Production Manager, Aerospace

About the role

Lead daily manufacturing operations in a highly regulated aerospace and defense environment. This hands-on leadership position ensures the safe, efficient, and cost-effective production of aerospace thermal management systems, heat exchangers, and related components while maintaining the highest standards of quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction.

• Lead from the Floor: Work alongside your team to solve problems and improve operations.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Champion Lean Manufacturing, process improvements, and equipment reliability.
• Industry-Leading Quality: Help maintain rigorous aerospace quality standards, including customer and NADCAP requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage production plans to meet customer delivery commitments.
• Drive operational excellence through effective resource allocation, workforce planning, and production scheduling.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) including on-time delivery, throughput, scrap, labor efficiency, and schedule attainment.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace and defense quality standards, including AS9100 and customer-specific requirements.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering teams to drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Monitor work center load, labor capacity, tooling availability, and competing priorities to support short- and mid-term execution decisions.
• Forecast and resolve bottlenecks before they impact production.
• Use standard supply chain processes and partner with the Supply Chain team to develop material replenishment systems for manufacturing areas.
• Contribute to annual operating plans and long-term strategic initiatives.
• Manage multiple tasks to successful closure in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of SAP systems, MS Office, supply chain, and quality management.
• Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, and Operational Excellence methodologies.
• Proven problem-solving skills with a record of meeting deadlines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including negotiation and conflict management.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of supervisory experience within an engineering and manufacturing business.
• Commitment to the “continuous improvement” philosophy; develops and adopts new ideas and concepts.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Experience with aerospace thermal management systems, heat exchangers, brazing operations, precision fabrication, welding, or complex assembly environments.

Other Requirements

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the US and be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code.

Pay

Salary range: $125,000 – $160,000 USD (salaried position). The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market/business considerations, and geographic location.

Benefits

AMETEK offers competitive benefits. For more information, visit AMETEK's careers page.