Leadership and Management:

• Lead by example with a figure-it-out and take-ownership mentality.
• Nurture an atmosphere of cooperation, open communication, accountability, and collaboration.
• Promote and provide structure and discipline to optimize productivity.
• Establish operations standards of excellence for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and complete and on-time delivery.
• Actively participate in leadership meetings to enhance communication, control, and planning activities.
• Meet and communicate with customers to understand and improve current and future manufacturing needs.
• Coordinate with various corporate functions to improve performance and customer satisfaction. Minimize and resolve external business-related concerns and resolve customer issues.
• Lead administration of hiring, recommend pay increases, perform performance reviews, training, and development of staff, resource management and assign work.
• Develop a succession plan for engineering and operations to identify successors in all roles and ensure there is a match between the company’s needs and the aspirations and abilities of individual engineers and operators to improve retention.
• Create and document a technical training program for employee education, growth, and advancement.
• Develop and implement an efficient and systematic knowledge transfer plan to address the retirement of long-term employees.
• Delegate responsibility to subordinates for the various functions and define their goals, objectives, and span of control.
• Perform operational reviews to monitor production costs and product quality and implement appropriate changes.
• Develop short- and long-term strategies and investment proposals that will allow the company to achieve competitive advantages and cost reductions through efficient lean manufacturing methods.
• Meet completion dates, and define and ensure consistent application of organizational policies.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:
The Director of Manufacturing will plan, direct, implement, and oversee operations and engineering activities in the organization ensuring the development and completion of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet the current and future needs of the organization.

• Define, schedule, and allocate labor, material, machine, and facility resources in accordance with scheduled customer requirements and corporate goals.
• Report on project status to customers and leadership.
• Create, communicate and fulfill effective growth operational strategies, technology, organizational development, and standard operating procedures to maximize output and reduce cost.
• Create an effective preventative maintenance plan and schedule to reduce downtime, control costs, and ensure all the assets of the company are in peak operating condition.
• Implement and manage continuous improvement initiatives to improve products, services, and processes.
• Manage the monthly and annual budgeting process.
• Manage production efficiencies through capacity planning.
• Ensure efficient operation of all manufacturing by evaluating cost, quality, and service level performance.
• Drive overall improvement and growth strategies.
• Monitor the financial reports, direct changes, and process improvements to ensure the profitability of the business.
• Prepare and manage capital project budgets for cost reduction, quality improvement, and production expansion at existing facilities as may be required to support business objectives.
• Direct the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Ensure that the facility follows ITAR and ISO requirements.
• Ensure overall accountability for a safe and injury-free work environment through the enforcement of HSE (Health, Safety, Environmental) regulations and compliance with applicable internal and external regulations.
• Direct regular safety audits and review the effectiveness of programs and processes while providing thorough training for all employees.
• Optimize and fully utilize the company’s ERP system.