Production Manager

Company Overview

ARA is a leading C5ISR company that designs, manufactures, tests and installs innovative technologies that provide the national security community with unparalleled situational awareness, threat detection, and communications capabilities.

Our disruptive, integrated solutions, assemblies and subsystems rise to the challenging demands of discerning, mission-critical customers.

We leverage our capabilities to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers and empower them to remain ahead of evolving threats and complexities in a dynamic security landscape.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motived Production Manager who oversees the operations of all production areas to ensure that volume, cost, and quality standards are achieved.

The Production Manger will plan and establish work schedules, staffing requirements, and production sequences to maximize productivity.

They will provide production process analysis and make recommendations on solutions to process improvements. They will be familiar with a variety of concepts, practices, and procedures for modern Lean manufacturing Processes.

You will rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Manage technician staff in the production and delivery of various hardware through factory acceptance. You will have the critical task of managing the priorities, equipment, and people associated with the production line
• Set priorities and direct daily operations to include timely issuing and completion of work orders to the production floor
• Ensure all operators are following safety procedures and their teams' safety training is current, documenting EHS incidents, correcting proactively workplace hazards in the areas, and empowering others to continuously improve operations
• Manage, coach, mentor and support production technicians
• Prioritize work activities for operators to achieve target on time delivery goals
• Ensure quality standards are being met throughout the entire production process and support no defects from leaving a station or team area
• Be able to provide high level reports out to Production Managers, Directors, and Head of Manufacturing as needed
• Provide management of day-to-today manufacturing & assembly operations.
• Review available information and allocate resources to maximize efficiency of manufacturing operation.
• Use operation rates / duration estimates, schedules commencement and completion dates regarding available resources.
• Provide weekly and monthly production schedule and meet the weekly and monthly production goals.
• Assist management in creating an overall project detailed schedule for projects if necessary.
• Update schedule as necessary and on completion of operations; revises order details to ensure current information is maintained and available.
• Compile a regular production schedule to ensure job commencement dates are met on target.
• Prepare relevant reports.
• Refine the accuracy of planned hours for future orders.
• Manage Six sigma projects and other continuous projects in the department.
• Assist in compiling information for the Key Performance Indicators monthly.

Position Qualifications

Competency Statement(s)

• Adaptability - Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities.
• Communication - Ability to clearly communicate and interact with others.
• Decision Making - Able to reach a decision, takes thoughtful approach when considering options, seeks input from others, makes difficult decisions.
• Employee Management - Defines responsibilities, motivates employees, delegates well.
• Ethics - Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality.
• Initiative - Ability to take on task before being asked.
• Leadership - Provides strong leadership, sets a good example, skilled decision maker, motivator, and encourager.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Quality - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve products / services.

Experience and Skills

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

• 5 years of manufacturing experience, 3 years in an operations management, supervisory role in a relevant field is required
• Knowledge and experience with process improvement techniques.
• Background with DoD environment including MIL-STDs, FAR, DFAR, typical government deliverable formats, and government contracting.
• Proficient with MS office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project)

Education

• BS or BA degree in manufacturing or engineering, or relevant experience in a manufacturing operations management role.
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement training or certification.

Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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