Head of Operations, ACPI
On-siteDavenport, Iowa, United States
Job Summary
Lead day-to-day production, assembly, calibration, testing, and material flow at the Davenport, Iowa factory, owning site performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and schedule. Build production plans, capacity models, and staffing strategies to meet customer commitments while implementing Lean manufacturing and visual management. Manage purchasing, inventory, and supplier logistics, executing recovery plans for material constraints and optimizing working capital. Own the aerospace quality management system, ensuring audit readiness and driving containment, root-cause analysis, and closure of findings. Serve as the primary interface for new product introduction, translating engineering programs into safe, compliant production through design-for-manufacturability input and first-article qualification. Partner with the General Manager on operating plans, forecasts, and the on-site ERP rollout, providing data-driven updates on performance and risks.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Manufacturing Manager, Quality Manager, Lead engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, or similar leader or operational role in a regulated or high-reliability manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated ownership of production and supply chain execution in low-volume, high-mix, or otherwise complex manufacturing
- Hands-on experience maintaining a quality management system, preparing for and leading audits, and closing findings and corrective actions
- Strong knowledge of production planning, capacity management, inventory, supplier management, and ERP or MRP systems
- Track record of improving safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity through Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
- Experience partnering with engineering to launch new products and transition development work into controlled, repeatable production
- This is a full-time, on-site role based in Davenport, Iowa
- Must be able to travel as needed to other Amca locations, suppliers, and customers, sometimes with short notice
- Must be able to work extended hours, including weekends, as needed to meet business needs
- All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR
- U.S. citizenship
- U.S. permanent residence (Green Card holder)
- Status as a protected person under 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3)
Desired Qualifications
- Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience, particularly with hydraulic, fluid-control, electromechanical, or test equipment products
- Experience with aerospace quality management systems and customer or certification audits, such as AS9100
- Experience with first article and qualification activity, configuration control, new product introduction, and long-cycle development programs
- Engineering or manufacturing engineering background
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