Tooling Project Manager Aerospace

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At Groupe ADF we want to see you grow.

Groupe ADF is a French group with an international reach and a human-scale approach.

With 5100 employees across 4 continents we are a key player supporting industrial performance.

We offer engineering production and maintenance solutions across five areas of expertise: mobility energy materials technology and health & well-being.

As part of our subsidiary ADF US LLC based in Kinston NC you will take on a central role as Tooling Project Manager driving strategic aeronautical tooling projects for one of our key aerospace clients in a dynamic and highly technical environment

What we offer

Reporting to Operations manager your main responsibilities will include:

• Provide technical leadership on aeronautical tooling projects from design review to qualification and acceptance

• Analyze technical requirements and specifications and translate them into robust tooling solutions

• Contribute to the preparation submission and negotiation of technical tenders

• Prepare and launch projects defining scope planning resources and organization

• Lead project execution from start to finish ensuring alignment with client expectations

• Ensuring tooling meets mechanical dimensional and functional requirements

• Coordinate internal teams and external stakeholders (clients subcontractors suppliers)

• Manage project lifecycle from start to finish (including delivery and closure)

• Monitor and control project performance Manage resources

• Oversee subcontractors and ensure compliance with technical and contractual requirements

• Provide technical support and monitoring for subcontractors and/or suppliers

• Supporting the definition and validation of acceptance procedures and technical documentation

• Ensure compliance with health safety and quality standards (QHSE)

• Contributing to a positive and professional company image

Your Profile :

• Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or related field

• Minimum 3 years experience in an industrial mechanical environment

• Experience with aeronautical tooling is a strong plus

• Comfortable working in project mode (sensitive to steering / planning / coordination)

• Hands-on field-oriented mindset

• Experience in project / technical management (planning dashboards position as functional leader of a team mastery of quality/cost/deadline concepts)

• Proven experience managing technical projects from A to Z

Be able to :

• Ability to anticipate technical issues and drive effective engineering solutions

• Analyze technical needs and participate in the search for innovative tooling design ideas

• Build strong client relationships and manage contractual aspects (including technical aspects)

• Manage budgets and cost estimations

• Allocate human and material resources efficiently

• Participate in the management of calls for tender in the pre-sales phase with a technical lens

Interested in our offer

Send us your application!

Our recruitment team will review it carefully.

If selected we will contact you for an initial phone call followed by an interview with a technical expert.

As part of its diversity policy Groupe ADF considers all applications including those from people with disabilities