Environmental Specialist

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.

As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Anduril’s Rocket Motor Systems group is seeking a Director of Full Rate Production to join our team. The Rocket Motor Systems group designs, develops, and manufactures next-generation solid rocket motors for defense and space applications at Anduril.

We are seeking a Senior Manufacturing Leader to join our Full Rate Production team in McHenry, MS. In this role, you will help scale production efforts within a $100M next-generation production facility with first of their kind robotics and automation equipment. You will sit at the helm of end‑to‑end delivery producing thousands of cutting‑edge solid rocket motors per year. This role is highly dynamic and requires robust people management skills overseeing everything from front‑line labor to Manufacturing Engineers.

The Director of Full Rate Production sits at the forefront of delivering exceptional customer experiences, fostering team development, and overseeing day‑to‑day SRM delivery. Success in this role demands consistent achievement across customer satisfaction, team management, operations, and financial goals.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in energetics and exemplify time‑management skills, technical acumen, and a passion for leading transformative change.

• Lead, motivate, and manage a team of production supervisors, front‑line team members, support staff, and manufacturing engineers in the production and delivery of solid rocket motors. You will have the critical task of managing the priorities, equipment, and people associated with the production line
• Set priorities and direct daily operations to include timely issuing and completion of work orders to the production floor
• Champion an EHS‑focused culture by ensuring production processes, equipment, and team members comply with established requirements. Actively work with the EHS team to continuously improve processes and drive accountability to 5S standards
• Manage, coach, mentor and support production technicians
• Develop and refine process instructions. Ensure these processes are diligently communicated, trained to, and followed
• Drive urgency and accountability by leveraging tools such as SPC, KPIs, and other performance data analysis. Employ problem solving and data‑driven decision‑making, and coach the production team to do the same.
• Ensure products meet all quality standards and specifications. Implement and utilize quality control processes, participate in improvement and corrective action activities, and drive reduction in variability.
• Be able to provide high level reports to Production Managers, Directors, Head of Production, and Senior Leadership as needed.
• Continuously evaluate and improve production processes to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and lower costs
• Complete transactions in production systems (Net Suite / JIRA Anduril MES) on daily basis
• Work cross functionally to ensure inventory levels are maintained and accurate in each work area
• Provide weekly report out of production progress, blockers, risks, needs. Generate daily pass downs and weekly production reports for engineering and operations team
• Lead daily communication with cross functional team such as engineering, technicians, supply chain, logistics, and quality as necessary
• Build a positive and collaborative team culture that promotes product knowledge, skills development, and X‑training
• Show up every day with a high level of urgency and enthusiasm to get…