Senior Site General Manager

Chromalloy • San Diego, CA

124d

About The Position

The purpose of the Site General Manager is to lead and deliver manufacturing strategies, with the primary focus on operational management, driving and optimizing all processes to ensure consistently high levels of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity & People, implementing structures and systems to enable, maintain, and deliver the “One Chromalloy” business plan. The Site Leader will oversee all daily operations of the plant generating a culture of high performance through effective relationships and collaboration/alignment across all functions, ensuring accountability at all levels. Leading a turbine aeroderivative engine and component MRO facility with 250 employees, delivering $65M of sales in 2024. The site has been expanded to offer turbine engine parts repair and overhaul, leasing services, work scope management, and module refurbishment. The 110,000-sq-ft San Diego facility features the only engine test cell on the West Coast that provides aeroderivative engine monitoring and evaluation.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree in engineering, business, finance, or another relevant area, ideally complemented by a graduate degree, such as a Master of Business Administration.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in leading turbine engines and component MRO with a proven track record of success in a leadership role with P&L management.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills in leading large teams through change.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with industry standards and certifications, including AS9100 and NADCAP.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with a track record of motivating and developing high-performing teams.
• Clear, strategic thinker with vision, with the ability to execute priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in the Aerospace or Defense Industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to all employees and functional areas supporting the successful operations of the business.
• Communicate a compelling vision for the site and its role in delivering the One Chromalloy plan.
• Build a values and performance-based culture, ensuring that all employees embrace our values and standards.
• Optimize operational performance through appropriate planning and deployment of resources including Capex, SIOP, Asset & Labor Utilization.
• Build the Chromalloy brand by collaborating with customers, employees, community, and regulatory agencies.
• Responsible for P&L and operating levers that drive value creation.
• Create and implement strategies for business growth, providing direction on new product and repair introductions.
• Translate the strategy into tactical site plans that drive execution and successfully deliver against a robust budget and business plan.
• Collaborate with functional leads on the development of KPIs and align functional goals with departments.
• Develop business-wide staffing strategies to execute and realize financial goals and customer expectations.
• Oversee the attraction, retention, development, and regulatory compliance of staff.
• Optimize operational performance through planning and deployment of Lean methodologies.
• Manage and ensure the capacity and resources are appropriate to meet the current and future states of the business.
• Drive turnaround time and on-time delivery improvement while also driving a safety and quality-first culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees