Manufacturing Operations Manager - Engines; Onsite

Position: Manufacturing Operations Manager - Engines (Onsite)
** Manufacturing Operations Manager
** The ideal candidate is a collaborative, hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced aerospace manufacturing environment and is passionate about driving safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance while fostering a culture of innovation and accountability. Manage, mentor, and develop a team of production supervisors and manufacturing employees to ensure operational excellence and workforce engagement. Drive cost reduction, process improvement, and lean manufacturing initiatives to maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Partner with Value Stream’s Engineering, Quality, and Production Control team members to ensure production goals, customer requirements, and process standards are consistently achieved. Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and implement strategic plans for operational growth and innovation—including advanced manufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing. Understanding and ability to drive quality and customer satisfaction through CORE operating system.
** QUALIFICATIONS YOU MUST HAVE:
** Typically requires a University Degree and minimum of 8 years prior manufacturing experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.  STEM degree preferred.
5 + years of experience working in a manufacturing environment with people management.

Experience leading and sustaining a Continuous Improvement culture with single-piece flow and mixed-model production. On Site Leadership Experience including people management skills, Conflict Resolution, Policy Compliance or Employee Career Progression Experience applying Lean Manufacturing principles
** QUALIFICATIONS WE PREFER:
** Experience leading in a fast-paced, high mix manufacturing  Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve operational goals Experience using analytical and problem-solving skills to effectively identify and resolve issues and mitigate risks

Proven ability to facilitate difficult conversations and communicate early, and concisely with individuals at all organizational levels
** WHAT WE OFFER*
* ** BENEFITS
* * Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits  
** Onsite:
** Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
* Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.
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