Production Engineering Manager jobs in Duluth, MN

Cirrus Aircraft’s Mission is to deliver an aviation experience that is the pinnacle of innovation, quality, and safety to our customers. Cirrus Aircraft is the recognized global leader in personal aviation and the maker of the best-selling SR Series piston aircraft and the Vision Jet™, the world’s first single engine Personal Jet and recipient of the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy. Founded in 1984, the company has redefined performance, comfort and safety in aviation with innovations like the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®) – the first FAA-certified whole-airframe parachute safety system included as standard equipment on an aircraft. To date, worldwide flight time on Cirrus aircraft has passed nine million hours and over 170 people have returned home safely to their families as a result of the inclusion of CAPS® as a standard feature on all Cirrus aircraft. Find out more at cirrusaircraft.com.

Cirrus offers a competitive benefits package and is dedicated to the advancement of general aviation. The Cirrus Flying Club offers employees and their family members the unique opportunity to obtain their private pilot’s license in the comfort of a Cirrus or rent a Cirrus for an impromptu adventure at a greatly reduced rate.  We are committed to investing in the future of our employees and company by offering professional development and career progression opportunities and we engage employees by offering several employee and family events throughout the year, as well as the opportunity to take part in activity clubs and community events.

Job Summary:

Manage the Production Sustaining Engineering team to provide production engineering support for all aircraft product lines at Cirrus Aircraft.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position will have responsibility for 1-2 leads and an overall staff of 10-15. Most staff will be degreed engineers, designers, analysts, and administrators.

Job Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

This position will manage a team of multi-functional engineers from airframe, systems, and powerplant disciplines to investigate reports of defective, damaged, or malfunctioning parts, assemblies, equipment, or systems to determine the nature and scope of problem then evaluate the findings to formulate corrective action plan and coordinates implementation of plan.

The Production Sustaining team manages timely and efficient engineering support for production related MRB activities, and Change Requests received from Manufacturing Operations, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain. The Sustaining Manager is responsible to ensure design changes, solutions, repairs, and alterations provide high customer value, and meet certification requirements of the FAA Type Design, Production Certificate, and design intent. The Sustaining Manager must be able to run medium sized projects, coordinating easily with many other areas of the company and outside vendors to incorporate the design changes. They will also be interfacing with many areas of the company to ensure proper prioritization of production issues. Measures of success for the position include quality, timeliness, and quantity of outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Analysis and interpretation of requirements/technical specifications of aircraft structure, materials, processes, equipment, components and systems and ensuring their successful integration onto aircraft.
• Producing models, drawings, specification, plans, and reports.
• Aircraft and component FAA conformity processes.
• Managing small to medium sized multi-functional project.
• Strong interpersonal skills, communication skills, and experience in supervising at least a few direct reports.
• A strong will to manage and measure the performance of the Production Sustaining team in creating customer value and continuously improving production process and quality.
• Respect for high urgency problems and willingness to apply extra effort when necessary.

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum 4 year Degree and experience in engineering discipline with at least 8 years of experience in an aircraft engineering, QA, or manufacturing capacity.

Demonstrated Proficiencies/Skills/Abilities:

• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to read, write and speak the English language.
• Basic working knowledge of aircraft systems, structure, and operations.
• Experience in the use of design tools and CAD software preferable but not essential.
• Continuous improvement systems and methods for problem solving and experimenting.
• Practical ability to drive problems and issues to tangible solutions quickly.

This opportunity is located in Duluth, Minnesota. As the home to our corporate headquarters, Duluth is a four-season city on the western tip of Lake Superior and was voted “Best Town” by Outside Magazine. The splendor of the largest freshwater lake in the world offers a multitude of outdoor activities for adventure or rejuvenation. The North Shore lifestyle is known its year-round activities, including bicycle and snowmobile trails, kayaking, rock climbing, fishing, hiking, golfing, sailing and skiing. And as a top employer in the area, Cirrus Aircraft was recently named “Best Overall Large Company to Work for in the Northland” and “Best Workplace Culture” by the Duluth News Tribune readers.

Cirrus is dedicated to a drug free work environment promoting equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, national origin, color, age, disability, religion, pregnancy, veteran status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, receipt of public assistance, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.