Veteran Firm Seeking Director of Engineering and Operations for an Onsite Assignment in San Diego, CA

My name is Stephen Hrutka, and I lead a Veteran-owned consulting firm in Washington, DC, focused on strategic sourcing, supply chain, and IT Staffing.

We want to fill the Director of Engineering and Operations role for a national security and technology company specializing in space, intelligence, cyber, defense, homeland security, citizen security, and health.

The ideal candidate is a San Diego, CA resident with 5 years of experience in a management role at a technical company, and 3 years of experience working with manufacturer’s representatives for electronic and mechanical components. An MBA is a plus.

If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

www.hruckus.com

Executive Summary: HRUCKUS seeks a highly skilled Director of Engineering and Operations to join our client’s dynamic team and manage all aspects of technical operations and delivery of services to internal program managers and external customers. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading, directing, delegating work, motivating performance, conflict resolution, attendance, and providing career guidance to direct reports. The successful candidate is expected to use their expertise for technical delivery (engineering, testing, deployment) of products and ongoing service operations management, and assist the team with improving the efficiencies of the operation and service function to drive Cost, Quality, and Performance metrics.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage, lead, and direct all operations for the facility, including asset and inventory control, shipping and receiving, engineering resources, budget, and expenses.
• Coordinate, guide, and manage engineering; work to manage the workload with a team of project and system engineers, program managers, and engineering leads.
• Manage the development of program and company-wide schedules with resource loading for active and future projects.
• Monitor program schedules managed by engineers and proactively mitigate delays.
• Ensures that the programs are implemented on time, within budget, with desired results, minimizing changes.
• Effectively communicate development strategy schedules to all levels of the organization to get buy-in and institutionalize quality practices.
• Facilitate an open environment that promotes teamwork and is a catalyst to remove organizational barriers.
• Leads cross-functional teams for high-priority, complex programs to meet strategic and program targets.
• Help cross-functional teams develop clear roles and responsibilities to enable collaboration and accountability.
• Emphasize quality and maintain/update ISO-9001 certification.
• Develop and implement a root-cause Investigation program; instill a process to conduct root-cause investigation and follow-up action reviews for critical issues.
• Employee development - recruiting, training, career planning, and performance management Develop customer, supplier, and vendor relationships.
• Implement and attend design review and approval meetings.

Position Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years in a management role at a technical company
• Must have two (2) years of general facility/office management experience.
• 4-year degree in an engineering discipline; MBA would be a plus.
• 3 years of experience working with manufacturers' reps for electronic and mechanical components.
• 3 years of experience working with contracts and subcontractors to manufacture electronic products.

Position Details:

• This role is 100% onsite (hybrid work may be possible at a later point)
• The job site is at San Diego, CA 92122
• Reliable schedule from Monday to Friday, between 9 am to 5 pm Pacific Time