Operations Engineering Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Wichita, Kansas, United States; onsite manufacturing role

Salary: $105,300–$161,450 annually

Company

hirify.global, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, designs and builds commercial aerostructures including fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components using composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

What you will do

• Manage continuous improvement specialists and lead multi-shift Operations Support Specialists and professional union-represented employees.
• Develop manufacturing build plans, support assembly operations, conduct root cause analysis, and solve complex production problems.
• Drive process improvement, quality, safety, compliance, and consistent application of manufacturing best practices.
• Oversee onboarding and training for new Operations Support Specialists.
• Use production metrics to make decisions, manage projects, and ensure schedule commitments are met.
• Communicate manufacturing plans, progress, and changes across functions and organizational levels, including senior leadership.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing production environment.
• Critical thinking, analytical, troubleshooting, decision-making, innovation, and resourcefulness skills for assembly operations problems.
• Ability to manage projects and lead or participate in cross-functional engineering teams across multiple disciplines and management levels.
• Knowledge of business and production metrics, structures, and reporting.
• Knowledge of standard business software, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints, build plans, CATIA, and IVT.
• Knowledge of SAP or other large-scale MRP systems.

Nice to have

• Degree in manufacturing, technology, or engineering.
• Experience in business management functions or demand management.
• Knowledge of APICS supply chain principles, Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, and Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a drug-free workplace; post-offer applicants and employees may be subject to drug and alcohol testing when policy criteria are met.
• Benefits generally include health insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, retirement savings, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time off, subject to eligibility and collective bargaining agreements.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities based on experience, qualifications, market, and business considerations.
• Eligible Kansas team members may qualify for a $5,000 Kansas aviation tax credit for up to five years.