Program Management Specialist

Location Profile:

PCC Aerostructures Auburn is a kitting, assembly, and integration center that was created in 1999 as Primus International with the merger of Bumstead Manufacturing, Inc. and Hansen Machine Corporation. Precision Castparts Corp. acquired Primus International in August, 2011 and has since merged GCM North American Aerospace and Compass Aerospace Northwest with Auburn to create a vertical integration solutions center for medium assembly. The site is a center of excellence for hard metal machining and door assembly.

Position Summary:

The Program Management Specialist performs a variety of activities in support of functional areas including Scheduling, Supply Chain, and Program Management. Activities include gathering, collecting, recording, tracking and verifying data and information from multiple sources. The Program Manager Specialist compiles reviews and analyzes data. The position may manage day to day duties of sustaining programs with customer and vendor interaction.

Shift:

Day shift, 7:00 am - 3:30 pm

Reporting Relationships:

The Program Management Specialist reports directly to the Program Management Manager.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage a broad base of purchase order requirements to include customer interface for delivery and schedule
• Coordinate with production control and other departments to insure on time delivery performance through daily, weekly meetings and other communications
• Assist with purchase order administration
• Customer interface for quality defects to include the distribution of customer defect notifications and the resolution to meet customer requirements
• May perform purchase order review for price, lead time and contract terms
• May occasionally perform special projects or perform other program management duties as outlined by Senior Program Manager
• Maintain files (paper and electronic).
• Familiarize oneself with the organization's processes and procedures including applicable ERP, Inventory System, and Business Quality Management System procedures as applicable.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Ability to adapt quickly while maintaining productivity in dynamic conditions and changes in the working environment
• Accurate data entry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables
• High attention to detail.
• Familiarity with Outlook, Word, Project, Access and Excel.
• Good general computer skills and ability to query, monitor, and input ERP system data.
• Ability to utilize a document scanner.
• Ability to understand process flows and the needs of the functional areas (Program Management, Production, Quality, Suppliers).
• Ability to professionally communicate and work with others.
• Willingness to learn and receive training.
• Experience with ERP/Scheduling systems preferred.
• Ability to work independently.

Physical Activities Required to Perform Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of the position are performed in a general office environment. Ability to: stand occasionally, walk occasionally, sit continually, hear/listen carefully continually, twist occasionally at the trunk or neck, bend occasionally, reach with hands and arms occasionally, taste and/ use sense of smell infrequently, continually use hands to manipulate, handle and/or feel in the act of performing the required responsibilities of the position. Mental dexterity needed to work independently while demonstrating attention to detail and continuous awareness.

Level of Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent education
• One or more years of post-secondary education preferred, but not required
• Two or more years of aerospace experience or equivalent desered.

ITAR/EAR Requirements:

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful application must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), and certain categories of Political Asylees and Refugees.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.