SITE MANAGER

Drgok; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DRG seeks a Site Manager to lead daily operations for Det 9 / TRSS, coordinating with USAF customers and the Corporate Program Manager. The role requires strong leadership, aviation/aerospace experience, and hands-on oversight of design, fabrication, and testing processes.

You will guide multi-disciplinary teams, ensure contract and safety compliance, and manage program submittals. Domestic and international travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a manufacturing/industrial or computer/electronics field.
• Experience in commercial or military aerospace environments.
• Experience as a team/project leader on multi-disciplinary teams.
• Understanding of instructional design for aircrew training systems.
• Knowledge of CAD/CAM design and fabrication techniques and standards.
• Familiarity with fabrication machinery, CAD/CAM tooling, and CNC equipment.
• Ability to design test setups and coordinate experiments to validate designs.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Oversee site operations and manage personnel for Det 9 / TRSS.
• Serve as principal liaison between government COR and Corporate Program Manager.
• Ensure contract compliance and maintain customer relationships.
• Establish and maintain safety and security standards.
• Submit monthly program status reports to meet deliverables.
• Attend required meetings and coordinate site activities.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Aerospace experience

Project management

CAD/CAM knowledge

Technical reporting

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in manufacturing/industrial or computer/electronics

Tools

CAD/CAM design

CNC machinery

Electrical schematics

Job description

Description

The Site Manager serves as the primary onsite representative for DRG and Cardinal Point, overseeing daily operations, managing personnel, and ensuring all contract requirements, safety standards, and customer relationships are maintained. This role functions as the key on-site liaison between the government COR, the USAF customer, and the Corporate Program Manager while coordinating reporting, meetings, and overall site compliance. The position requires a technical bachelor’s degree, extensive experience in aerospace-related environments, strong leadership and problem-solving abilities, and deep knowledge of design, fabrication, and testing processes. The Site Manager must also demonstrate sound judgment in complex engineering situations, supervise technical and administrative activities, maintain security and information-handling standards, and communicate effectively across technical and managerial audiences. The role involves physical activity, including lifting and working around training devices, and requires operating in environments with electrical risk, noise, airborne particles, and varying conditions, with potential domestic and international travel.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages the site operations and all personnel assigned to Det 9 / TRSS.
• Acts as principal liaison between the assigned government Contracting Officer Representative and Corporate Program Manager
• Acts as the Site Contract diplomat, liaison, and COR Point of contact for the USAF customer.
• Ensures contract compliance for all site operations and maintains good working relationships with all customers.
• Responsible for ensuring that adequate safety and security standards are established and maintained.
• Responsible for monthly submittals of program status reports to meet government deliverable requirements.
• Attends necessary required meetings as required or directed by the Program Manager.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in a manufacturing and/or industrial or computer/electronics related field.
• Experience in commercial or military aerospace industrial complex.
• Experience as a team leader or project leader on multi-disciplined team.
• Understanding of Instructional System Design as related to aircrew training for commercial or military aircraft.
• Knowledge of aerospace, automotive, or construction CAD/CAM design and fabrication techniques, methods, and standards.
• Knowledge of fabrication machinery, tools, and equipment to include CNC-driven machinery; computer technology and programming; electrical/electronic systems circuitry.
• Knowledge of designs and specifications for various complex equipment items or systems.
• Understands plan approaches to solve design problems.
• Can conceive and recommend new design techniques.
• Can resolve design problems with contract personnel and assuring compatibility of design with other parts of the system.
• Can design and coordinate test set-ups and experiments to prove or disprove feasibility of preliminary designs.
• Understands untried/untested measurement techniques.
• Can advise equipment users on redesigns to solve unique operational deficiencies.
• Can plan approaches and conduct various experiments to develop equipment or systems characterized by difficult performance requirements.
• Can arrange for fabrication of pilot models and determine testing procedures and methods.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience managing or supervising within an industrial manufacturing environment, including independently planning and executing projects of broad scope and complexity.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise creativity and sound judgment in developing approaches to accomplish work tasks and resolve design and operational challenges.
• Proven capability to make decisions in situations where standard engineering methods, procedures, or techniques may not be directly applicable.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provide counsel, advice, and guidance to management, subordinates, and other internal groups on technical matters, including current technology capabilities and limitations, facility capabilities, and costs as they relate to quality and process improvement. Responsible for scheduling personnel, managing labor and material expenditure, attending meetings, managing delivery schedules, and coordinating configuration management activities. Ensure a safe and secure work environment is maintained.

Security Responsibilities

• Eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Personnel Security Clearance.

Language Skills: Must have the ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex word and technical documents/diagrams. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret English language professional journals, technical procedures, government specifications or industry standards. Will be required to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries and complaints. Ability to draft reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers. Must be able to generate effective oral and written presentations and proposals on complex subjects.

Mathematical Skills: Must be able to calculate figures and amounts, prices, commissions, and percentages, and to draw and interpret graphs. Ability to produce, understand, and interpret mathematical equations and algorithms associated with simulation modeling and design.

Reasoning Ability: Must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. An ability to interpret complex customer requirements and attitudes from verbal, non-verbal, and written communication is desirable. Must be able to read and understand electrical schematics and drawings.

Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to lift and/or move at least 50 pounds.
• Must be able to walk and/or climb stairs and ladder into a simulator or airplane cockpit.
• Must be able to stoop, bend, and crawl on top or under the training device.
• Must be able to detect odors or hear noises, bangs, etc., or other sounds to detect problems or flaws in the functioning of simulators and its surrounding environment.
• Must be able to distinguish colors.
• Must be available for domestic and international travel as required.

Work Environment

• Works in a typical training device shop-floor environment.
• Performs duties in areas where there is a risk of electrical shock.
• May be exposed at times to extreme heat, airborne particles, and loud noise.