Job Title: Senior Manager of Manufacturing and Production Planning

Job ID: 11728

Job Location: Orlando, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company, is seeking a Senior Manager of Manufacturing and Production Planning in our Orlando, FL facility. In this role, the candidate will be responsible for all flight hardware components production. Specific functions for this individual include managing process and manufacturing engineering, production scheduling and assembly. Will manage and lead operational processes to achieve 100% safety, quality, schedules and cost targets with uncompromising ethics and compliance. Requires the ability to lead, train and successfully apply process improvements. The position also requires the ability to strategically plan, develop departmental budgets, develop staffing plans and successfully achieve established departmental and site performance standards.

Essential Functions:

Provide leadership to experienced production managers, supervisors, process engineers, and production control personnel
Create workforce and staffing plans to support departmental goals in support of multiple programs
Improve upon existing, or establish new processes and systems
Ensure that production meets schedules and operational metrics
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet program technical, schedule and delivery requirements
Develop lean methodology and drive operational improvements
Ability to map and launch a Manufacturing Execution Solution DELMIA and Maestro without impacting production
Analyze production workflow and develop process improvements as needed
Establish and maintain applicable records and reports monitoring internal operating controls
Provide training in manufacturing techniques, policies and procedures and/or safety and environmental procedures
Provide direction and coaching to employees as guided by established policies and procedures
Interpret and execute policies that affect supervised employees
Oversee inspection and maintenance of equipment
Review designs for manufacturability
Ability to obtain a US security clearance

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior manufacturing management experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior manufacturing management experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior manufacturing management experience
3 year experience leading ERP/MRP implementation in Maestro, SAP, or an Oracle or similar database system
2 years’ experience implementing a manufacturing execution solution in a development and production environment

Preferred addition skills:

Previous experience in the defense/aerospace industry
Green Belt a plus
Project management experience in relation to cost savings a plus
Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) experience is preferred
Ability to schedule production to meet operational goals and customer requirements
Ability to work within budget constraints
Ability to coach/mentor subordinates
Experience with DELMIA and Maestro is preferred
Experience with AIRIBA is preferred