Military Coatings and Layup Production Manager

As a Production Manager in our Aerospace Division, you will oversee the supervisors within the Military Coatings and Military Layup areas and have a specific focus on safety and meeting production metrics. You will play an important role in the operation and interact with production staff, cell leaders, and key leadership members of the plant.

This position is located onsite at our Sylmar, CA. facility and you will report to the Operations Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Prioritize safety and engage in safety related activities.

• Manages the operations of all production for all Military Coatings and Layup areas to ensure that quality standards, delivery goals and cost reduction objectives are achieved.

• Provide production process analysis and make recommendations on solutions to process improvements to hit the goal.

• Establish critical internal relationships with supporting systems to resolve production issues in a collaborative manner.

• Encourage continuous improvement of individuals and team's performance

• Promote people engagement and create an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration.

• Drive operational RCCAs to mitigate causes that impact performance to plan

Qualifications

• Only US Citizens, Green Card holders, political asylees, or refugees are eligible to apply

• Current holder of or willing to acquire a DOD security clearance required

• Bachelor's degree

• 5+ years of experience in an aerospace, automotive, military, or related manufacturing environment

• Strong data analysis and problem solving skills

• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma knowledge

• Previous experience in Kanban and Materials Markets

• #LI-ONSITE

The base salary range for this position is $95,000-$130,000, with a possibility of an annual bonus up to 10% of base salary. PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation & Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, and other Voluntary benefit offerings. Actual benefit offerings confirmed at the time of hire.

About us: 

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™ 

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG on X. 

The PPG Way 2030  

We are customer champions 

Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, move fast and don’t stop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow. 

We act with purpose and speed 

Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value.  

We are excellent operators 

Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, we identify problems, take ownership and always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support our frontline, the faces of PPG to our customers.   

We compete to win 

Future-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results, embrace new technologies and leverage agility and speed as strengths. 

We are PPG proud 

Strong. United. Passionate. We work safely, act with integrity and value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world. 

At PPG we use AI in the hiring process to make the process more efficient. AI tools do not make hiring decisions. You can learn more by going to  https://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.  

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age,