Aerospace Assembly Operations Manager

Randstad USA; South Windsor (CT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad USA in Connecticut seeks a proactive Aerospace Assembly Department Manager to lead a hands-on shop floor team, optimize throughput, and uphold AS9100 quality standards.

This role blends supervision with strategic planning, mentors the crew, interprets blueprints and ECNs, ensures FOD/ESD and 5S, and coordinates schedules with cross-functional partners. First shift, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM; no degree required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a supervisory or department manager role.
• Experience interpreting blueprints and assembly drawings.
• AS9100 compliance experience required.
• Strong root-cause analysis skills.
• ERP/MES systems experience for scheduling and WIP.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and cross-train an assembly team responsible for mechanical assembly, deburring, machining operations (drill/kick/power presses, grinding), testing, packaging, and crating.
• Serve as the senior technical authority on the floor, interpreting complex blueprints, assembly drawings, work instructions, and ECNs.
• Backfill and support lead assembler duties as needed during critical operations or bottlenecks.
• Maintain FOD prevention, ESD controls, calibrated gaging verification, and 5S/cleanroom-level safety standards.
• Challenge process routings, cycle-time estimates, assembly methods, and DFMs.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, and Program Management.
• Apply root-cause analysis to resolve NCRs and recurring scrap/rework.
• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly assembly schedules.
• Coordinate labor tracking, capacity planning, and WIP flow through ERP/MES.
• 2+ years in a supervisory role.

Skills

Blueprint Reading

Mechanical Aptitude

Production Planning

Root-Cause Analysis

AS9100 Compliance

GD and T

ERP Proficiency

Tools

ERP/MES

Job description

Randstad USA in Connecticut seeks a proactive Aerospace Assembly Department Manager to lead a hands-on shop floor team, optimize throughput, and uphold AS9100 quality standards.

This role blends supervision with strategic planning, mentors the crew, interprets blueprints and ECNs, ensures FOD/ESD and 5S, and coordinates schedules with cross-functional partners. First shift, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM; no degree required.