Aerospace Plant Manager — P&L, CNC & Lean Ops

Confidential Careers; California; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers seeks an elite Plant Manager to lead an aerospace and defense manufacturing facility, driving profitability, productivity, and on-time delivery.

The role demands hands-on leadership with a business mindset, deep knowledge of precision CNC machining, and a proven track record in managing P&L, production scheduling, estimating, and continuous improvement. You will partner with finance and engineering to optimize capacity and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Significant experience managing precision CNC machining operations.
• Aerospace and/or defense manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated responsibility for a P&L or significant plant financial performance.
• Strong understanding of job costing, estimating, margins, labor utilization, and manufacturing economics.
• Proven success improving plant profitability.
• Strong knowledge of production planning and scheduling.
• Experience with complex, high-value, tight-tolerance components.

Responsibilities

• Assume ownership and accountability for the plant's P&L and financial performance.
• Develop and execute strategies to increase revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, and overall profitability.
• Analyze labor, material, tooling, overhead, scrap, rework, overtime, and other cost drivers.
• Identify and eliminate sources of margin erosion and operational waste.
• Establish financial and operational KPIs and hold leadership teams accountable for results.
• Partner with Finance to develop budgets, forecasts, capital plans, and financial improvement initiatives.
• Understand job costing, labor utilization, machine utilization, standard hours, actual hours, and manufacturing variances.
• Make sound decisions regarding capital expenditures, staffing, equipment utilization, outsourcing, and capacity.
• Lead all aspects of plant manufacturing operations, including CNC machining, production, engineering, quality, maintenance, materials, and scheduling.

Job description

Confidential Careers seeks an elite Plant Manager to lead an aerospace and defense manufacturing facility, driving profitability, productivity, and on-time delivery.

The role demands hands-on leadership with a business mindset, deep knowledge of precision CNC machining, and a proven track record in managing P&L, production scheduling, estimating, and continuous improvement. You will partner with finance and engineering to optimize capacity and customer satisfaction.