Director of Assembly

Overview

The Director of Assembly Operations is responsible for leading assembly operations to ensure safe efficient high-quality production that meets customer regulatory and business requirements. This role provides strategic and day-to-day leadership for assembly teams drives operational performance supports continuous improvement initiatives and partners cross-functionally with quality engineering supply chain program management and executive leadership to achieve production delivery cost safety and customer satisfaction goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead assembly operations including production execution staffing scheduling safety quality delivery and cost performance.
• Develop and implement operational strategies that support business objectives customer commitments and long-term growth.
• Provide leadership coaching and direction to managers supervisors leads and production employees within assembly operations.
• Drive accountability for production schedules labor utilization first-pass quality on-time delivery and overall operational performance.
• Partner with quality engineering supply chain program management and customer teams to resolve production constraints technical issues and delivery risks.
• Champion a culture of safety compliance communication continuous improvement and professional accountability across the assembly organization.
• Monitor key performance indicators and use data to identify trends improve processes reduce waste and increase operational efficiency.
• Support workforce planning employee development succession planning performance management and training needs within assembly operations.
• Ensure assembly activities are performed in accordance with company policies customer specifications aerospace quality standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Prepare and present operational updates performance metrics risks and improvement plans to senior leadership.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Operations Management Engineering Manufacturing Industrial Technology or a related field required.
• Experience in aerospace assembly aircraft structures complex manufacturing or high-mix/low-volume production environments.
• Experience with lean manufacturing continuous improvement root cause analysis corrective action and operational excellence initiatives.
• Experience supporting customer programs audits production readiness rate increases and cross-functional improvement projects.
• Bilingual proficiency is preferred particularly the ability to communicate effectively in English and Spanish.

Required Experience:

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