CNC Shop Floor Lead & Continuous Improvement

Delva; Cinnaminson Township (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with 4% company match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Life/AD&D insurance

Accrued vacation time

10 paid holidays

Job summary

Delva Tool and Machine is an AS9100 Rev D certified aerospace and defense CNC machine shop seeking a senior operations leader who will own the shop floor end-to-end. You will drive spindle-hour attainment, build discipline, and implement process improvements to turn a good shop into a world-class facility.

The role demands ultimate accountability for throughput, capacity planning, and machine health across two shifts.

Qualifications

• 8+ years CNC machining experience with at least 3 years in a management or supervisory role
• Demonstrated ability to own production KPIs: delivery, yield, scrap, utilization
• Experience leading continuous improvement on a live shop floor (setup reduction, lean practices, process standardization)
• Comfort partnering with Engineering and Programming on new job launches, tooling strategy, and DFM
• Experience managing budgets: labor, tooling, and overhead
• Ability to lead root cause analysis and drive corrective action, not just report on problems

Responsibilities

• Own spindle hour attainment: track it weekly, and drive progress toward the department goal
• Shop floor throughput: identify capacity drains and propose concrete improvement initiatives with implementation plans
• Capacity planning: forecast labor and machine needs against production backlog
• Machine health: build and run a preventive maintenance program to keep spindles turning
• Department performance: drive KPIs across on-time delivery, first-pass yield, scrap rate, and safety; lead root cause and corrective action
• Team development: conduct performance reviews, coach supervisors and technicians, build floor discipline

Skills

CNC machining

Leadership

Continuous improvement

Root cause analysis

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Technology or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Lean manufacturing

AS9100 / NADCAP experience

5-axis machining

Job description

Delva Tool and Machine is an AS9100 Rev D certified aerospace and defense CNC machine shop seeking a senior operations leader who will own the shop floor end-to-end. You will drive spindle-hour attainment, build discipline, and implement process improvements to turn a good shop into a world-class facility.

The role demands ultimate accountability for throughput, capacity planning, and machine health across two shifts.