Operations Manager (machining)

**This is a manufacturing environment and an on-site role**

Compensation Target:

-140-165K base

-20% bonus

Keys to the role:

- Aerospace experience highly preferred

- Metal Fabrication or machining experience preferred

- 3 years of prior plant responsibility (management or operations)

- Lean Experience

Job Description:

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead the direction and coordination of manufacturing operations, including purchasing, production control, fabrication and assembly, short run machining, maintenance, tooling, shipping and receiving, and manufacturing engineering.

• Establish the people models for all manufacturing operations balancing productivity, sales, outside processing sources, and machining and personnel capacity to determine optimal personnel requirements. Establishes a team-based work culture and the effectiveness of cooperation and collaboration needed to staff and maintain the performance levels and synergy for optimal results. • Develop, analyze, implement, and maintain budgets for all costs for manufacturing operations. Assists in driving the necessary pipelines to reduce major costs for energy, material/procurement, and productivity improvement. Coordinates and affects the necessary capital expenditures to support efficiency, capacity, and growth activities for improvement.

• Coordinate across multiple key business functions including sales, manufacturing engineering, quality, finance, design engineering, etc. to optimize throughput, continuously improve productivity and efficiency, ensuring highest quality standards are met by organization and maintain or improve profitability levels.

• Support Group VP in formulating and administering organization policies, manufacturing processes, productivity goals, asset utilization, and efficiency measures needed to meet or exceed business unit shipment goals.

• Drive a disciplined focus on daily costs and Profit and Loss metrics throughout the plant.

Required Skills:

• Hands on leadership to perform both tactical and strategic activities.

• Ability to develop, mentor, and coach team members to drive optimal performance.

• Possess good written/oral communications skills, as well as the ability to present his/her views in a clear and compelling manner. Positive can-do orientation. Able to deal effectively with a broad range of personalities.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities in a fastpaced environment.

• Demonstrated project/team management capabilities that can meet aggressive deadlines.

• Strong facilitation skills, conflict resolution, change leadership, coaching, mentoring, and project management skills.