CNC Machining Manager

Rock West Composites is seeking a CNC Machining Manager to lead our CNC department.

Rock West Composites designs and manufactures advanced composite solutions that power some of the most demanding aerospace, defense, space, and commercial applications. From concept through production, we help our customers turn complex ideas into high performance products.

As an employee-owned company, we believe our people are our greatest competitive advantage. If you're passionate about innovation, collaboration, and building products that matter, you'll feel right at home here.

The CNC Machine Shop Manager is responsible for the overall execution of CNC department production, including scheduling, capacity planning, work prioritization, staffing, tooling, inventory, and workflow. This role leads CNC personnel and coordinates closely with Production Planning, Engineering, Quality, Program Management, and other manufacturing teams to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and according to schedule.

The Manager monitors department performance, resolves production constraints, develops employees, and drives continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, quality, equipment utilization, and on-time delivery.

• Daily CNC machine shop production and execution
• Production scheduling, planning, and work prioritization
• CNC staffing, assignments, training, and performance
• Machine capacity, utilization, and workflow
• Tooling, consumables, and department inventory
• Safety, quality, productivity, and on-time delivery
• Equipment preventive Maintenance

• Manage daily CNC production activities, schedules, priorities, and work assignments to meet customer and manufacturing requirements.
• Review production demand, work orders, machine capacity, staffing, materials, tooling, and other requirements to establish achievable production plans.
• Monitor work in process and proactively adjust priorities, staffing, and machine assignments to address changing schedules, bottlenecks, and production constraints.
• Coordinate with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Program Management, and Manufacturing to resolve issues and maintain production flow.
• Ensure work orders, materials, programs, documentation, fixtures, and tooling are available to support scheduled production.

• Oversee CNC machining operations and provide leadership on manufacturing methods, machine utilization, setups, tooling, fixtures, and workflow.
• Manage department tooling, fixtures, consumables, and inventory to ensure appropriate resources are available while maintaining accountability and cost control.
• Monitor equipment utilization, downtime, productivity, and department capacity to identify opportunities for improved performance.
• Partner with Engineering and Maintenance to resolve equipment, programming, tooling, and process issues affecting production.
• Support implementation of improved machining methods, setup reduction, workflow optimization, and other continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead, coach, and develop CNC machinists, operators, programmers, and other assigned personnel while establishing clear performance and production expectations.
• Plan staffing and assign employees based on production requirements, machine capabilities, workload, and individual skill levels.
• Identify training and cross-training opportunities that improve workforce flexibility, technical capability, and department capacity.
• Manage employee performance, attendance, accountability, and development while promoting a safe, collaborative, and results-oriented work environment.

• Ensure machining activities comply with drawings, specifications, work instructions, quality requirements, and established manufacturing processes.
• Maintain accurate and timely production documentation, work order transactions, nonconformance documentation, and other required manufacturing records.
• Monitor department performance using production metrics such as schedule attainment, productivity, equipment utilization, quality, scrap/rework, and downtime.
• Ensure employees follow company safety requirements, quality procedures, and applicable AS9100 standards while driving corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Ensure we maintain a clean organized work area. Utilizing tools and methods in support of a visual factory and 5’s daily routines.

• Perform other duties as…