Senior Manager Production

Summary

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, value teamwork, and are committed to excellence, this is your chance to make a real impact. We are a small defense manufacturing company poised for explosive growth. We are looking for an experienced professional to help us rapidly scale our operations while ensuring that we maintain the reputation our company has earned over the past 50-plus years.

Job Title:

Senior Manager Production

Department:
Operations

Reports To:

Director of Operations

The Senior Manager of Production’s responsibilities will include management and oversight of production, repair/rework, and sustainment activities with a focus on improving first pass quality and improving efficiencies.

• Demonstrated experience managing teams in a high-mix, complex manufacturing environment.
• Proven success driving daily production performance, troubleshooting issues, and leading floor‑level execution.
• Experience supporting or directly supervising hourly employees.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles, problem‑solving methodologies, and continuous improvement tools.

• Manage employees performing activities in multiple manufacturing disciplines.
• Develops and executes business plans and develops organizational and technical strategies.
• Focus on first pass quality. Refine processes that ensure quality products and work with the team to execute enablers that remove time and errors from our builds.
• Develops and maintains relationships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports.
• Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes.
• Ensure effective and compliant work instructions, training requirements, equipment management, and facilities.
• Manages, develops and motivates employees.
• Remove barriers and drive adherence to daily delivery commitments.
• Conduct daily tiered meetings and manage escalation paths to maintain communication and flow across upstream and downstream operations.
• Lead stabilization initiatives to address chronic bottlenecks, high‑defect processes, and supplier‑driven variability.
• Provide coaching and operational leadership to supervisors, leads, and hourly team members across the value stream.
• Foster a culture of accountability, safety, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
• Support change adoption relating to automation, process redesign, organizational shifts, and performance expectations.
• Work closely with engineering, quality, supply chain, and operations leaders to ensure production goals are met.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Must love guns.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.

• Manages Production Supervisors, Manufacturing Engineers/Techs, and assembly workers.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

• US based job, US Person required.

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four‑year college or university and five to seven years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 5‑7 years of operations/production planning experience.
• Minimum of 5 years in process mapping, documentation, and end‑user training.
• Minimum of 5 years of direct people management experience.
• Solid knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and change management.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.…