Project Manager - System

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Gestal Amérique du Nord is a partner of choice for companies in the aerospace, shipbuilding and energy sectors. We offer a complete range of services, from design to execution, including maintenance. Our experts support our clients in optimizing their production processes, complying with the most rigorous standards and improving their overall performance.

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Job Description

Do you have experience in aircraft development project management, have you worked in aeronautics and do you want to evolve and develop new skills? This position is for you!

We are looking for a project manager to join our A220 Support team in Project and Program Management based in Mirabel (Quebec, Canada), where you will work with multidisciplinary teams.

You will be part of the aircraft development project managers team - SYSTEM responsible for providing a reliable reference framework with best practices in project and portfolio management and for providing the services of a community of project management experts to ensure optimal decision-making and protect the Program.

Your role as project manager will be to monitor and control the necessary activities in terms of time, costs, quality, performance and supplier support to achieve the success of development projects on the A220.

Your area of action will initially focus on SYSTEMS - electrical and avionics section:

• Monitor development schedules with service partners

• Support change instructions during development

• Lead "Project Management" aspects for the SYSTEM team:

  • Lead weekly team reviews;

  • Schedule management (high level & operational);

  • Action management;

  • Risk and opportunity process facilitation;

  • Monitor project development costs for the team.

Your challenges:

• Be the strategic partner of the IPT (Integrated Product Team) leader in their responsibility in terms of Time, Cost, Quality and Performance of projects;

• Ensure good decision-making in connection with operational needs and escalate problems as needed;

• Establish and manage IPT governance;

• Develop, harmonize and update the roadmap in support of the PEP (Product Evolution Plan);

• Monitor internal and external project activities (time, cost, quality and performance);

• Develop, harmonize and update integrated plans;

• Identify and integrate project lessons learned;

• Ensure active management of risks and opportunities;

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Requirements

Your profile:

• You hold a bachelor's degree in Project Management/Engineering or equivalent;

• You have leadership qualities and ambition;

• You ideally have 3 to 5 years of experience in project management or program management;

• You have a technical background in aircraft development and commercial operations;

• You have good analytical, planning and problem-solving skills;

• You are perfectly comfortable communicating in French and English, both orally and in writing;

• You have advanced skills with the Google suite and planning management tools.