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Piper Maddox lists this Manufacturing Engineering Director opportunity in montgomery, Alabama. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Manufacturing Engineering Director – Aerospace
Location: Montgomery, Alabama Area
Relocation: Comprehensive relocation support available
Employment: Permanent
We are supporting a major global aerospace manufacturer in the appointment of a Manufacturing Engineering Director to lead the Manufacturing Engineering function at a large, established US facility specialising in advanced composite structures.
This is a senior site leadership position with responsibility for an organisation of approximately 55 Manufacturing Engineering professionals, supporting both new product introduction and established aerospace programmes.
The role
You will have site-wide responsibility for Manufacturing Engineering capability, performance and development, including:
Leading and developing a multidisciplinary ME organisation, including approximately nine direct reports.
Owning Manufacturing Engineering strategy across NPI, industrialisation and serial production.
Supporting advanced composite manufacturing, including lay-up, cure, bonding, machining, tooling, inspection/NDI and assembly.
Driving improvements across quality, delivery, cost, throughput and process capability.
Leading technical problem-solving, manufacturing recovery and continuous improvement.
Developing the existing team, engineering capability and succession pipeline.
Working closely with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and Programme Management.
Acting as a senior technical interface with major aerospace and defence customers.
What we're looking for
We are particularly interested in candidates with:
Significant Manufacturing Engineering leadership experience within aerospace or defence.
Strong exposure to composite manufacturing.
Broad understanding of the complete manufacturing lifecycle, from NPI/process development through production ramp-up and sustainment.
Experience leading and developing sizeable engineering organisations.
Strong customer-facing technical credibility.
Knowledge of Lean, APQP, PFMEA and structured problem-solving methodologies.
An Engineering degree or equivalent technical background.
This is an opportunity to take functional ownership of Manufacturing Engineering at a significant US aerospace facility, with considerable influence across manufacturing strategy, organisational development, customer relationships and future site capability.
A competitive Director-level package is available alongside comprehensive relocation support.
Please get in touch for a confidential discussion and further information.
Worksite address
montgomery, AL, 36136, US
Who can apply
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