Manufacturing Manager II
- Palmdale, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Supervision and Personnel Management: Leading and mentoring a team of coating applicators, ensuring their work meets specified standards and procedures.
- Quality Control: Inspecting coated parts, identifying defects, and ensuring compliance with quality assurance standards and documentation.
- Surface Preparation and Coating Application: Overseeing the proper preparation of surfaces for coating and the accurate application of LO coatings, including specialized techniques and materials.
- Safety Compliance: Ensuring that all coating activities are conducted in accordance with safety regulations and protocols.
- Resource Management: Managing materials, equipment, and tools related to the coating process, including inventory control and ordering.
- Process Improvement: Identifying opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of coating processes.
- Documentation and Reporting: Maintaining accurate records of coating activities, production data, and safety documentation.
- Communication: Communicating effectively with team members, project managers, and other stakeholders regarding progress, issues, and process improvements.
- Training and Development: Mentoring and training coating applicators on proper techniques, safety procedures, and quality standards.
- Inventory Management: Maintaining accurate records of coating materials and ensuring adequate stock levels, including submitting requisitions for new materials.
- Support for Audits and Inspections: Assisting with the preparation and execution of audits and inspections related to coating processes and quality.
- Problem Solving: Identifying and resolving issues related to coating processes, equipment, or personnel.
- Additional Functions: Other duties assigned as required.
- Typically requires a Bachelors degree in business administration, engineering or a related discipline and nine or more years of progressively complex manufacturing experience. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
- Must have a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the principles, concepts, theories, and practices of low observable applications operations; extensive experience demonstrating a broad application of operations practices, techniques, and standards; as well as comprehensive project management and leadership skills, including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
- Must possess the ability to resolve unusually complex management and technical problems.
- Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required.
- Customer focused, must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment and able to work extended hours as required.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.