Sr. Director of Operations (Fluid)

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Director of Operations (Fluids, Pumps and Systems) at our Elyria, OH or Auburn, CA location. 

About Crane:

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Elyria facility has been a bedrock in the community-friendly town of Elyria, Ohio, for more than a century. Known for our excellence in pumping technology, our Elyria site produced the first-ever positive displacement pump for high performance piston engine aircraft and even supplied pumps for Charles Lindbergh in the 1930s. We have more than 150,000 fuel and lubrication pumps in service today and are proud to offer custom thermal management system solutions for a range of next-gen applications. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Operations for Crane Aerospace and Electronics, the Senior Director of Operations will be responsible for manufacturing operations; quality assurance, assembly, and test; supply chain and material planning; manufacturing engineering; production control; environmental, health, safety, and sustainability; and shipping/receiving across 2-4 manufacturing locations. The total organization size of Crane Aerospace and Electronics is 2,400 associates, of which approximately 300 people will report up through this role.

Direct reports for this role will include the Directors of Operations (Site Leader) for each manufacturing locations. Functions reporting up through the Site Leaders include Operations, Supply Chain, Continuous Improvement (Crane Business Systems – CBS), EH&S and Manufacturing Engineering.

All sites combine an element of mechanical fabrication and electronics manufacturing.

• The scope for the Sr. Director of Fluid Management includes Elyria, OH (Fluid Pumps and Systems) and Auburn, CA (Fluid Pumps). 

• In addition, these roles would directly support any potential acquisitions into the operating segment.

A critical skill in the role is the proven ability to drive a disciplined cadence of muti-site metrics and reviews for consistency across all locations, while also coaching and mentoring site leaders and influencing other functions for the outstanding delivery of Safety, Quality, Delivery and Productivity metrics in support of sales growth goals.

Further, Crane is well known for its world class operating model known as the Crane Business System, which encompasses best in class processes around lean and advanced six sigma deployment as well as AS9145 quality management systems.  The ideal candidate will have familiarity driving results within this type of environment.

Essential Functions:

The Senior Director of Operations is charged with execution of the company's manufacturing processes and ongoing certifications while implementing techniques to improve productivity, increase efficiency, and take advantage of opportunities to implement lean and low-cost initiatives. The overarching objective is to meet global customer expectations for product quality, delivery, performance, and cost, while maintaining impeccable safety standards. The Senior Director of Operations plans, organizes, directs, and controls the activities of the operations team, which includes manufacturing, warehousing, materials management, contract manufacturing, cost estimating, purchasing, quality, continuous improvement, and related duties.

As a leader of Manufacturing Operations for Crane Aerospace and Electronics, this role must elicit personal trust and confidence from both internal and external customers as well as other team members by maintaining the highest ethical standards. This individual must be at home in an environment where responsiveness to customers is a strongly held value and can be instilled across the entire operations team.   Key functions of the role include:

• Providing leadership to the operations functions including guiding, delegating, developing, and training the team to meet current and future customer's