Director of Manufacturing Systems

🔥 15 hours ago

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $164.7k - $235k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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Mission Technologies, a division of HII

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5001 - 10000 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

Mission Technologies is a division of HII focused on delivering advanced technologies and solutions to enhance national security. The company specializes in a variety of capabilities, including cyber and space operations, advanced military technologies, and integrated systems for air, land, and sea forces. Through innovative strategies such as AI and C5ISR, Mission Technologies aims to strengthen the operational capabilities of the U. S. military and support joint operations across multiple domains.

📋 Description

• Lead the scale-up of manufacturing across internal and external production sites • Account for manufacturing capacity, delivery, and cost • Deliver manufacturing ramp-ups and margin expansion for strategic products • Design and standardize production requirements, facility layouts, and material flows across production sites • Own manufacturing footprint strategy, including make-vs-buy decisions, new facility investments, and insourcing business cases • Lead integration of new operations • Develop and maintain technical production standards for manufacturing requirements, product introduction, process design changes, and capacity models • Characterize capacity, standardize requirements, assess bottlenecks, balance production lines, and streamline material flows • Establish and lead structured continuous improvement programs • Develop business cases and lead deployment of automation, digital, and AI technologies • Build, lead, and develop a team performing time-and-motion studies, value-stream mapping, capacity modeling, waste identification, and process improvements • Drive change management from the front line to senior leadership • Report to the Vice President of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

🎯 Requirements

• 10 years relevant progressive experience with Bachelors in related field; 8 years relevant progressive experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 14 years relevant progressive experience • Track record of delivering operational and financial impact in Aerospace & Defense or similar complex manufacturing environments • Experience leading capacity modeling and simulation, value stream mapping, time-and-motion studies, and standard work • Experience with business case development for capital, make-vs-buy, or footprint decisions • Familiarity with lean, six sigma, and operational leadership development programs • Exceptional communication skills and ability to build trust quickly with front-line craftspeople and senior executives • Comfort with creating structure from ambiguity and moving quickly with imperfect data • Willingness/ability to travel 51–75% as required by the role

🏖️ Benefits

• Best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices • Wellness resources • Employee assistance programs • Savings Plan Options (401(k)) • Financial planning tools • Life insurance • Employee discounts • Paid holidays • Paid time off • Tuition reimbursement • Early childhood education scholarships • Post-secondary education scholarships • Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation occasionally offered for qualified positions • Valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth