Aerospace Production & Automation Program Manager

Griffon Aerospace; Madison (AL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

Griffon Aerospace, a Madison, AL-based leader in UAS, seeks a Product Manager to lead manufacturing improvement and automation initiatives across production lines. You will own project execution across internal programs and customer-facing deliverables, coordinating engineering, production, and quality to meet contracts.

The role emphasizes scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and collaboration with government program offices to ensure on-time, on-budget performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, materials science, business, or a related technical field.
• Proven ability to plan, schedule, and execute multi-disciplinary manufacturing projects on time and on budget.
• Strong working knowledge of project management fundamentals, including scope, schedule, risk, and budget management.
• Manufacturing experience, with working knowledge of materials and process considerations affecting production.
• Ability to coordinate across engineering, production, quality, supply chain, and outside contractors/vendors.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interface effectively with all levels of management, customers, and government representatives.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and shifting priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with project management and scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project or similar).

Responsibilities

• Serve as program manager for manufacturing capacity and process improvement initiatives, owning schedule, budget, risk, and deliverable tracking from kickoff through execution.
• Coordinate inward-facing manufacturing initiatives supporting UAS production, including process development, materials/process qualification, and production line readiness.
• Lead manufacturing automation projects, coordinating with engineering, production, and outside vendors from concept through implementation to reduce touch labor and improve repeatability.
• Manage outward-facing program activities, including customer status reporting, milestone reviews, and coordination with government program offices.
• Partner with engineering and production to resolve materials, process, and manufacturing issues affecting cost, schedule, or quality.
• Drive risk identification and mitigation across assigned projects, maintaining risk registers and escalating issues proactively.

Skills

Project management

Materials engineering

Process engineering

Manufacturing scale-up

Automation projects

UAS production

PMP certification

Lean/Six Sigma

ERP/PLM familiarity

CAD/Documentation workflows

Scheduling

Risk management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Multi-project management

MS Project

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Equivalent experience considered

Tools

MS Project

ERP/PLM

Job description

Griffon Aerospace, a Madison, AL-based leader in UAS, seeks a Product Manager to lead manufacturing improvement and automation initiatives across production lines. You will own project execution across internal programs and customer-facing deliverables, coordinating engineering, production, and quality to meet contracts.

The role emphasizes scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and collaboration with government program offices to ensure on-time, on-budget performance.