Title: Project Program Manager

Overview

HFE International is seeking a highly organized and technically capable Program Manager to support complex aerospace and defense production programs. This role serves as the primary interface between HFE, customers, vendors, and internal departments to ensure successful execution of contracts, schedules, quality requirements, and delivery commitments.

The ideal candidate has a strong engineering or technical manufacturing background and is comfortable operating in a fast-paced production environment with direct customer interaction. This position is heavily customer-facing and vendor-facing, requiring close coordination with organizations such as Raytheon across engineering, quality, supply chain, and program management functions.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the primary customer and vendor interface for program execution, schedules, technical discussions, and issue resolution.
Coordinate with engineering, production, quality, accounting, and supply chain teams to support successful product delivery.
Track schedules, materials, purchase orders, and production status to remove roadblocks and maintain delivery commitments.
Manage customer updates, program meetings, risks, corrective actions, RMAs, and ATP/production issues.
Review engineering drawings, GD&T requirements, AS9102 First Article Inspections, and quality documentation.
Support root cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Monitor vendor performance, delivery timelines, and supply chain impacts to production schedules.
Provide executive-level program status updates including production progress, risks, material shortages, and delivery concerns.
Support Production Management by resolving issues that impact manufacturing flow and delivery performance.

Required Qualifications

Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, or Technical Operations background.

Strong understanding of:

Engineering drawings
GD&T
Manufacturing processes
Quality systems
Root cause analysis
Production environments

Experience with:

AS9102 First Article Inspection
Corrective actions / SCARs / RMAs
ATP troubleshooting and reporting
ERP/MRP systems (M1 preferred)
Strong communication and organizational skills.

Ability to interface professionally with customers, vendors, executives, engineers, and production personnel.

Ability to manage multiple programs and priorities simultaneously.

Key Traits for Success

Strong technical communication skills.
Hands-on problem solver.
Highly organized and detail-oriented.
Comfortable operating in high-pressure production environments.
Able to balance customer expectations with operational realities.
Proactive in identifying and removing roadblocks.
Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Pay: $68,000.00 - $101,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Parental leave
Professional development assistance
Relocation assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

US Citizen

Education:

Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: In person

HFE International

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