Engineering Project Manager at Jet Aviation – Basel, Basel-Landschaft

Location: Basel, BS, CH, 4030
Flexible Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Career Level: Professional
Requisition Id: 5574
Since 1967, Jet Aviation has been crafting flight in its smoothest form. From one hangar in Basel, Switzerland, to over 4,500 employees, and some 50 locations worldwide. Aircraft Management, Aircraft Sales, Charter, Completions, Government Services, FBO, Fixed and Rotary Wing Maintenance, and Staffing. Behind every seamless Jet Aviation experience, is a team of dedicated professionals perfecting the art of flight. The artisans of aviation. The craft that brings our customers' journey to life. In the hangar, on the ground, and behind the scenes. Enabling global flight, with passion.

Position Summary

As an Engineering Project Manager, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and drive complex aerospace projects to success. Acting as the central point of coordination, you will ensure technical alignment, customer satisfaction, and delivery excellence. Your leadership will be instrumental in meeting project objectives and elevating our engineering performance.

Your role

• Project Leadership: Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, ensuring adherence to project plans, budgets, and quality standards while guiding the resolution of complex technical challenges.
• Project Planning: Define projects and program objectives and requirements, and estimate the engineering work scope.
• Coordination & Stakeholder Management: Coordinate all engineering activities within the project, ensuring alignment with stakeholders, internal customers, and parallel projects' needs, while representing Engineering within the Project Core Team and the customer.
• Performance & Quality Steering: Monitor and steer engineering costs, schedules, and deliverable quality throughout the project lifecycle.
• Risk & Opportunity Monitoring: Identify, assess, and manage project risks and opportunities to secure robust project execution.
• Information Flow: Cascade relevant information, requests, and updates from the customer and Project Core Team.

What we offer you

• An exciting and challenging job in a dynamic environment.
• Various opportunities for professional and personal development.
• Working with the latest technologies and tools.
• A motivated and cheerful team that looks forward to working with you.
• Our events are great! We also have lots of fun together outside of working hours.

Your profile

• Master's degree in engineering (preferably aviation) with at least 7 years of experience in an aeronautical environment, or a Bachelor's degree with 9 years of experience.
• Strong regulatory knowledge of EASA and/or FAA standards.
• PMP certification is a plus
• Proven leadership in managing complex engineering projects and multicultural teams.
• Analytical and solution oriented, able to perform under pressure and resolve technical challenges.
• Excellent communicator, with the ability to engage effectively across teams and various stakeholders.
• Fluent in English; French and/or German are a plus.

If you are interested in a multicultural, challenging and innovative working environment and your profile matches our requirements, we are looking forward to receiving your online application in English.
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