Manufacturing Manager - Aerospace and Defense Industry

C / A Design, Inc. is part of the Heico Companies, and in aggregate, Heico's businesses generate more than $3.2 billion in revenues. C / A Design is an Innovator and leader in the Brazing industry providing custom engineered cooling solutions while leveraging decades of cutting edge, industry leading, brazing experience. Our customers rely on us to deliver the complex parts they create. Protecting the Warfighter is our mission. Our new 120k sf state of the art facility in Exeter, NH is fully operational and will raise the bar in high precision manufacturing - come and join us!

The Manufacturing Manager strives for optimal manufacturing performance as it relates to operational performance targets for the C / A design organization. Volume, quality and on time delivery goals are met by utilizing efficient process engineering methods while simultaneously overseeing and leading machining (CNC), special process (Brazing) and assembly. This individual is expected to embrace and exhibit our culture of honesty, integrity, and good corporate citizenship.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Strive towards a culture of proactive safety.
• Oversee the daily production in machining, assembly & special process operations of the company and all its components.
• Implement, optimize, and successfully manage production efficiency and quality standards.
• Using Lean principles as the basis, ensure that quality, cost, efficiency, capacity goals are achieved or exceeded.
• Support the President in the preparation of monthly KPI metrics and present this and other data as requested to Senior management.
• Participate in and contribute to annual strategic planning process and other key business initiatives.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and recommend corrective actions to meet company and departmental objectives.
• Develop and utilize capacity plans to accurately understand resource planning and headcount requirements.
• Actively participate in customer focused meetings, plant tours and act as point of contact for escalated production / product issues.
• Liaise with quality manager and technology director to troubleshoot production problems and take preventive or corrective action, engaging the employees as appropriate.
• Partner with Human Resources on recruitment strategies to ensure key production and support roles are filled with technically capable applicants.
• Develop and mentor direct / indirect and supervisory level reports to ensure high performance, competence, and behavior consistent with the company's values and culture.
• Adhere to the facility's quality, environmental, health and safety policies that are identified by our Management Systems.

REQUIREMENTS :

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