Operations Manager

Business Profile

PCC Fasteners offers comprehensive product lines that cover virtually every aerospace fastening application. We produce fasteners, precision components, tooling, and engineered system solutions for the automotive, defense, industrial machinery, and other performance-driven markets.

PCC Fasteners manufacturing operations are spread over four continents, forming a network of industry-leading companies, which enables our customers to utilize our experience and deep product knowledge wherever they need it. Embedded in a culture of continuous improvement, our assets and industry leadership ensure that we will consistently deliver our customers the best value in the markets we serve.

Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Shur‑Lok manufactures fastening systems with superior locking devices for critical requirements including engine module assembly, structural assembly, rotor blade attachment, and aircraft engine shaft and spindle applications. Operations at the Irvine location include CNC Machining, CNC Waterjet Cutting, Laser Marking, Heat Treating, NDT, and EDM.

The Area Manager is responsible for setting direction for an operating area, ensuring goals and improvement plans are communicated and executed to plan. The focus of this role is to drive safety, quality, labor productivity, throughput, and customer on‑time delivery. As a focal leader in the plant leadership team, this role will be critical in transforming the operations team into a customer‑centric engaged workforce.

• Provide a high level of leadership for the employees within their departments, leading the operations team to achieve daily production KPIs.
• Drive the overall performance of Manufacturing Units or Value Streams, defined by Product Line, Group or Family for multiple lines.
• Ensure a safe work environment.
• Achieve targets in safety, 6S, scrap/rework, variable cost/ESH, dock, sales, throughput, and on‑time delivery.
• Develop a technically qualified, competent, reliable, and flexible workforce.
• Develop/maintain the capacity/manning model for the area production departments to ensure there are adequate resources and operators to meet the needs of the customer for both the short and long term. This also includes developing plans to expand the workforce and equipment as needed for future growth.
• Reduce operating cost and inventories through incremental and continuous improvement projects.
• Work closely with EHS, Maintenance, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineers to drive process improvements for the site; support Lean events and process improvements that improve safety, quality, productivity, cost, and on‑time delivery.
• Lead and influence all elements of the area (material, manpower, machines, etc.) from material inputs to parts shipment including overall responsibility of safety, quality, maintenance, manning and process improvement to effect maximum productivity, quality and on‑time‑in‑full delivery of product.
• Manage productivity levels within the departments. Continuously improve productivity, flow, changeovers, etc. through the implementation of Lean principles.
• Lead the development of current and future state value‑stream maps and continuous improvement plans, and the implementation of those plans across the value streams.
• Be highly visible to associates and promote hands‑on, high‑involvement approaches to problem solving.
• Support new product development by driving the operations requirements.
• Review and ensure success of the day‑to‑day production KPIs and activities within the area. Drive cross‑functional execution and track daily performance using TOC boards daily, ensuring countermeasures are identified. Emphasize prevention of potential problems and hazardous conditions.
• Ensure effective communication with team members by holding daily stand‑up meetings.
• Conduct safety investigations as needed and perform 6S audits.
• Develop and monitor standard work and quality standards. Perform layered process audits and quality audits using leader standard work.
• Conduct on‑time delivery analysis of departments and proactively update gaps.
• Manage resources of the assigned areas of the value stream;…