Competitive Excellence Manager for Aerostructures Future Platforms - Military Veterans

Date Posted:

2024-09-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HCA21: Aerostructures - Chula Vista 850 Lagoon Blvd, Chula Vista, CA, 91910 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Collins Aerospace is looking for a Competitive Excellence Manager for Aerostructures Future Platforms who provides vision, proactive leadership, and drive to competitively position Aerostructures Engineering processes.  This role will identify and develop new methodologies and ways of working internally and externally to enhance overall product development lifecycle.   The team will collaborate with Aerostructures Program Execution Excellence (APEX) and Engineering Product and Functional Excellence teams.

• The position is working onsite at our Chula Vista CA facility
• Relocation assistance is available

Why We Need You

In the rapidly evolving aerospace industry, staying ahead of the competition is not just a goal—it’s a necessity. Our mission is to drive competitive excellence by transforming our business processes, reducing development timelines, and optimizing costs. We believe that the key to our success lies in our ability to innovate, streamline, and excel in every aspect of product development. To lead this charge, we need a visionary leader who is not only skilled in engineering and business processes but also driven by the desire to make a tangible impact on the future of aviation.

The Challenge
 

This role demands more than just expertise; it requires a relentless pursuit of excellence. As the leader of the Competitive Excellence team, you will be responsible for orchestrating a complex array of efforts aimed at improving efficiency, reducing costs, and shortening development cycles. The challenges will be formidable, but the rewards will be great. You will play a crucial role in positioning our organization as a leader in the aerospace industry, ensuring that we remain competitive in an increasingly demanding market.

What You Will Do

• Champion Process Improvement: Lead efforts to design, implement, and transform processes that reduce the product development lifecycle and lower costs, all while maintaining the highest standards of quality and performance.
• Drive Cost Efficiency: Oversee initiatives such as Design for Cost, ensuring that our products are not only cutting-edge but also cost-effective.
• Ensure Consistency: Maintain Estimation EAC consistency across projects, ensuring that our financial projections are accurate and reliable.
• Innovate for the Future: Lead the charge in developing future processes, tools, and investments that will drive engineering efficiency and deliver long-term benefits.
• Strategize Supplier Relationships: Identify and engage future suppliers who can meet our stringent quality and certification requirements, ensuring that we are always ahead of the curve.
• Guide Technical Excellence: Oversee the design, stress validation, qualification, certification, and project management efforts, ensuring that every aspect of our products meets the highest standards.
• Analyze and Optimize: Utilize business analytics to identify opportunities for improvement, making data-driven decisions that enhance our competitive position.
• Build and Lead a High-Performing Team: Structure and lead a team that is focused, motivated, and aligned with our mission of competitive excellence.
• Travel up to 20% domestically and internationally when circumstances permit

What You Will Need

• Visionary Leadership: The ability to see the big picture and guide your team toward innovative solutions that drive competitive advantage.
• Relentless Drive: A tireless commitment to improving processes, reducing costs, and shortening timelines, even in the face of significant challenges.
• Technical and Business Acumen: A deep understanding of both engineering and business processes, with the ability to seamlessly integrate the two.
• Collaborative Spirit: The ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and customers to achieve shared goals.
• Analytical Mindset: A talent for using data and analytics to identify areas for improvement and make informed decisions.

What You Will Gain
 

This role offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of our efforts to achieve competitive excellence. You will lead a team that is instrumental in shaping the future of our organization, driving innovations that will set us apart from the competition. The journey will be challenging, but the impact you make will be profound, earning you recognition as a key player in the success of our company.

What You Must Have

• Requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience
• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here:  https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62 
• Process transformation experience (create and evaluate business cases)
• Experience managing a team of engineering professionals
• Engineering principles & theories experience
• Experience with structures design/stress
• Project Management experience
• Experience with Continuous Improvement (CI) tools and methodologies 

What We Prefer

• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, ACE or CORE
• Experience with proposal & grant writing
• MBA

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance         
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child, and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more! 

Learn More & Apply Now

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable, and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us! 

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This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program.  The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey.  Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience.  Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.

Minimum Program Qualifications

• Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application
• Have prior experience in functional area of interest
• Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position

Diversity drives innovation, inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share

their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products. 

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.  

The salary range for this role is 158,000 USD - 316,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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