Project Manager 1

Safran; Garden Grove (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran Cabin in the United States seeks a Project Manager 1 to support planning, execution, and monitoring of defined project work packages within our standard development process. You will ensure technical, cost, schedule, and quality requirements are met while coordinating cross-functional teams and communicating status with stakeholders.

The role requires strong organizational, planning, and communication skills, with experience in aviation or aerospace environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related technical field.
• 0-3 years of related experience leading a work package or project coordination.
• Experience within the aviation and/or aerospace industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain work package–level project schedules with dependencies and critical path.
• Define scope, deliverables and constraints for small projects.
• Coordinate engineering, certification, operations, and supply chain activities.
• Identify risks and issues and develop mitigations.
• Monitor scope against baseline schedule, cost, and resources.
• Prepare variance analysis and recommend corrective actions.
• Assess change requests for schedule, cost, and technical impact.
• Participate in technical exchanges with customers and suppliers.
• Identify opportunities to improve PM processes.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills

MS Project

MS Office Suite

Strong communication

Documentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business

Tools

MS Project

MS Office Suite

Job description

Here, we craft excellence together. Your mission? Making the journey the most enjoyable part of the trip.

Join our first-class team to reinvent in-flight experience. In the role of Project Manager 1 you'll play a pivotal part on our Project Management team. The Project Manager 1 supports the planning, execution, and monitoring of defined project work packages or small-scale development projects within Safran Cabin's standard development process. This role ensures assigned technical, cost, schedule, and quality requirements are met while identifying risks, coordinating cross-functional teams, and recommending actions for resolution. The position exercises independent judgment in planning tasks, analyzing risks and issues, evaluating change impacts, and preparing recommendations for Program Manager approval.

This position contributes to our vision by:

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time:

• Develop and maintain work package–level project schedules, including task sequencing, dependencies, and critical path analysis.
• Define scope, deliverables, and constraints for small projects or delegated elements of larger programs.
• Coordinate engineering, certification, operations, and supply chain activities to ensure alignment of assigned deliverables.
• Facilitate technical discussions within assigned scope and support resolution of basic interface issues.
• Identify risks and issues related to assigned scope; evaluate impact and develop recommended mitigation actions.
• Monitor project scope performance against baseline schedule, cost, and resource metrics.
• Prepare variance analysis and recommend corrective actions for Program Manager approval.
• Assess change requests for schedule, cost, and technical impact and prepare draft change packages with recommendations.
• Participate in technical exchanges with customers and suppliers within assigned boundaries.
• Identify opportunities to improve project planning, reporting, or execution within PM processes.
• Other duties maybe assigned.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or other technical discipline; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience: (with Bachelor's degree) 0-3 years of related experience leading a work package, project coordination, engineering, or technical program support roles
• Experience: Experience within the aviation and/or aerospace industry.

Other Skills:

• Proficiency with MS Project, familiarity with MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Previous experience in planning or managing projects.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Familiar with problem solving tools
• Understanding of fundamental project management methods and tools (WBS, scheduling, risk, change evaluation)

Additional Preferred Skills:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering

This job posting has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group.