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About the Role

This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for daily manufacturing operations in a regulated aerospace and defense environment. The role ensures safe, efficient, and cost-effective production of aerospace thermal management systems, heat exchangers, and related components while maintaining high standards of quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage production plans to meet customer delivery commitments.
• Drive operational excellence through effective resource allocation, workforce planning, and production scheduling.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) including on-time delivery, throughput, scrap, labor efficiency, and schedule attainment.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace and defense quality standards, including AS9100 and customer-specific requirements.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering teams to drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Monitor work center load, labor capacity, tooling availability, and competing priorities to support short- and mid-term execution decisions.
• Forecast bottlenecks and resolve them proactively.
• Use standard supply chain processes and partner with the Supply Chain team to develop material replenishment systems for manufacturing areas.
• Contribute to annual operating plans and long-term strategic initiatives.
• Manage multiple tasks to successful closure in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of the SAP system, MS Office, supply chain, and quality principles.
• Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, and Operational Excellence methodologies.
• Proven problem-solving skills with a record of meeting deadlines and completing tasks on time, on budget, and at an acceptable level of quality.
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to negotiate and manage conflicts of interest.
• Must have the legal right to work in the US.
• Must be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code.

Skills

• SAP
• MS Office
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Operational Excellence
• Problem-Solving
• Interpersonal Skills
• Negotiation
• Conflict Management

Location

• US

Work Type

• Onsite
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 5 years' of Supervisory experience within an engineering and manufacturing business (Preferred)
• Experience with aerospace thermal management systems, heat exchangers, brazing operations, precision fabrication, welding, or complex assembly environments (Preferred)

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or related discipline.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification (Preferred)

About the Company

• Operates in a highly regulated aerospace and defense environment.
• Specializes in aerospace thermal management systems, heat exchangers, and related components.