Senior Facilities Manager
Hermeus
Assembly
Head of Production Operations
Hermeus
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $290,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AssemblyERP
About the role
- Develop and execute company production operations strategy aligned with aircraft and missile programs.
- Lead site selection, layout planning, and facility build-out for new manufacturing locations and production lines.
- Build and lead manufacturing engineers, process engineers, and production operations personnel.
- Collaborate with engineering, supply chain and finance to develop and implement a master schedule and meet deadlines.
- Design and implement scalable manufacturing processes ensuring compliance with DoD production standards and contractual requirements.
- Own day-to-day production execution, shop floor performance, throughput, and cost efficiency metrics.
- Establish production KPIs and operating systems for schedule adherence, inventory control, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with Advanced Development and Product Engineering to ensure manufacturability in design phase and lead feedback loops.
- Collaborate with Head of Quality and Build Reliability to meet internal quality standards and customer expectations.
- Work with Supply Chain to ensure materials, tools, and components availability aligned with production timelines.
- Support program management and executive leadership with production planning, readiness reviews, and strategic decisions.
- Build a cohesive production team for low-rate and full-rate manufacturing, mentor engineers and operations staff emphasizing continuous improvement, ownership, and safety.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 10+ years of experience in aerospace or defense production operations, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
- Proven track record of standing up and scaling aerospace manufacturing lines, including site planning and process deployment.
- Deep understanding of DoD production requirements, quality standards (e.g., AS9100), and government compliance.
- Demonstrated experience in process design, lean manufacturing, and design for manufacturability.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
- Must be a "U.S. person" per 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or eligible for deemed export licensing (U.S. citizenship, national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, refugee with status granted).
