Our client is a Toronto-based world-class designer and manufacturer of advanced microwave, millimeter-wave and electro-optic components and sub-systems.
Our client was founded in 1992 on a mission to provide high reliability, cutting-edge RF solutions. The company has grown by focusing on customer success and by assembling a fully-integrated, skilled team of experts in high frequency circuits and systems, communication and radar subsystem design, engineering and custom manufacturing.
The firm is uniquely vertically integrated through all key functions including RFIC design in GaAs, GaN ,SiGe and CMOS, thin film manufacturing, automated HMIC (Hybrid Microwave Integrated Circuit) Assembly, CNC machining, PC Board population, and system integration and test, allowing responsive, high quality support of customers’ demanding requirements. The firm’s expertise in developing customized RF and electro-optic sensing and communications solutions makes our client a critical partner in commercial aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, space and Sat Com markets.
Our client consistently invests heavily in IR&D and boasts a large engineering team with most having advanced degrees in their realms of specialization. In the past few years our client has further augmented its R&D footprint by developing strategic research partnerships at selected universities in Canada and the US.
Our client occupies a 65,000 square foot state-of-the-art engineering and manufacturing facility in Toronto including Class 1000 to 10,000 clean rooms. The firm’s systems maintain compliance to AS9100C and ISO
9001:2008 and encompass all the core capabilities needed for end-to-end electronic product development, redesign and life cycle maintenance. The firm also maintains a second facility in Canada.
To best serve US customers with ITAR restrictions, and to provide a 2 nd source with identical capability, our client has also established a US-based design and manufacturing facility focused on MMIC and high power device design.
Scope of the Position
Reporting to the President and CEO, the Director of Operations will be responsible for ensuring that the organization’s manufacturing strategy and execution capabilities are consistent with the company’s strategy of establishing and maintaining unique and defensible manufacturing barriers to entry within the global Space, Aerospace and Defense industries.
This will include the control and management of all direct manufacturing operations in Toronto as well as the company’s smaller manufacturing operation in other non-US locations. The organization’s 175-200 strong, non-unionized operations (planning, testing, assembly, automation etc.) team is seasoned and knowledgeable.
Our client is committed to operational excellence in a rapidly changing and growing global market. The Director Operations will be called upon to play a leading role in achieving that ongoing goal.
This is an outstanding opportunity that features:
- Strong industry and company growth
- A successful organization with committed ownership
- Highly entrepreneurial culture
- A highly educated and diverse employee structure
- An opportunity to make a real difference
Responsibilities
- Evaluate existing manufacturing processes, policies and practices in the areas of planning, manufacturing/assembly, test, materials usage, shipping and receiving, production scheduling, safety, customer satisfaction, and performance metrics/measures. Make recommendations to improve each, focusing initially on current bottlenecks.
- With the support of the CEO, implement enhancements as required.
- Instil ‘best practices’ culture of excellence
- Evaluate staff related processes and procedures including work rules, position descriptions, responsibilities, training etc. with a view to both optimizing productivity and enhancing employee relations. Gain alignment with needs of the business
- Oversee operations budgets to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure targets seeking always opportunities for cycle time and cost reductions.
- Manage materials/inventory and vendors to ensure that production and financial goals are achieved
- Ensure that operations capabilities are scalable to…
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