Manufacturing Manager

Job Type

Full-time

Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

Manages and directs the manufacturing operations. Ensures efficient delivery of products and services to the customer through the direction of the Project Managers. Develops and implements policies and procedures for the team.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide personal management for manufacturing teams.
• Ensure appropriate workload for full-time/supplemental employees to meet the needs of customers and manage/approve individual overtime.
• Ensure adequate training to minimize the risk of skill shortcomings in each department within the manufacturing team.
• Develop and implement processes and systems aimed at improving safety, efficiency, productivity, and quality of product flow in conjunction with applicable QMS and OSHA standards.
• Identification of upcoming and strategic technical skills and equipment needs and appropriate training or justification of new hires or new equipment to accommodate the needs.
• Assess and document the individual and team performance of all manufacturing team members, with appropriate action taken to reward or address behavior on a timely basis.
• Benchmark the capabilities of the staff and equipment against those of other corporations.
  
  

Business Support Elements Include

• Ensure appropriate operations support to individual projects through partnership with the project management, engineering, and quality teams.
• Adhere to manufacturing schedules to support customer requirements (cost, quality, and delivery) and identify resource deficiencies to Leadership.
• Provide operations input (technical and schedule) for proposals to customers.
• Interface with customers to understand requirements for all aspects of the product’s production.
• Report quality issues and provide solutions to management, the quality team, and customers as required.
• Meet or exceed project goals, including cost, schedule, and quality, with high customer satisfaction.
• Provide management leadership through clear written and oral communication internally and with the customer.
  
  

Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

• Own execution of the monthly Plan of Record (POR) across CNC, Additive, and QC.
• Translate POR into weekly/daily execution plans inside ProShop.
• Manage throughput, WIP flow, equipment loading, and labor allocation.
• Lead Tier 1 and Tier 2 meetings using ProShop real-time data.
• Ensure operational discipline around takt, cycle time, routing accuracy, and workflow.
  
  

ProShop ERP Ownership

• Ensure completion of work order updates, inspections, routings, and time tracking.
• Validate the accuracy of router steps, cycle times, and labor logs.
• Partner with Planning to correct data integrity issues.
• Ensure supervisors maintain real-time ProShop task discipline.
  
  

Plan of Record (POR) Governance

• Review monthly POR and align CNC/Additive/QC capacity.
• Break POR into weekly resource and machine plans.
• Track POR vs. Actual and escalate risks early.
• Support Planning in POR refinement with execution feedback.
  
  

People Leadership

• Develop CNC, Additive, and QC Managers through structured weekly coaching.
• Create accountability around KPI achievement and process discipline.
• Monitor skill matrices and support cross-training strategy.
  
  

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with AS9100 processes executed inside ProShop.
• Drive FPY improvements through structured root cause analysis.
• Ensure robust NCR/FAI execution and documentation.
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Lead CI initiatives tied to POR misses, bottlenecks, and scrap trends.
• Improve routing accuracy and cycle time predictability.
• Lead 5S sustainment and waste elimination efforts.
  
  

Requirements

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which requires U.S. person citizenship status.

Skill Requirements

• Able to work cross-functionally with project managers, materials procurement, design, process development, and customers. Able to build and manage a team of diverse individuals at a variety of skill levels.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Able to understand financial statements.
• Ability to operate manufacturing software applications and supporting applications to enhance productivity and quality of work. Possesses hands-on, self-starting attitude with strong interpersonal, integration, business and technical skills.
• Able to hire, terminate, and train employees.
• Able to multitask and organize work to meet objectives.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, or related technical discipline
• Five years of related manufacturing experience and/or training and/or management
• Industry-specific experience preferred
  
  

Benefits Start On Day 1

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Life Insurance, Long & Short-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account
• 401(k) Retirement with Company Match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid time off and 10 paid holidays (including your birthday)
• Paid parental leave
• Additional opt-in offerings
  
  

Work Environment

• The performance of this position will require exposure to the manufacturing areas where all areas require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toe boots, and other mandatory safety equipment.
• For the most part, ambient temperatures with typical plant lighting and manufacturing equipment are present throughout the facility.
  
  

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear.
• The employee frequently is required to sit or stand as needed; walk; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms above shoulder height, below the waist; lifting as required using proper techniques to reach documents or store materials throughout the workday.
• Ability to accomplish the physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
  
  

Safety And Policy Practices

Each employee must be knowledgeable of standard safety policies and procedures and adhere to the same while supporting the goals and objectives of the organization and recognizing the Company’s need to achieve its business objectives. Each employee is responsible for complying with the company's hazardous waste disposal procedures.

Affirmative Action

ADDMAN Engineering is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Women, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. All terms and conditions of employment will be administered without regard to an individual’s sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

NOTE: This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties of this position may change from time to time, and the employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. ADDMAN Engineering reserves the right to add, delete, or modify these duties and responsibilities at its discretion. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Employment is at-will, and nothing in this job description is intended to create or imply a contractual relationship or alter the at-will status of the employee.