Sr. Manager, Cell Operations - Machine Shop

Kaman Human Resources•Middletown, CT

119d•$118,322 - $189,315•Onsite

About The Position

Precision Fuzing and Sensors is hiring a Senior Manager, Cell Operations for its machine shop in Middletown, Connecticut. The position leads and manages the machine shop cell, including machining, specialized machining, machine-parts production, and parts development, while coordinating with material management, quality assurance, inspection, planning, and program management. The role is responsible for maintaining quality and production volume within established manufacturing costs and meeting contractual requirements and customer commitments. The Senior Manager oversees manufacturing and delivery of assigned products, applying lean principles and performance metrics to improve quality, schedule, and cost. The role manages budgets, schedules, personnel, equipment, tooling, workflow, and program requirements; communicates performance and quality status to management and customers; and supports compliance with quality systems, contracts, environmental requirements, and safety standards. The position also hires, develops, mentors, and appraises cell personnel, and guides subordinate supervisors. This is a 100% on-site, first-shift position, Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Travel may be required. The stated salaried pay range is $118,322–$189,315.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a business and/or technical discipline, or experience equivalent to a complete four-year college program.
7–10 years of experience in manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

Plan, lead, and manage the functions necessary to manufacture and deliver assigned products in accordance with contracts and related requirements, including quality, procurement regulations, cost control, engineering change control, and environmental compliance.
Apply lean principles and coordinate continuous-improvement activities.
Establish and maintain metrics for quality, schedule, cost, lean application, and program status; present performance, quality status, reports, and schedule updates to management.
Direct the machine shop cell’s manufacturing, inspection, and delivery activities to meet schedules and budgetary guidelines.
Support the development and control of manufacturing budgets and assigned program budgets, including costs to complete and compliance with quality-system requirements.
Integrate manufacturing, planning, material acquisition, and inspection to support contractual requirements, assembly-cell needs, and customer needs.
Assist with long- and short-range plans, operating procedures, and objectives; support annual operating-plan goals and objectives for the manufacturing organization.
Forecast and plan manpower requirements, and ensure effective use of personnel skills, machines, equipment, and facilities.
Represent manufacturing in resolving internal issues related to delivery of finished products.
Ensure new and existing tooling is available to meet customer requirements and work with purchasing to ensure supplier tooling is maintained.
Develop and implement processes and working environments needed to meet manufacturing commitments.
Establish effective communication among functional departments, management, and customers to identify and resolve problems; maintain technical and program liaison with customers.
Interview, hire, develop, mentor, and appraise cell personnel; guide subordinate supervisors on personnel issues and maintain a sufficiently trained work group.
Aid management in establishing and maintaining departmental procedures that comply with quality standards, company policies and procedures, ISO standards, and contract requirements; support enforcement of standards and procedures.
Support quality and program requirements under assigned contracts and quality planning for new-start production when required.
Provide or support quality engineering and manufacturing engineering functions, contractual data requirements list items, customer reviews, engineering change proposals, waivers and deviations, nonconforming-material processes, and procurement quality flow-down to meet customer requirements and scheduled shipments.
Track key program metrics and trends, including SPC data, test-result summaries, lean events, shipping status, and budget performance.
Assist engineering, business managers, and senior managers with preliminary research on proposals of broad, complex scope.
Support environmental and safety standards.
Travel as required.