Description
Leidos' Defense Systems Colorado Manufacturing Facility is seeking a Production Manager to join its team supporting a stand-alone manufacturing facility performing work on a hypersonic weapon system as well as other DOD and aerospace applications.
The Production Manager will be part of the site leadership team and have the opportunity to work with a collaborative team to support the nation's war fighters. The role requires agility, flexibility, and creativity to successfully navigate production challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage and lead a team of production technicians
- Maintain shop organization and 5S, performing weekly 5S audits
- Brief the team in daily morning meetings on the status of production jobs
- Work with the production control team to understand deliverables and deploy resources effectively to support on-time delivery
- Work with manufacturing engineering to continuously improve production flow
- Work with quality to understand the status of nonconformities and support closure to move forward to the next step
- Identify production roadblocks and escalate to appropriate teams
- Hold the team accountable for adhering to written production processes
- Identify and support the execution of continuous improvement projects
- Identify and escalate risks in the production processes
- Maintain department performance metrics
- The candidate must be a US Citizen and possess or be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
Basic Qualifications:
- At least 5 years of manufacturing experience with increasing levels of responsibility
- Prior supervisory experience
- Prior exposure to precision machining and assembly processes
- Experience with MRP/ERP systems
- Understanding of GD&T
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Products, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Preferred Qualifications:
- BS degree in engineering, logistics, or business
- Lean manufacturing experience with Six Sigma certification
- Prior experience in Deltek Costpoint
- Secret Security Clearance
The pay range for this job is $92,300.00 - $166,850.00.