Lead Project Engineer- Gas Turbine Engines

Are you ready to help us make the future?

The Military Fixed Wing (MFW) Project Engineering team has an immediate opening for a Lead Project Engineer supporting the ITEC F124 & F125/TFE1042 family of turbofan engines. The team is in need of a strong Project Engineer to support F124/F125 engine production, Repair & Overhaul, and supplier transitions in support of on-time deliveries to our customers.

To meet the needs of the marketplace in the face of stiff competition, the team must rapidly develop new engines to be the best in the marketplace through execution of world class project management. The successful candidate will lead a cross-functional engineering team to support major engine systems to be best-in market under strict schedule constraints.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design and development activity of the engine system through all aspects of the Honeywell IPDS process on schedule, on budget and in compliance with all technical requirements.
• Key aspects include requirements validation and verification, resolution of key technical challenges, acquisition of hardware, management of fabrication cost and execution of qualification tasks.
• Broad indirect span of control of approximately 5-10 full time equivalent engineers with peak execution periods of >15 . Cost account manager for assigned scope, including Earned Value Management System reporting. Annual budgetary responsibility approximately $5M-$8M or more.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Expected to serve as a leader for the product lines’ production and R&O
• Knowledge to support engine line production, drawing changes, Build of Material (BOM) updates and other support related activities.
• Leadership capability with diverse, cross functional international team
• Escalate effectively with leadership and cross-functionally across the organization
• Strong commitment to customer satisfaction
• Bias toward creative thinking and innovation in product design and approach to everyday work
• Implement design-to-cost and variation-reduction strategies
• Promote and build strong team, culture and working relationships
• Manage within very difficult resource constraints
• Identify gaps and risks on behalf of the team
• Balances workload with team members

U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

YOU MUST HAVE

• Due to US export control laws, must be a US Citizen, permanent resident, or have protected status
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Minimum 10 years directly related engineering experience in the design, development, manufacture, and/or test of gas turbine engines or similarly complex mechanical systems

WE VALUE

• Must be results oriented
• Willing to travel internationally to support program execution and customer interactions
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and manage customers, both internal and external
• Demonstrated ability as an expert in the field of gas turbine engine module or system development and project management
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional international teams in a matrix organization to accomplish technical objectives under strict schedule constraints, including risk assessment, problem solving, decision making, motivation
• Ability to investigate broad, complex, and ambiguously defined challenges, rally team consensus around the scope and approach to resolution and lead the team to resolution
• Capability to facilitate interpersonal relationships and resolve conflicts tactfully and effectively within Honeywell and externally with suppliers and customers
• Ability to promote customer satisfaction with capability to establish strong business and personal relationships with customers and suppliers (internal and external)
• Ability to escalate effectively with leadership and cross-functionally across the organization