Assistant Program Manager

With a legacy spanning 75 years, Field Aviation stands as a trailblazer in the global aerospace arena. Pioneering innovation since 1947, we've evolved into a powerhouse, boasting a team of over 500 experts across 5 strategic North American locations. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with engineering and manufacturing hubs in Oklahoma City and Toronto, we're not just a company - we're a driving force in the ever-evolving world of aviation. Join us in embracing change, meeting new challenges, and shaping the future of aerospace.

**Benefits**:
Field Aviation offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental, vision, and short-term and long-term disability insurance, company paid life insurance, RRSP, health savings and flexible spending accounts, vacation, and paid holidays.

**General Duties**:
Work closely with the Program Manager and Program Team to plan and execute programs to deliver on time and on budget for our customers.

**Essential Job Functions**:

- Planning, scheduling, and managing tasks including resource loading and work breakdown structure for existing projects.
- Setup and maintain project schedules using Microsoft Project.
- Track and report technical, schedule, and financial project performance.
- Ensuring success of projects through the timely coordination of planning and purchasing areas of the program.
- Assist in monitoring and reporting status of projects and progress against major milestones and assist with preventative/corrective action to ensure timely delivery.
- Coordinate and attend project review meetings.
- Liaises with team members to ensure clear understanding of project scope, requirements, and budget.
- Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects.
- Managing and maintaining project management archived data and reports.
- Preparing dashboards and summaries of project data, metrics, and status to support stakeholder communication.
- Assist the Program Manager with preparing budgets, forecasts, managing scope, risk, and contract changes.
- Effectively collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional development teams to ensure project success.
- Other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.

**Skills and Experiences**:

- Four (4) + years managing complex schedules
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
- Team-management and leadership skills
- Documentation management and ability to use project management tools
- Attention to details even under pressure.
- Time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to stay highly organized and balance multiple tasks.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
- Familiarity with risk management and quality assurance control.

**Competencies**:

- ACCOUNT, Accountable
- DELEG, Delegating
- TIME, Time Management
- PMP, Project Management Professional
- CM01 Integrity
- CM02 Excellence
- CM03 Collaboration and Team Work
- CM05 Communicating in Writing
- CM08 Organization and Planning
- CM11 Negotiation and Persuasion
- CM14 Project Management
- CM17 Decision Making

**Education**:
Bachelor of mechanical / aerospace, Degree in Business or related project management experience (preferred)

**Physical Requirements**:

- The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
- Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and move up to ten pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to twenty-five pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Position requires mínimal travel to operations in US and Canada.

**Reports to**:Program Manager

Field Aviation is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or other characteristics protected by law.
- Field must be able to secure specific licenses from the U.S. government permitting the applicant to work on US government/military matters.