G&H (Gooch & Housego) hiring Manufacturing Manager in Keene, New Hampshire, United States | LinkedIn (2024)

At G&H|StingRay, we develop advanced and complex optical systems for global defense and military sectors, Homeland Security, Search and Rescue, surveillance and commercial applications. These systems span the optical spectrum of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths. G&H is a fast-paced design environment for prototype and production volumes.

The Manufacturing Manager is a leadership position. Building strong alliances across all functional teams, working as a member of the site leadership team on strategic planning, own the manufacturing and support performance KPI’s for the site and ensure Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental compliance are met are critical to the success of this position.

This role will be responsible for developing an enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible team through personal leadership attributes. The Manufacturing Manager will also be required to support continuous improvement by identifying areas of deficiency and recommending appropriate changes in training, working practice and processes for the department.

Responsibilities

• Drive day to day Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost Leadership throughout operational processes to ensure expected outputs.
• Instill the voice of the customer throughout each process to ensure all Operations have the customer requirements in mind, every day for every job.
• Provide direction and leadership to a matrix organization of direct and indirect reports ensuring that products are manufactured with the highest level of quality in a safe and timely manner that will meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Strong leader that will listen, engage, and encourage employee suggestions and input to achieve excellent results. While managing performance, career pathing, and resource time management of the team.
• Maintain a safe work environment, a high level of safety awareness among associates, and implement Six Sigma principles. Providing leadership guidance during Gemba walks. Comply with all G&H policies. ISO standards, regulatory or statutory requirements.
• Conduct fact-based analysis using Lean techniques to create value and manage an operation that eliminates waste and drives continuous process improvement related to safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Own and review Operations Key Performance Indicators (KPI) during daily management meetings. Identifying gaps and implementing countermeasures.
• Meet or exceed established common business objectives from the Site Strategic Plan and Budget.

Experience:

• BS degree in a relevant field, or 10+ years in a production environment
• 5+ years’ experience in a technical production environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and management of manufacturing teams.
• Exposure to a LEAN manufacturing environment, ideally trained to Sigma 6 Green belt.

The responsibilities of this position will involve having access to items and technical data that may be controlled under U.S. export laws and regulations ("U.S. Export Control Laws"), including but not limited to the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR"). In order to comply with the U.S. Export Control Laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within G&H that may present access to export-controlled technical data, G&H must assess whether candidates are "U.S. persons" as defined under the EAR (15 C.F.R. Part 772) and the ITAR (22 C.F.R. § 120.15). Certain questions asked during the application process are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only.

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunity or practices on the grounds of gender, race, religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national laws under which the Company operates.