Good fit if
- You have 10 years of experience.
- You can travel 10 to 20% of the time.
Credentials that matter
Skills and tools
- ASME Codes
Required qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of experience in fabrication, welding, and/or CNC machining.
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing fabrication, welding, and/or CNC machining teams.
- Demonstrated experience with CNC machining operations, including mills, lathes, routers, and 3-axis and 5-axis equipment.
- Demonstrated experience with fabrication and welding processes, including welding inspection and quality programs.
- Demonstrated experience applying relevant code and quality requirements, including applicable ASME standards and ISO 9001.
- Demonstrated experience executing work in a high-mix, R&D, prototype, or rapidly changing manufacturing environment. coordinating shop execution against production schedules, work-order priorities, and capacity constraints.
- Knowledge of CAD/CAM software such as Mastercam and Solid Works preferred. with stainless steel, piping, pressure vessels, graphite, and ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code preferred.
- Ability to qualify in ASME B 31.3 GTAW welding or D 1.1 structural GMAW welding is desirable.
About this role
Kairos Power is seeking a highly motivated Manager, Manufacturing Operations to lead shop-floor execution for component manufacturing in support of the company’s FHR technology development programs.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily shop-floor operations with the Machining and Welding managers to support machining, fabrication, welding, assembly, and related manufacturing activities.
- Manage the execution of manufacturing work orders to produce high-quality components, prototype hardware, test equipment, and developmental-test assemblies.
- Partner closely with Manufacturing Planning and Production Control to: Execute established production schedules and work-order priorities.
- Verify job execution readiness prior to Production Control job release, including material readiness, tooling, drawings, work instructions, staffing, and equipment availability.
- Communicate shop capacity, progress, constraints, schedule risks, and recovery actions.
- Support accurate schedule status and completion reporting.
- Maintain operational flexibility on the shop floor to support changing priorities, rapid prototyping, developmental testing, and urgent engineering needs while preserving alignment with approved manufacturing priorities.
- Coordinate priority assignments and sequencing for shop personnel based on released work, shop conditions, safety requirements, and agreed priorities.
- Coordinate with engineering, PITA, operations, testing, quality, and manufacturing-planning stakeholders Participate in drawing and design reviews to improve manufacturability, cost effectiveness, GD&T application, fabrication approach, tooling, and process selection.
- Lead work-order execution planning, including estimates for manufacturing capacity and staffing time, routing considerations, and work-instruction readiness.
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