Hybrid Site Director - (Aerospace & Defense) bei FRONTGRADE TECHNOLOGIES

For more than six decades, the skilled thinkers, makers, and doers at Frontgrade have embraced our mission to solve complex technology challenges across the U.S. and around the globe.

We’re the leading provider of high reliability and radiation assured solutions for defense, space, intelligence, commercial, and civil applications, and our products are designed to perform in the harshest of environments. From human spaceflight and space exploration to missile defense, electronic warfare, and healthcare tech advancements, our talented team stays in lockstep with our customers to ensure the success of their missions.

Do you want to help shape the future? In an environment where innovation and ideas go hand-in-hand? Then come join the Frontgrade Team!

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits – from day one. You’ll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level – and beyond.

Other benefits include:

• Competitive Benefits: Medical (FSA + HSA), Dental, and Vision
• Immediate 401K Vesting/Matching
• Career Opportunity and Growth
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment
• Generous PTO and 11 paid Holidays per year (8 regular and 2 floating)
• 8 weeks of 100% Paid Family Leave 

*Profit Sharing Plan applies to all non-Annual Incentive Plan and non-Sales Incentive Plan employees.

The Site Director will plan, organize, staff, and direct all activities of the facility to achieve plant and organizational goals for safety, quality, growth, profitability, productivity, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. This key role will also lead production and plant operations, supply chain and test, process and manufacturing engineering to ensure the effective utilization of resources. This is an onsite role in Plainview, NY.

• Create and maintain a Best-in-Class Manufacturing operation (Center of Excellence) relentlessly driving strategy toward growth and achievement
• Partner with key leadership in the development of a strategy to achieve short- and long-term operational and business development objectives; direct the submittal of the organizations Annual Operating Plan and business's financial forecasts and response plans
• Direct and coordinate all plant functions including Manufacturing, Materials, Production Control, Purchasing, Planning, SIOP, Manufacturing, Engineering, Logistics, Shipping, Facilities, and Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) to assure common direction toward plant goals
• Guide and support the plant quality system in procedures and controls to improve overall customer satisfaction, DPPM (defective parts per million), first pass yield and warranty results
• Maintain a positive rapport with all levels of the organization to foster and promote a diverse and inclusive work environment, high levels of morale, and employee engagement while leading and supporting the development of plant employees and succession planning activities
• Partner with the Operational Excellence team to ensure the effective development and delivery of programs to teach the workforce lean manufacturing tools and concepts such as problem solving, A3 thinking, leader as coaches, Kanban/pull systems, Kaizen, Value Stream mapping, visual management, mistake proofing, 5S and cellular manufacturing

• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by either ITAR or EAR U.S. export laws. As a condition to this job offer, in order to be employed in this position, you must be able to obtain an U.S. Government export license(s), as required by law.
• Pay Range: $200,000 - $250,000 annually. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate.