Production Manager, Assembly & Finishing

Description

Helix Linear Technologies designs and manufactures high-precision motion control systems for industries where performance matters most, including aerospace, medical devices, defense, and advanced automation. Our products power mission-critical applications where reliability and precision down to ±0.0001 inches make all the difference.

Our vision is to engineer what's possible in motion, with precision, integrity, and purpose. We pursue that vision by designing, machining, grinding, and assembling critical motion components in-house, including precision ball screws and linear systems. Our clean, climate-controlled facility is equipped with advanced manufacturing equipment including Citizen Swiss lathes, multi-axis CNC mills, precision grinders, and specialized assembly and test systems.

Helix is growing and investing in new equipment, advanced processes, and the systems required to scale with discipline. As we expand, we're building a world-class precision manufacturing operation, which means higher standards for ownership, communication, urgency, and accountability across every role on the floor.

The Production Manager, Assembly & Finishing owns day-to-day leadership across six of Helix's production departments: the Bar Group (grinding and thread rolling), Assembly, Coating, Deburring, and Molding. This is a direct people-leadership role: you're on the floor, running the schedule, holding department leads accountable, and making sure work moves cleanly from one operation to the next without getting stuck, scrapped, or shipped wrong.

This role owns the finishing and assembly side of production. You work closely with managers responsible for Precision Machining side of production that produce the machined components you receive. Together you run one continuous flow: ground and thread-rolled bar from your bar group and machined components that move through deburring and coating, and molded components feed assembly.

You report to the Director of Operations and work closely with your Machining Managers, Quality, Planning, and Engineering to keep the floor running at the standard an aerospace-grade manufacturer requires.

• Directly supervise leads/supervisors across the Bar Group (grinding and thread rolling), Assembly, Coating, Deburring, and Injection Molding.
• Hire, coach, and performance-manage direct reports; set clear standards and hold people to them.
• Build bench strength in each department so the operation isn't dependent on any single person.

• Own the daily production schedule across all six departments and keep it realistic and current.
• Coordinate with Planning/Scheduling to align capacity, job priority, and due dates in Epicor.
• Identify and clear bottlenecks before they cost a delivery date.
• Accept new products and engineering changes into production from Advanced Manufacturing against clear handoff criteria; documented setup, validated routing, trained operators, and first-pass yield at the agreed threshold.

• Partner with Quality to enforce process controls and close non-conformances at the source, not downstream.
• Ensure work instructions, routings, and inspection points are followed consistently across departments.
• Maintain AS9100-compliant documentation, training records, and process discipline within your departments.
• Drive continuous improvement in first-pass yield, scrap, and rework; escalation to Advanced Manufacturing when an issue repeats, crosses departments, or requires a process or program change, including on rolling and injection molding.

• Manage the handoffs across your departments; bar group and machined components into deburring…