Production Manager

Company Overview

Qarbon Aerospace is a premier manufacturer of cutting-edge composite components and assemblies at all levels of complexity, with products installed on the industry's most advanced commercial and military aircraft. As a US-based company with a global footprint of more than 1,650,000 ft² of state-of-the-art facilities, Qarbon Aerospace has the capabilities and resources to solve the market's toughest challenges with Quality Assured.

With more than 100 years of experience, we build quality into every fiber, letting your ideas take flight.

Production Manager Position Overview

The Production Manager position leads an Integrated Product Team (IPT), which has full authority and accountability for daily manufacturing execution, as well as, business performance, including revenue, cost, and profitability. In this capacity, the Production Manager serves a dual role as the frontline operations leader (18-25 direct reports) and is the primary contact with internal and external (i.e., customers and suppliers) stakeholders.

As such, the strong candidate must demonstrate solid capabilities for technical operations leadership, along with, a natural aptitude for business management. Furthermore, this leader must be results oriented, inclined toward active team development, methodical continuous improvement, deft project management, and adaptable communication skills that foster strong relationships at all levels of the organization.

Principal Accountabilities

• Aligned with the company's annual policy deployment, guide the IPT to define and achieve inspiring safety, quality, delivery and cost performance objectives.
• Collaborate with contracts, finance, and procurement to develop business cases, establish profitable contracts, translate to achievable operating plans (i.e., AOP, ETC, EAC), and manage operations performance within established parameters.
• Establish and administer an IPT operating rhythm to assess leading and lagging Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that promote data-driven continuous improvement and constraint management.
• Develop continuous improvement roadmaps to design a clear strategy for perpetual program excellence - recognize and mitigate risks; identify and seize opportunities.
• Institute a disciplined project management approach to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.
• Apply basic and advanced continuous improvement tools to facilitate effective initiatives (i.e. Just Do It's, Value Stream Map, Kaizen, 5S, etc.)
• Team with functional support organizations to develop an employee training and team development strategy that yields High Performance Team (HPT) results.

Experience and Other Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen or a Permanent resident per ITAR (i.e., 'Green Card') (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) guidelines.
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship or a foreign person per ITAR.
• Minimum of 5 years leadership experience in the aerospace composites fabrication and/or structures assembly manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (engineering, program, project or business management). At the discretion of the hiring manager, a minimum of 8 years related technical experience (supported with references) may be deemed accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Clearly articulate practical experience managing medium to large projects and leading process improvement teams (able to describe the project objectives, methods used, challenges, necessary adjustments, and outcomes in terms of people skills, cost, quality and schedule).
• Ability to act independently and drive projects - identify critical paths, get to root causes of issues, develop and execute solutions, actively delegate and follow up actions and deliver projects on time within cost.
• Team oriented with the ability to react positively in high-pressure situations with shifting priorities and competing interests.
• Solid analytical skills and strong business acumen.
• Open to new challenges with flexibility to move the team and business in innovative directions.
• Exceptional communicator with the ability to gauge the audience and tailor the message.
• Proficient writing…