Manager, Electrical Assembly

Job Title: Manager, Electrical Assembly

• • Lead the Electronic Assembly Production floor, providing ongoing management, scheduling oversight, and product support to ensure successful product delivery with high quality.
  • Coordinates and manages day-to-day activities of Electrical Assemblers. Work in conjunction with Planning, Procurement, and Test to ensure tasks remain on schedule.
  • Plans, organizes, directs, motivates, controls, and evaluates all aspects of the manufacturing processes.
  • Lead mitigation of product risks & flow inhibitors, working with operations, engineering, quality, and supply chain.
  • Lead corrective actions to improve production cells uptime, efficiency, and quality.
  • Coordinate with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering to plan New Product Introduction (NPI) bringing new technology to production floor.
  • Must understand and work from drawings and schematics, well versed with solder techniques, bonding, crimping, wire harness applications and cabling.
  • Reviews and approves assemblers’ timecards.
  • Performs yearly employee evaluations.
  • Responsible for assuring the safety of all employees, and monitoring employee adherence to all safety policies and utilization of proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
  • Establishes realistic goals and objectives, makes final decisions on administrative or operational matters, and continuously monitors progress such that program objectives are accomplished efficiently, completely, and within established timeframes.
  • Provides recommendations and input regarding product developmental strategies, selection of manufacturing technology/vendors, departmental policies, systems and standards, procedures, resourcing, budgets, goals, and objectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum 9-years prior related experience, or Associate’s degree and a minimum of 12-years prior related experience or High School diploma and a minimum of 15-years of prior related experience.
• AS9100 working knowledge required.
• Complete understanding of MIL-STD-2000, J-STD-001, IPC-A-610 or NASA-STD-8739.3.
• Competent using various chemicals such as Alcohol, Epoxies, RTV Silicones, and Conformal coating.
• Capable of leading and driving issues/actions through completion.
• Ability to strategically organize and complete projects, tasks and business objectives, independently.
• Experienced in leading cross functional teams, with strong interpersonal skills and team attitude, with an ability to motivate.
• Experienced in process improvements.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate verbally and written at all levels, internally and externally.
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to motivate subordinates to meet schedules, control costs and improve product quality.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills while building strong relationships with internal customers.
• Strong computer skills, (MS Project/Office and Visual Manufacturing).
• Knowledgeable of wiring chassis and cables required.
• Must be able to solder and crimp pins for connectors and lugs.
• Knowledgeable of Teflon and PVC type wire and braided shielding is required.
• Must be able to read blueprint schematics and wire lists.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a future Security Clearance is required for the role. Eligibility requires U.S. citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Lean manufacturing environment a plus.
• Previous experience in Program Management or Project Management role a plus.
• IPC-610 and IPC-620 current or past certification desired.
• Deltek Costpoint a plus.