Product and Industrial & Manufacturing Lead

About POWERTECH

POWERTECH is a center of excellence for propulsion technologies, specializing in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of combustion engines, expendable turbojet engines, and turbofan engines for a wide range of aerospace, defence, and autonomous applications, including fixed- and rotary-wing UAVs and other advanced platforms.

About the Role

The Industrialization & Manufacturing Manager plans, coordinate, monitors and controls production to ensure delivery, risk management, quality and cost performance. He ensures the industrial maturity of turbofan modules/components and acts as the focal interface with the Advanced Manufacturing Department in charge of NPIs, Product Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain & Quality. She/he ensures appropriate coordination with OEM, key stakeholders and internal teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and influence the industrialization strategy for new or upgraded turbofans
• Participate to the Master Production Schedule, capacity/workload and priority arbitration; Manage production ramp-up and rate increase readiness
• Manage risk, identify critical path and define what-if scenario
• Coordinate manufacturing readiness reviews (MRR)
• Ensure alignment between engineering definition and manufacturing capabilities
• Support supplier qualification and industrial audits
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Participate to technical reviews (PDR, CDR, …, certification reviews).
• Monitor Production Progress & Performance
• Deal with Manufacturing non-conformity
• Support compliance demonstrations and certification documentation
• Ensure supply chain & production logistics coordination

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience within turbofan propulsion, aerospace, or other complex engineered systems
• Solid understanding of turbofan architectures (sub-systems and their integration constraints), performance drivers and technology interfaces (sensors, equipment…)
• Experience in manufacturing and production, MPIs, Validation and Qualification
• Knowledge of AS9100, production systems, and industrial quality
• Agile / Lean methodology knowledge and experience (Green-Belt/Black-Belt)

Skills

• Engineering degree with manufacturing background, production.
• Ability to analyze and structure complex information into actionable product decision under pressure with a sense of urgency
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment, across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial teams
• Excellent communication skills, team player

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