General Manager, Aerospace

General Manager, Aerospace

Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electric's innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations.

Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is the essential 'Linc' that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries.

Location:

Macomb

Primary Function

The General Manager serves as the senior site leader with full P&L responsibility for a $50–$100M defense-focused aerospace manufacturing facility. This role is accountable for secure delivery of high-reliability products and systems supporting U.S. Department of Defense, aerospace prime contractors, and classified customer programs. The role requires deep experience operating in highly regulated, export-controlled, and security-sensitive environments, including ITAR, DFARS, NIST 800-171, and classified program execution.

The GM leads all functional disciplines and ensures the facility consistently meets mission-critical delivery, quality, compliance, and security expectations.

Responsibilities

Business, Financial & Program Accountability

• Full profit and loss (P&L) ownership for the facility
• Develop and execute annual operating plans, budgets, and long-range defense program strategies
• Drive cost discipline, productivity, and margin performance across multi-year defense contracts
• Ensure compliance with government contract requirements, pricing structures, and audits (DCMA/DCAA support)

Defense Manufacturing & Program Execution

• Lead manufacturing operations supporting DoD, classified, and export-controlled programs
• Ensure flawless execution of customer programs involving long lead times, configuration control, and change management
• Balance production stability with surge capacity and new defense program introductions
• Oversee scheduling, capacity planning, and risk mitigation across defense program portfolios

Quality, Compliance & Security Leadership

• Ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO, ITAR, DFARS, NIST 800-171, CMMC (as applicable), and customer-specific defense requirements
• Maintain robust Configuration Management, First Article Inspection (FAI), and traceability systems
• Act as senior site representative during DCMA, DCAA, customer, and government audits
• Enforce physical, cyber, and information security protocols aligned with classified and controlled programs

Customer & Government Interface

• Serve as the primary site executive for defense prime contractors and government stakeholders
• Lead customer reviews, program recoveries, and performance improvement initiatives
• Support new defense contract pursuits, site capability assessments, and government facility evaluations
• Build trusted relationships with customer quality, program, and security leadership

People, Leadership, Workforce Development, Safety & Risk Management

• Build and lead a high-performance leadership team across the company
• Develop cleared and clearance-eligible talent pipelines
• Foster a culture of discipline, accountability, ethical conduct, and mission alignment
• Partner with HR on workforce planning, employee relations, and compliance with government labor requirements
• Champion a zero-injury safety culture across all operations
• Lead enterprise risk management related to supply chain, defense program delivery, and compliance
• Ensure continuity plans for mission-critical programs and national security obligations

Proven experience leading through government audits and customer program reviews

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance

MBA or advanced technical degree (Preferred)

Familiarity with CMMC implementation and cybersecurity compliance (Preferred)

Experience working with major aerospace defense primes (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing Defense) -(Preferred)

Physical Demands

The physical demands listed are representative of those required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodation may be provided for individuals with disabilities. Employees frequently stand, walk, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and work from ladders or scaffolds; sitting is occasional. The role requires regularly lifting to 10 pounds, frequently up to 25 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Close vision is required.

Work Environment

The work environment described reflects typical conditions encountered in this role. Reasonable accommodation may be provided for individuals with disabilities. Employees are regularly exposed to electrical shock hazards and frequently to…