Manager, Production (Chemical Processes)

Responsibilities

• Manage a large team of supervisors, technicians, and associates on a multi-shift schedule
• Ensure a strong focus is placed on safety and maintain an excellent safety record
• Create talent pipeline: Recruit, onboard, and develop leaders and ICs
• Create training/onboarding programs and career development paths to boost quality, reduce lead time/cost
• Define and enforce operational standards with strict accountability
• Collaborate with engineering to startup & optimize chemical manufacturing equipment & processes
• Drive continuous improvement via metrics (yield, OEE, throughput)
• Ensure root causes for quality issues are identified and appropriate improvement actions are put in place to prevent recurrence
• Report area status/risks to leadership and foster cross-department collaboration

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or STEM discipline; OR 4+ years of professional leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• 3+ years of production operations or process development experience
• 2+ years of experience in a leadership position

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or technical discipline
• Experience building out a multidisciplinary production organization
• Experience leading multi-level production operations teams with 50+ members
• Experience standing up a new production line and bringing it to rate
• Experience with chemical manufacturing processes including electroplating, chemical etching/deposition, coating application, layup/lamination, laser/mechanical processing, and/or electrical/quality testing in a production setting
• Experience in related fields such as wafer fabrication, silicon packaging/ingot production, SMT, battery, solar cell, or chemical manufacturing
• Experience with applying lean manufacturing principles
• Ability to adapt to constantly changing work environment

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel on an ongoing basis, including internationally (up to 20%)
• Ability to stand up to 6 hours, lift 25 pounds unassisted, and maneuver around equipment in a factory setting
• Ability to work in cleanroom and industrial environments with fumes/odors, noise, hazardous chemicals, and confined spaces
• Ability to work all shifts, extended hours and weekends as needed