Manager, Production (Solar Cells)

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

Requirements

• 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
• Ability to adapt to constantly changing work environment
• 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
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.