Senior Manufacturing Manager

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manufacturing Manager to support the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Seeker team in Huntsville, AL.

We’re looking for skilled professionals who are passionate about precision and innovation to support Boeing’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Seeker—an integral part of the world’s most advanced air defense system. Recently, the PAC-3 Seeker was honored as the 2025 “Coolest Thing Made in Alabama” in the statewide Manufacturing Madness competition.

• Ensures a positive and safe culture / environment in the PAC-3 Seeker Factory and related operations
• Manages employees and first level managers performing activities within multiple manufacturing disciplines
• Drives continuous improvement, standard work, and best practices within the Production System
• Consults on factory activation expansions to achieve rate increases on production and sustainment
• Implements robust process improvement program focused on The Cut the CoRRS, defect elimination, and root cause and corrective action (RCCA) processes
• Champions PAC-3 sustainment priorities including depot recertification, system reliability, and field returns
• Provides indirect leadership of Materials Management, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, EHS, and Quality personnel
• Leverages collaboration with peers on other Programs to replicate and share efficiencies

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 10+ years’ experience in a leadership or management role
• 10+ years’ experience implementing continuous process improvement, lean processes, and employee involvement and engagement strategies in a manufacturing environment
• 10+ years’ experience with business problem identification, data collection and preparation, interpretation and problem solving
• 10+ years’ experience leading or managing cross-functional or cross-organizational teams within manufacturing

• Master’s Degree or higher
• Excellent people and communication skills and leadership skills that can motivate employees
• Experience managing a Collective Bargaining Unit (CBU)/hourly union-represented workforce
• Experience leading either a complex military system hardware software integration effort or a complex military system final customer testing and verification effort
• Experience leading large scale, cross functional projects
• Experience in managing project schedules and managing programs and projects

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as…