TRC Talent is seeking a Manufacturing Manager with a cutting-edge manufacturer in San Jose, CA. This role is responsible for leading the shop floor activities for detail part manufacturing and aircraft assembly installations. You will have direct responsibility over daily work execution, hiring blue collar employees, and building out the aircraft or detailed part build schedule. You will be responsible for engaging cross functional resources to ensure we keep our employees safe, build quality into our product, deliver on time, and aggressively manage cost through build optimization and efficiency improvements. This is a contract role.
This role requires significant cross functional collaboration with Sales Inventory Operations and Planning (SIOP), Material Management, Quality, Human Resources, Program Management, Environmental/Health/Safety, Finance, and Operational Excellence teams.
Essential Responsibilities: ? Leading a salaried and hourly, with an emphasis on team building through effective connections and communications ? Manage all manufacturing operations activities to ensure completion of customer and business requirements ? Develop & support long- and short-term planning, policies, programs and objectives ? Build organization capability through assessment and management of key leadership positions, coaching of manufacturing leaders and strategic development actions ? Hires, trains, develops and evaluates staff - taking corrective action as necessary and in a timely manager in accordance with company policy ? Ensures compliance with current federal, state, and local regulations - consulting with the Human Resources Department as appropriate ? Manage resource investment in organization development, capital equipment and new technology to assure organizational, manufacturing, product and market leadership
Essential Qualifications: ? Previous manufacturing or quality management training & experience within Aerospace ? Minimum of 15 years of manufacturing or quality experience within Aerospace 1 ? Minimum of 10 years of experience leading and managing a significant business area or business function ? Minimum of 10 years of experience working with composites with significant experience in secondary bonding. ? Strong operational and financial acumen, executive presence, and the ability to lead across multiple shifts ? Candidate must be authorized to work in the US on a continuous basis without company sponsorship ? Excellent oral and writing communication skills ? Strong leadership skills along with proven capability to deliver results and build high performance teams ? Broad knowledge of key operational systems including sales inventory operations planning (SIOP), materials planning systems (MRP), enterprise resource planning (ERP), manufacturing execution system (MES), and quality systems with diverse experience managing varied and complex manufacturing processes ? Strong bias for action, can communicate vision clearly, and be a driver of change ? Agile leadership style; able to adjust one's approach to fit the situation as a driver, coach, mentor, or teacher
Preferred Qualifications: ? Working knowledge of ISO9001/AS9100 requirement