Director of Operations Job at Whelan Machine, Louisville, KY

  • Whelan Machine
  • Louisville, KY

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Whelan Machine & Tool, an Ajax Defense company, builds precision components and assemblies for defense and commercial customers. We're hiring a Director of Operations to lead day-to-day manufacturing: machining, welding, assembly, offload, maintenance, production control, and materials and warehouse. Reporting to the General Manager, you'll be accountable for safety, quality, on-time delivery and cost.

What you'll do

  • Set daily, weekly and monthly production priorities that meet customer schedules and contract delivery dates
  • Lead and develop the operations managers: Maintenance; Weld, Assembly and Offload; Machining; Production Control; and Materials/Warehouse
  • Run the daily production meeting and track safety, quality, on-time delivery, throughput, labor efficiency and scrap
  • Balance capacity across work centers and decide overtime, shift coverage and outside work
  • Champion safety (OSHA, machine guarding, lockout/tagout, PPE) and partner with Quality to fix nonconformances at root cause
  • Build and manage the operations budget, labor plan and capital requests, and lead continuous improvement (Lean, 5S, setup reduction, standard work)
  • Ensure ITAR, CUI and AS9100 requirements are followed on the floor and with suppliers; support customer visits and audits

What you need

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years in manufacturing, including 5+ years leading supervisors or managers in machining, fabrication or assembly
  • Proven record improving safety, quality, on-time delivery and cost
  • Working knowledge of production scheduling, capacity planning and ERP/MRP systems
  • Must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (the job involves export-controlled technical data)

Nice to have

  • Experience in an AS9100 defense or aerospace job shop
  • Working knowledge of ITAR/EAR, CUI handling and DFARS/FAR flow-downs
  • Lean or Six Sigma certification

Office and production-floor based; extended hours may be needed to meet delivery commitments.

Ajax Defense, Inc. and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

You should be proficient in:

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Coaching and Mentoring Experience
  • ERP & MRP Systems
  • Budgeting / Forecasting Experience
  • AS9100 Experience
  • ITAR Registration Experience

Job Tags

Contract work, Work at office, Shift work

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