Production Manager, Assembly & Finishing

Helix Operating Company LLC•Beachwood, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Manager, Assembly & Finishing owns day-to-day leadership across six of Helix's production departments: the Bar Group (grinding and thread rolling), Assembly, Coating, Deburring, and Molding. This is a direct people-leadership role: you're on the floor, running the schedule, holding department leads accountable, and making sure work moves cleanly from one operation to the next without getting stuck, scrapped, or shipped wrong. This role owns the finishing and assembly side of production. You work closely with managers responsible for Precision Machining side of production that produce the machined components you receive. Together you run one continuous flow: ground and thread-rolled bar from your bar group and machined components that move through deburring and coating, and molded components feed assembly. You report to the Director of Operations and work closely with your Machining Managers, Quality, Planning, and Engineering to keep the floor running at the standard an aerospace-grade manufacturer requires.

Requirements

5+ years in manufacturing supervision or management, overseeing multiple production departments in a machining or discrete-manufacturing environment.
Direct people-management experience; hiring, coaching, and performance management, not just task assignment.
Working knowledge of an ERP/MRP system; routings, work centers, scheduling logic; Epicor strongly preferred.
Experience in a high-mix, low-volume precision manufacturing environment.
Experience in an AS9100D or aerospace/defense quality environment, including FOD and ESD discipline.
U.S. persons (U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident).

Nice To Haves

Exposure to equipment maintenance/reliability oversight is a plus.
Familiarity with linear-motion components (ball screws, lead screws, actuators) or comparable precision machining is a plus.
Experience overseeing grinding, thread rolling, or comparable bar-processing operations is a plus.

Responsibilities

Directly supervise leads/supervisors across the Bar Group (grinding and thread rolling), Assembly, Coating, Deburring, and Injection Molding.
Hire, coach, and performance-manage direct reports; set clear standards and hold people to them.
Build bench strength in each department so the operation isn't dependent on any single person.
Own the daily production schedule across all six departments and keep it realistic and current.
Coordinate with Planning/Scheduling to align capacity, job priority, and due dates in Epicor.
Identify and clear bottlenecks before they cost a delivery date.
Accept new products and engineering changes into production from Advanced Manufacturing against clear handoff criteria; documented setup, validated routing, trained operators, and first-pass yield at the agreed threshold.
Partner with Quality to enforce process controls and close non-conformances at the source, not downstream.
Ensure work instructions, routings, and inspection points are followed consistently across departments.
Maintain AS9100-compliant documentation, training records, and process discipline within your departments.
Drive continuous improvement in first-pass yield, scrap, and rework; escalate to Advanced Manufacturing when an issue repeats, crosses departments, or requires a process or program change, including on rolling and injection molding.
Manage the handoffs across your departments; bar group and machined components into deburring and coating, molded components into assembly, so material keeps moving and WIP doesn't stack up in any one department.
Coordinate directly with the Precision Machining managers on the handoff from CNC turning, milling, Swiss, and EDM into your departments; this is the highest-risk point for bottlenecks and miscommunication between teams.
Escalate and resolve cross-department conflicts over priority, capacity, or sequencing.