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Stress Engineering Manager
11724 NE 195th Street, Suite 200 Bothell, WA 98011 US
Job Description
Position Description: Protingent has a contract opportunity for a Stress Engineering Manager with our client in Bothell, WA.
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensures adherence to schedule, budget and quality in accordance with program requirements.
- Effectively leads and manages a team of Stress Engineers and organizes them to substantiate aircraft designs and generate substantiation documents that will be acceptable to the FAA.
- Responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and evaluating staff. Makes recommendations, initiates promotions, transfers and disciplinary action.
- Conducts 1:1 discussions, annual performance reviews and mid-year reviews and salary adjustments.
- Sets the quality standard for the engineering department and ensures processes are established and standards are met for their specific discipline.
- Coaches, trains and mentors a team of Stress Engineers to keep all team members working efficiently.
- Develops analytical tools, data bases, workflow procedures aimed at streamlining and optimizing project support.
- Manages multiple priorities and competing tasks while making decisions as to priority of tasks and assignment of team members.
- Works closely and constructively with other departments within our client to gain consensus on the best plan of addressing each engineering issue requiring stress team input.
- Communicates clearly with the engineering team, other departments and vendors, as required, to facilitate smooth substantiation of our client's designs.
- Prepares meeting materials and presents status of program’s structural substantiation required to keep all parties informed of progress, gains team consensus and leads the structural substantiation package to completion.
- Creates structural substantiation plans, prepares staffing plans, anticipates critical path issues, and sets a schedule to meet program schedules and budgets.
- Assists with bids and estimations of costs for new programs.
- Maintains regular attendance including being at work, being on time to work and working full shifts.
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Civil, Mechanical, or Aeronautical Engineering.
- Minimum 8 years of industry experience; a minimum of 4 years’ experience successfully leading a team of engineers, including a proven track record of effective team building and talent development; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Aerospace background required.
- Knowledge of aircraft interiors and drawing development, installation and FAA requirements.
- Working knowledge 14 CFR Part 25 Regulations as it pertains to Aircraft Structures, Interiors, Materials, Mechanical Systems and Payload Systems.
- Working knowledge of industry accepted Finite Element Program, NASTRAN.
- Working knowledge of classical hand analysis of aircraft structural components and assemblies.
- Working knowledge of accepted design and substantiation practices and solutions in Aircraft Industry.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications. Excellent technical, conceptual, and financial skills required.
- Ability to motivate, coach and manage a team including conducting annual performance reviews.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to work well independently and cross-functionally as part of an established and growing team.
- Strong, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time, use hands to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and have close/color vision ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to travel as required.
Job Details:
- Job Type: Direct Hire
- Location: Bothell, WA.
- Salary: $121,048 - $166,441.
- ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.
About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.
Meet Your Recruiter
Kelsey Servin
I have been in the staffing industry since 2006. I started in HR and held roles as a recruiter, account manager, director of major accounts, and VP of recruiting and sales before settling into my passion for technical recruiting. My various roles and experiences allow me to understand the ins and outs of the industry. My recruiting style is collaborative, and I work closely with candidates to understand what exactly they are looking for in a role to align them with as many opportunities as possible. I am responsive, easy to work with, and transparent, so candidates always know where they are in the process. I can help you achieve whatever YOU want out of your next opportunity, whether it is career, cultural, or financial growth. I would love to be the one to find your next position, but at the end of the day, it is most important that you end up in the best fit for you and your family. I am a talent sleuth at heart and love the thrill of helping a candidate find their dream job or helping a manager find the perfect person for their team. I am super positive, very knowledgeable about the industry, and a huge foodie! Reach out to me for all the above!