Operations Manager

Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) designs, develops, and manufactures advanced composite components in order to help our customers push the frontiers of innovation.  Our core strength is our ability to produce highly tailored, complex composite components. With our unique blend of products – including 3D woven structures, traditional and non-traditional 2D composite structures, and discrete through thickness reinforcement technologies, to name a few – AEC is able to produce composite components and products which meet performance and cost specifications often beyond the reach of metallic or conventional laminated composites.

Responsible for all or a major portion of processing operations in a plant. The operations manager is a senior role which involves overseeing the production of goods and/or provision of services. It's an operations manager's job to make sure an organization is running as well as it possibly can, with a smooth efficient service that meets the expectations and needs of customers and clients.

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Promotes good relations with community, government agencies and customers.
• Management Role Accomplishes results through subordinate supervisors or exempt specialist employees.
• Development of Production process definition and implementation. Interacts with or fills the role of OPL relative to Eng/MFG interface.
• Responsible for introduction and startup of new production and products.
• Develops capacity
• Policy and Strategy Interprets and administers policies, processes and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work areas.
• Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
• Interacts frequently with internal personnel and outside representatives at various levels.
• Participates and presents at meetings with internal and external representatives.
• Interaction typically concerns resolution of operational and scheduling issues.
• Operations Involvement/Direct Work Involvement Manages production supervisors and Associate Managers.
• Sets objectives and standards of performance for all employees in his/her department. Is responsible for bids, monitoring and meeting production budgets.
• Initiates and follows through on performance reviews and counseling.
• Interface with manufacturing engineering, engineering, quality control, and other support groups to solve production problems.
• Meets all company, safety and environmental and good housekeeping guidelines.
• Initiates training plan for production managers and supervisors.