Operations Manager

Operations Manager

Travel : Quarterly travel to Canada and up to 4 customer visits per year to domestic and international military bases.

Schedule : 4-day work week (MondayThursday).

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and confident Operations Manager to lead structural engineering efforts across our U.S. and Canadian operations. This pivotal role will drive technical excellence, resolve complex engineering challenges, and support strategic business development initiatives. Have had experience overseeing design, analysis, and integrity of aircraft structures to ensure they meet safety and regulatory standards. Will have led engineering teams, reviewed technical drawings and stress reports, and approved designs, modifications or repairs, and be knowledgeable of manufacturing engineering objectives and solutions. The position will coordinate with manufacturing, maintenance, and certification authorities to ensure compliance. Will be able to perform analysis as applicable to ensure compliance with DoD and / or FAA airworthiness requirements. Contribute substantially to the product sustainment design enhancements and develop technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems with solutions that are imaginative, thorough, and practicable and consistent with organization objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, analysis, and integrity assurance of aircraft structures to meet safety and regulatory standards.
• Oversee engineering teams, review technical drawings and stress reports, and approve designs, modifications, and repairs.
• Ensure alignment with manufacturing engineering objectives and collaborate with cross-functional teams including maintenance and certification authorities.
• Perform structural and stress analysis to ensure compliance with DoD and / or FAA airworthiness requirements.
• Drive product sustainment and design enhancements with imaginative, thorough, and practicable solutions.
• Review non-conformance reports and resolve design issues.
• Act as a technical authority across structural, stress, and design engineering disciplines.
• Manage liaison and manufacturing engineers.
• Support proposal development and customer-facing technical discussions.
• Streamline in-house engineering processes and ensure product readiness from design to production.

Essential Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Why Join Us?

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $140000.00 - $160000.00 / hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following :

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Tampa, FL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 22, 2025.