Senior Manager, Composite Production & Scale-Up

Front Door Defense; North Kingstown (RI); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity incentives

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Relocation support

Free catered lunches

Professional development

Job summary

REGENT is seeking a Senior Manager, Composite Production in North Kingstown, RI to own the full composite production organization, including engineering, maintenance, and production teams. You will establish standard work, a preventive maintenance program, and a scalable workforce as we move from prototype to high-rate manufacturing.

You will lead through shift leads and supervisors, drive quality control, and collaborate with Advanced Engineering to ensure processes are robust and ready for

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in composite manufacturing across engineering, maintenance, and production.
• Experience building leadership layers (shift leads, supervisors) for scale.
• Demonstrated maintenance and reliability leadership for composite process equipment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end composite production performance across engineering, maintenance, and production.
• Lead and grow a layer of shift leads and supervisors to scale without compromising quality.
• Systematize engineered fixes into standard work with auditable processes.
• Oversee preventive maintenance and uptime tracking for cure, layup, and trim equipment.
• Build workforce training paths and certification levels to promote internal growth.
• Run quality control with SPC, control plans, and corrective actions at scale.
• Collaborate with Advanced Engineering to validate process robustness before floor deployment.

Skills

Composite manufacturing

Leadership depth

Maintenance strategy

Workforce scaling

Standard work

Quality systems

Training & coaching

Tools

MES

MBOM

Routing structures

Job description

REGENT is seeking a Senior Manager, Composite Production in North Kingstown, RI to own the full composite production organization, including engineering, maintenance, and production teams. You will establish standard work, a preventive maintenance program, and a scalable workforce as we move from prototype to high-rate manufacturing.

You will lead through shift leads and supervisors, drive quality control, and collaborate with Advanced Engineering to ensure processes are robust and ready for