located in North Charleston, SC.

The position requires a candidate with a servant leadership mindset who communicates and collaborates well with others.  They need to foster an environment that values inclusion. This role will have an emphasis on mentoring/coaching teammates, establishing positive working relationships, and instilling a culture of engineering excellence, safety, and technical leadership.  

You will lead cross-functional engineering and technician teams supporting the 787 airplane-level integration efforts. This person synchronizes engineering activities with program and business objectives across development, production, certification and fleet support.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and integrate project and program plans across functional areas to meet scope, schedule, quality and cost objectives from initiation through closeout.

• Prepare, analyze and report schedule metrics, trend/variance/impact analyses, risk assessments and recovery plans.

• Lead creation and maintenance of integrated plans and schedules for complex programs and change-driven initiatives.

• Manage change control, baseline updates, and ensure consistent application of engineering processes across IPTs and supporting functions.

• Serve as primary project contact for stakeholders; coordinate commitments and communicate status, decisions and best practices.

• Facilitate cross-functional integration, removing impediments and aligning resources to program priorities.

• Apply industry standard project management practices, tools and reports; close out projects and document lessons learned; transition deliverables to customers with full supporting documentation.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher.

• 5+ years of experience managing projects and using standard project management tools.

• 5+ years of experience communicating with employees, customers, peers, and multiple levels of leadership.

• Proven experience leading complex, multi-discipline engineering projects across the  value stream.

• Demonstrated history of servant leadership with experience mentoring and coaching technical teams.

• Extensive experience with Agile project management applied at scale (e.g., scaling frameworks, cross-team Agile coordination).

• Proficient with Jira for backlog management, sprint/release planning, roadmap creation, issue tracking, reporting and large-scale rollout/configuration.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Level 4: 10+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certification.

• Experience working on commercial airplane programs (preferably 787 or similar) or in aerospace systems integration.

• Familiarity with enterprise gated development processes and readiness level frameworks.

• Experience with additional tools such as Confluence, Portfolio for Jira/Advanced Roadmaps, MS Project or Primavera.

• Demonstrated success implementing process improvements and institutionalizing best practices across s IPTs.

• Strong schedule development and analysis skills (integrated master schedules, critical path analysis, variance/trend/impact assessments).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder engagement across all levels.

• Risk management and mitigation planning experience with documented successful recoveries.

Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

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