Production Mgr - Military Flight Controls Division

Position Summary

Production Mgr – Military Flight Controls Division

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.

At Parker Aerospace, we develop technologies and innovative solutions that enable reliable, efficient and increasingly sustainable flight for the lifecycle of the aircraft, including aftermarket support. Our passionate people with deep engineering expertise, together with our breadth of differentiated technologies, ensure that we make the extraordinary happen and continue to shape the future of aviation in partnership with our customers.

As a member of our team, you are instrumental in fulfilling our mission: ‘Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow.’ Pursuing a career at Parker presents unlimited opportunities for both professional and personal development. Working with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry, your contributions will be pivotal in developing innovative technologies and products, significantly contributing to Parker’s goal of addressing the world’s most pressing engineering challenges.

At Parker, our team members belong, matter and make a difference.

Supporting aircraft worldwide, Parker Aerospace’s Military Flight Controls Division (MFCD) provides primary and secondary flight control systems that make flight possible. Tested, proven and trusted in commercial and military applications for decades, MFCD provides precise position‑control actuation solutions for military aircraft across the United States and with foreign partners. The division’s Jet Pipe® electrohydraulic servo valve (EHSV) technology is used across commercial and military aircraft around the world.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, the Military Flight Controls Division is the global leader in fly‑by‑wire flight control systems and electrohydraulic products and offers the world’s most advanced motor design capabilities for flight controls.

Advocate and support the Corporate WIN Strategy by managing and improving the quality, cost, delivery, morale and safety of a value stream team.

Has Direct Reports:
Yes / No.

This job has supervisory responsibilities up to 300 employees. Supervisory responsibility includes, but is not limited to training and developing subordinates, delegating work assignments, writing and conducting performance appraisals, coaching and counseling employees, and administering disciplinary procedures. Will interact with employees at all levels of the organization, customers, and outside contacts.

• Supervise and direct work activity for assigned Value Stream Team. Distribute workload appropriately. Motivate and empower subordinates. Develop subordinates including, but not limited to, constructing and executing development plans.
• Monitor production reporting to control inventory systems.
• Monitor production costs and ensure delivery performance by performing capacity analysis using build plans, determining staffing requirements, ensuring that departmental productivity targets are met to meet customer requirements, and troubleshooting schedule and material issues.
• Participate in new product launches with Engineering and review initial costs for quoting.
• Ensure quality standards are met. Champion Lean Kaizen events that emphasize and focus on improving manufacturing capability and reducing rework and scrap. Contain source of quality issues. Communicate with customers and establish and maintain effective relationships.
• Promote and enforce compliance of safety policies and procedures.
• Administer and ensure compliance of company policies. Investigate and document employee‑related issues. Counsel employees and issue corrective action.

The essential functions have been provided as examples of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The Company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential…