Senior Cell Leader

Prattwhitney; Singapore; On-site; SGD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee scholarship program

Comprehensive health, medical and dental benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Career and skills development opportunities

Job summary

Prattwhitney in Singapore is looking for a leader to oversee the Operation Department, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of high-quality products. The role includes managing a team of up to 30 Technicians and achieving strict compliance with quality standards.

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and a minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment. Strong leadership, problem-solving skills, and experience with SAP are essential. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage and a competitive remuneration package.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a manufacturing environment in precision metal machining.
• Proven ability to manage and motivate teams to achieve business goals.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Operation Department to achieve efficient product delivery.
• Manage the Manufacturing Cell and lead a team of up to 30 Technicians.
• Provide coaching and performance feedback to shop floor employees.
• Set up standard work for all production processes.
• Participate in project management for new product implementations.

Skills

Team management

Problem solving

Communication

Lean manufacturing

SAP usage

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

CNC programming

Inspection systems (CMM)

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-04-02 Country: Singapore Location: SG-01-SINGAPORE-051A ~ 51 Seletar Aerospace View ~ 51 SELETAR AEROSPACE VIEW, P&W Manufacturing Services Position Role Type: Onsite

What You Will Do

• Lead the Operation Department to achieve efficient and effective delivery of products with the highest quality, best speed, and lowest cost to support company business objectives.
• Manage the Manufacturing Cell and lead a team of up to 30 Technicians.
• Engage and empower the production supervisors and technicians to ensure full compliance to various requirements to achieve quality, delivery, and cost performance.
• Manage daily, weekly, and monthly production output commitment for on-time delivery every time.
• Operate each production cell as a profit/loss cell to maximize value performance for the organization and achieve all set KPIs.
• Interact with the various business functions in problem-solving, achieve cell goals and company’s objectives.
• Provide coaching and performance feedback to the shop floor employees.
• Review staffing and training needs including hiring, retaining, and developing talent.
• Leverage on CORE to lead, initiate, and implement continuous improvement for established processes for further improvement of quality, speed, and cost.
• Set up standard work for all production processes to complement work instruction for each product production process.
• Initiate detail planning, development, and implementation of manufacturing processes involving preparation, and evaluation of manufacturing processes including detail method of instructions, time standards, CNC programming, tooling, fixture and equipment.
• Participate in project management for all new product implementations that involve cost estimation, scheduling, equipment specification with Engineering and other functions.
• Participate and support company-wide EH&S, Quality, Export Compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Require to be deployed on shifts to support operations on need basis.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent disciplines.
• Min 5 years' experience in a manufacturing environment in precision metal machining & processing and/or assemblies of parts in the Aerospace industry.
• Proven ability to manage and motivate teams to achieve business goals.
• Demonstrated problem solving and leadership skills.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Experience using SAP or equivalent enterprise systems.
• Process and detail oriented, including strong interpersonal and prioritization skills.
• Lean manufacturing or repair experience with a continuous improvement mindset.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Relevant experience in Aerospace, Manufacturing or MRO.
• Knowledge of advanced precision metal processing, CNC programming for milling, grinding, turning, wire cut operations, inspection system like CMM and/ or advance blue light inspection.

Benefits

• Employee scholarship program for further education.
• Comprehensive health, medical and dental benefits.
• On-the-job training and in-house/external certifications.
• Competitive remuneration package.
• Allowance and overtime benefits where applicable.
• Company transport provided.
• Career and skills development opportunities.

Equal Employment Opportunity

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.