Sr. Operations Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Kent, Washington, United States; onsite

Salary: $160,000–$181,000 annual salary plus bonus.

Company

hirify.global manufactures advanced lightweight composite materials and composite structures for the aerospace industry, including carbon fiber, resins, prepregs, honeycombs, and engineered cores.

What you will do

• Lead site operations supporting the manufacture of composite aerospace hardware.
• Maintain a safe production environment and strengthen the factory’s EHS culture.
• Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, training, and succession planning for hourly and salaried teams.
• Align process engineering, quality, and supply chain around customer satisfaction, cost, delivery, safety, and employee morale.
• Analyze capacity and budgets, increase throughput, reduce inventories, and lower operating expenses.
• Lead Kaizen, Lean/5S, and Six Sigma DMAIC projects to improve processes and metrics.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in business or a related technical field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least five years of related experience in management, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to improve processes and metrics through continuous improvement.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to address large groups and lead individuals and teams.
• Self-motivation with excellent interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP/MES systems and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Eligible candidates must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, certain temporary residents, refugees, or asylees.

Nice to have

• Lean Six Sigma training or certification.
• Aerospace industry experience and understanding of AS9100.
• Materials management, logistics, and supply chain experience.
• Experience with Microsoft AX, Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso, and statistical software.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role focused on continuous improvement and collaborative cross-functional leadership.
• Work supports safety, customer satisfaction, quality, cost control, and employee development.
• Compensation includes annual salary and bonus.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided without regard to protected characteristics.