DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS - Aerospace
Position Description:
The Director of Operations is responsible for leading all manufacturing operations functions. This includes Materials Management, Machine Shop Production, Final Assembly and Test, Maintenance, and Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S). The Operations Director is required to be a leader/mentor who leverages their knowledge/experience to develop an operations department that is prepared for double digit growth. The Director of Operations must also be a Lean Manufacturing change agent to drive lean throughout the organization.
Qualifications:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in associated discipline, advanced degree preferred
- Minimum 12 years' experience in manufacturing environment, preferably military/aerospace, and commercial aircraft.
- Consistent history of increased responsibility and achievement in production or manufacturing
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop direct reports
- Excellent communication and organizational skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
- Proven ability to work as a collaborative member of a site leadership team both in the development of strategies that benefit the business and in the deployment of tactics that align and engage the organization.