Field Service Manager jobs in Oklahoma City, OK

With a legacy spanning 75 years, Field Aerospace stands as a trailblazer in the global aerospace arena. Pioneering innovation since 1947, we've evolved into a powerhouse, boasting a team of over 500 experts across 5 strategic North American locations. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with engineering and manufacturing hubs in Oklahoma City and Toronto, we're not just a company - we're a driving force in the ever-evolving world of aviation. Join us in embracing change, meeting new challenges, and shaping the future of aerospace.

General Duties:

Lead the proposal development team to ensure timely and precise delivery of all proposals by interfacing and coordinating with multiple divisions across the organizations.

Essential Job Functions:

* Manage the development of the proposal process, structure, format, competitive strategies and analysis;

* Develop and manage proposal schedules and deadlines, define and implement proposal compliance matrices and outlines, monitor proposal progress, coordinate internal reviews and approvals, and manage proposal databases;

* Develop and manage proposal pricing, Integrated Master Plans, and Integrated Master Schedule;

* Coordinate color reviews, including; preparation, scheduling, action item logging, and follow-up. Ensure color team review actions are completed and comments are incorporated into final proposals;

* Organize and direct proposal meetings, to include oversight of question and answer submissions, from initiation to final RFP responses;

* Manage the company's proposal tools, past performance, executive summary and templates databases;

* Works with the Sales/Capture Leads in understanding the customers' expectations, requirements, deadlines andbudget;

* Perform technical editing of proposal content to ensure clear, concise, correct, and consistent in style;

* Use strong organizational and interpersonal skills to support multiple concurrent proposals and new business responses working across the organization;

* This position requires less than 10% travel;

* Other duties as assigned

Skills and Experiences:

* Proven record in preparing compliant, winning proposals with values from $5M - $300M for U.S. DoD

* A minimum of six years' experience managing multiple, complex proposals for government solicitations, proposal processes, and administration

* Market knowledge

* Proficient with MS Office products, including; Salesforce, PROPRICER and experience with graphic tools

* Knowledge of engineering tools (requirements tracking, configuration management, design software) an asset.

Competencies:

* Must be able to communicate effectively in both oral and written venues

* Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with a variety of customers and Field Aerospace personnel

* Must be self-motivated with the ability to handle multiple tasks under pressure

* Strong customer service skills, and will need to work as part of a team

* Understand business and department short-term and long-term objective

* Ability to deal effectively with confidential/sensitive issues

* Produces work precisely and free from errors

* Integrity

* Excellence

* Organizational awareness

* Excellent oral and written and interpersonal communication skills

* Initiative

* Assertiveness

* Courteous

* Exercises good judgment

Education:

* B.S. in Engineering and equivalent aviation industry experience.

* Master's Degree in Engineering or Management and/or P.E preferred

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, stand and sit most of the time. The employee is periodically required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee may occasionally lift and move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

Reports to: VP, Business Development

In order to comply with Export Control Laws and the NISPOM, we must secure all governmental approvals that are required to authorize our workforce to work on our defense and government programs. To ensure we comply with these regulations in a manner that does not violate our equal opportunity employment/non-discrimination compliance obligations, Field maintains the following recruitment policy:

* All applicants, including applicants that may work remotely, must be eligible to secure a U.S. security clearance.