Senior Production Leader

M.C. Dean, Inc•Caroline County , MD

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About The Position

The Senior Production Leader provides strategic and operational leadership for production operations, with accountability for production capacity, workforce and resource planning, schedule performance, quality, safety, cost, and operational efficiency. The role establishes the production strategy needed to meet current and future business demand and ensures production organizations have the people, processes, equipment, and infrastructure required to execute. The Senior Production Leader partners with engineering, quality, supply chain, project leadership, and other business functions to resolve constraints and improve production performance. The role also develops the production leadership organization and drives long-term improvements in scalability, standardization, and operational capability. M.C. Dean designs, builds, operates, and maintains cyber-physical solutions for mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. Its capabilities include electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
16 or more years of experience in production or operations leadership.
Proven executive-level leadership experience in complex operational environments.
Strong business, operational, and people leadership skills.
Ability to lead at scale and influence organizational direction.
Ability to work with computer screens for extended periods.
Ability to sit for extended periods.
Ability to reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Finger dexterity to manipulate objects, such as using a keyboard.
Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented verbally.
Ability to communicate information and ideas clearly in speech.
Ability to read and understand written information and ideas.
Ability to apply general rules to specific problems and produce sensible answers.
Ability to identify and understand another person's speech.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the production operating strategy, translating business forecasts, project demand, and customer commitments into production capacity, staffing, equipment, facility, and resource requirements.
Direct production operations across assigned facilities, programs, or production organizations to achieve safety, quality, schedule, cost, productivity, and delivery objectives.
Establish production performance measures and operating rhythms; review operational indicators and direct corrective action when performance falls below expectations.
Lead capacity and resource planning, including workforce requirements, production space, tooling, equipment, shift structures, subcontracted capacity, and other resources.
Partner with engineering, supply chain/materials, quality, project leadership, and operations teams to coordinate designs, materials, production plans, work packages, and priorities with executable production schedules.
Identify and resolve significant production constraints, including labor shortages, material availability, equipment limitations, process bottlenecks, quality issues, schedule conflicts, and competing priorities.
Establish and maintain standardized production processes, operating practices, performance expectations, and management controls to improve consistency and scalability.
Sponsor and prioritize continuous improvement initiatives to increase throughput, reduce cycle time and rework, improve labor efficiency, eliminate waste, and strengthen production reliability.
Evaluate operational and business risks affecting production commitments and establish mitigation or recovery plans.
Participate in business planning and growth decisions by assessing production capability for new programs, customer requirements, volume increases, facility expansions, or changes in delivery strategy.
Build and develop the production leadership organization through clear accountability, coaching senior leaders, assessing leadership capability, and succession planning for critical positions.
Represent production in executive-level planning and decision-making, communicating performance, capacity, constraints, investment requirements, risks, and recommended actions.
Ensure production operations comply with applicable safety requirements, quality standards, company policies, and customer commitments.
Perform other duties, responsibilities, and activities as assigned.