Operations Manager

Title: MTO Operations Manager

Reporting to: Vice President of Engineering

Summary:

Supervise and direct prototype and small lot production machinists and, in coordination with, other technical and manufacturing personnel to ensure efficient and on-time production schedules in accordance with safety and quality standards. Provide leadership, motivation, accountability, and direction to department personnel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and sets priority of production schedule, directs and assigns duties for prototype machinists; schedules and authorizes overtime as necessary to meet delivery requirements.
• Ensures manufacture of products and processes in response to product design specifications that meets established standards.
• Assures all engineering and manufacturing processes comply with applicable regulatory requirements and company established quality system requirements.
• Ensures proper operation and maintenance of department related equipment.
• Makes recommendations for capital investments to support department growth and technology advances.
• Participates in recruiting, hiring and promotes an environment for training and skills development of department personnel.
• Makes recommendations for capital investments to support department growth and technology advances
• Responsible for direct management of department personnel including annual written employee evaluations, one-on-one performance reviews and salary adjustment recommendations.
• Works closely with engineering and customers as necessary to ensure all customer requirements are met.
• Continually evaluates ways to minimize lead times and improve responsiveness to customers.
• Leads department Production Meetings.
• Works with machinists and leads to ensure efficient manufacturing processes are being employed.
• Overall responsibility for development and growth of MTO business, and supporting resources including personnel, infrastructure, and capabilities.
• Assures the OSHA regulations and EPA regulations are being met.
• Manages non-product projects and Capital equipment purchases as required by the President.
• Engage in contract review of new product opportunities to ensure timely and efficient processing so that product service and delivery commitments are achieved.
• Ensure manufacture of products is in compliance with design specifications.
• Acts as liaison to quoting and estimating group for customer proposals.
• Support QA and QC with customer complaints and product defect/failure investigations.
• Identify and support continuous improvement opportunities and initiatives in manufacturing.

• Provide technical support and ensure all required training of manufacturing related processes, equipment, and resources has been performed and kept up to date.
• Assists in determining production layouts and construction or expansion to production facilities.
• Works closely with Quality Assurance to ensure plant wide compliance to current FDA QSR’s and the Company’s Quality Management Systems.
• Responsible for assuring activities are performed in accordance with the Company’s Quality System procedures.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering related field and six to ten years of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of Management experience in a sophisticated manufacturing business, preferably with experience in machining products (ideally precision instruments and/or components).
• Exposure to organizational building in a growth/expansion phase, instituting controls and procedures, operations, new business development, customer relationship management and management information systems.
• Experience working with or supervising labor forces in a cooperative manner.
• Formal training in process improvement program such as Six Sigma, Lean or Continuous improvement.
• Experience working within the medical device manufacturing environment.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong leadership qualities, including the ability to build a team, mentor, professionally develop and inspire subordinates through enthusiasm, and attract talented professionals to the organization.
• A communicator: able to create a communicative, “harmonious” environment and foster interaction between all employees.
• Strong commitment to customer service and support.
• Ability to read complex mechanical (machining) drawings and specifications.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to express concepts effectively, both written and verbal.
• Detail oriented with a high level of emphasis on accuracy and completeness.
• Strong multitasking skills with the ability to work in a highly dynamic and growing environment.
• Must be familiar with MRP software required to input, process, and finalize work orders.
• Highest standard to personal and business ethics.
• An ability to grasp the overall business model, the market, the customer, and the competition in order to ensure that the Company are best equipped and positioned to compete.
• Ability to anticipate business and competitive trends and to respond to effectively to those trends.
• Imagination and aggressiveness in pursuing new solutions to existing challenges.
• Knowledge of systems and the ability to enhance systems to facilitate the flow of timely business and operating information.
• Ability to organize, develop, and deliver professional management presentations.
• Knowledge of systems and the ability to enhance systems to facilitate the flow of timely business and operating information.
• Potential for continued growth and additional responsibilities.
• Strong verbal, communication, and computer skills.
• Proficient with all the machines and procedures within the department.
• Must have working knowledge of manufacturing engineering software required for machinery within the department.

No sponsorship visa (H1-B, etc) candidates at this time, sorry.


Qualified candidates must submit their resume in Microsoft Word format along with at least three professional references to:


COYOTE TECHNICAL & EXECUTIVE SOURCING
Phil Montoya
Director of Sourcing