Spirit Defense - Senior Operations Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage, develop, and motivate employees to achieve high performance
• Oversee and approve technical approaches, products, and processes
• Establish, oversee, and administer processes, policies, and practices and determine resource requirements, acquisition, and redeployment plans
• Oversee and manage budgets of the organization and development projects
• Understand full life cycle requirements for product development
• Define factory vision, and strategy
• Work with subordinates to establish and evaluate employee performance plans
• Interface with other organizations, internal/external customers, and suppliers to define and evaluate accomplishment of project, program priorities and approvals, and assist in roadblocks elimination
• Manage employees and multiple levels of management applying industrial and manufacturing engineering techniques and concepts to optimize production system design and operational efficiency
• Develop and execute integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provide input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives
• Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports
• Provide oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes
• Interface regularly with executive leadership, customers, and program stakeholders to provide status updates and drive resolution of key issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related 4-year technical degree
• 10+ years of experience with one or more of the following within the Manufacturing Operations function (e.g., Shop Floor Manufacturing Operations, Production/Manufacturing Engineering, Integration & Test Engineering, or Industrial Engineering)
• 10+ years of experience leading various problem-solving methods (i.e. Root Cause Analysis, 5 Whys, or other assessment, audit and investigative models)
• 5+ years of related management, supervisory, and/or leadership experience
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance and Special Program Access (for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship)