Director of Advanced Manufacturing

Description

James Fisher Technologies (JFT) is a reputable provider of remote solutions, specialty engineering, and technical services for applications within hazardous environments or with high integrity requirements. As a ground-breaking and rapidly expanding company, our highly trained staff and enduring heritage enable us to provide solutions to the most demanding operational and technical challenges faced by our customers. Our goal is to recruit and retain the finest staff.

We achieve this by providing a gratifying experience that demands, supports, and rewards the highest performance. Everyone at JFT has the chance to forge their own career in an environment that values initiative, persistence, respect, curiosity, and passion.

The Division Director leads the strategic, commercial, and operational performance of JFT’s Advanced Manufacturing Division. The division delivers build-to-print equipment and assemblies, process skids and piping, pressure vessels and other pressure-boundary equipment, and manufacturing support across the nuclear lifecycle, including uprates, commercial-grade dedication support, and obsolescence solutions. The role develops scalable delivery from first-of-a-kind (FOAK) to nth-of-a-kind (NOAK) production and is accountable for division P&L, project execution, people development, and customer engagement.

The Director coordinates with Engineering, Production, Quality, Procurement, and the Energy and Federal Services Divisions to deliver assigned work within JFT’s established functional authorities. The role may directly manage select strategic projects as a Senior Project Manager, particularly during onboarding, while progressively assuming the full Director portfolio and developing project leadership capacity.

At JFT, we work a Monday-Friday 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off, providing the opportunity to recharge, maintain a healthy work-life balance, and return refreshed and energized.

The anticipated closing date for this posting is 10/13/2026and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Chief Operating Officer

• Lead division project delivery across build-to-print manufacturing, process skids and piping, pressure vessels, fabrication, machining, assembly, integration, testing, subcontracted manufacturing, and applicable field support in coordination with functional leaders.
• Own and deliver division financial performance including revenue, gross margin, backlog, and cashflow across the division.
• Work with business development and the other Division Directors to establish a qualified pipeline, define division scope and project assignments, and align delivery commitments with available manufacturing capacity.
• Serve as Senior Project Manager for select strategic projects as needed, modeling JFT project delivery practices while developing project leaders and planning orderly handoff of direct project responsibilities.
• Oversee cost, schedule, scope, quality, and safety performance across the project portfolio using EVMS and other project control tools; identify and mitigate risks proactively.
• Lead customer relationships with nuclear utilities, DOE and National Laboratories, advanced reactor developers, equipment suppliers, and major engineering and nuclear prime contractors.
• Champion nuclear safety and quality culture; coordinate with Quality and Engineering to ensure applicable contract, NQA-1, ASME Code, customer, and regulatory requirements are incorporated into project planning, execution, and records.
• Develop division growth opportunities across the nuclear lifecycle, including build-to-print work, uprates, component replacement and obsolescence solutions, commercial-grade dedication support, and repeatable FOAK-to-NOAK manufacturing.
• Review and approve pricing, subcontracts, purchase orders, forecasts, and change orders within delegated authority; elevate commitments and commercial risks requiring executive approval.
• Support executive-level financial forecasting and resource planning including hiring, workforce development, and succession planning.
• Facilitate execution readiness through design alignment and manufacturing readiness reviews, confirming drawing and specification maturity, build groups, material availability, supplier capacity, inspection and test requirements, and production sequencing before release.
• Ensure PMO discipline and governance including KPI tracking (CPI, SPI, utilization, and cash flow).
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