Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering, other related specialized Engineering area, or the equivalent experience is required plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience to meet managerial expectations.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:Department of Defense Secret security clearance is obtainable within a reasonable amount of time after hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Duties and Tasks:

·         Possess high level of manufacturing technical skills

·         Oversees the planning, development, implementation and maintenance of manufacturing methods, tools, processes, and operations for new and existing products

·         Responsible for managing people, conducting meaningful performance reviews, career development discussions and merit recommendations

·         Establishes and ensures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements

·         Works closely with engineering to ensure new products are seamlessly transitioned into production

·         Customer interface supporting technical issues

·         Responsible for ensuring that all internal quality practices demonstrate compliance to external requirements

·         Collaborate across departments—Lines of Business, Supply Chain Management, and Engineering to ensure program objectives are aligned and understood

·         Manage all capital requirements in facilities and ensure equipment and machinery meet the required safety, quality, and productivity requirements

·         Designs, develops and transfers manufacturing engineering tools, strategies and systems

·         May lead other managers and/or supervisors related to a business area, project or strategic activity

·         Typically leads a department(s) or large complex project or several smaller projects concurrently to meet business and profitability growth objectives

·         Manages group activities to develop and implement long range goals and objectives to meet business and stated profitability growth objectives

·         Leads team members and / or senior department staff to develop measurements to monitor performance to established processes and procedures

·         Leads teams in resolving business related issues

·         Directs, coordinates and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of manufacturing efforts within areas of responsibility

·         Ensures process compliance of all manufacturing activity in areas of responsibility

·         Contributes to the development of strategies for pricing, program planning, risk management, and margin generation for programs at the proposal stage

·         Manages the overall execution of process changes to improve overall efficiency of manufacturing and the effects on current and future work (cost, cycle time, quality)

·         Establishes selection criteria for hiring senior members of operations staff and manages hiring process

·         Supports proposals within Manufacturing

·         Manages and reviews the development of operations schedules and baselines in response to program direction, contract guidance and product lifecycle requirements

·         Leads efforts to identify technical risks and develop risk reduction plans

·         Regular communications with senior level management

·         Travel may be required

·         Drives a culture of continuous improvement throughout the organization

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

·         Strong leadership skills

·         Strong written and verbal communications skills, bridges communication across teams

·         Strong ability to think creatively

·         Strong ability to multi-task, skilled at executing complex tasks

·         Strong ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions

·         Strong planning, organization and execution skills

·         Strong ability to implement changes and monitor effectiveness of changes related to cost and schedule of team or project

·         Strong ability to motivate team or project personnel to develop innovative ideas for resolving business or project related issues through continuous improvement

·         Strong use of change management and influence skills to obtain management level support for initiatives

·         Leads team or project members to define interfaces of roles and responsibilities

·         Interfaces with other teams to communicate effectiveness of team

·         Strong analytical knowledge in budgeting, planning, problems solving and cost analysis

·         Strong ability to prepare, direct, manage and maintain complex plans

·         Strong understanding of business environment and how department and projects support division/company goals

·         Typically has Strong experience in assigned area of expertise

·         Demonstrates and uses a depth of organizational knowledge that results in superior performance in delivery of products, services or proposals to customers or collaboration across functions

·         Ability to align the team on tactical and strategic objectives

·         Ability to lead others in team building, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership and advanced risk management

·         Demonstrated understanding of total life cycle of product/program

·         Proficient knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software such as IFS or Oracle

·         Sound knowledge base of Design-to-Unit Production Cost (DTUPC) methodologies

·         Proficient background in Lean Methodologies to reduce overall costs in Operations

·         Demonstrated ability to lead people and achieve results through others

·         Possess strong negotiation skills and the ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization, as well as external contacts

·         Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation