CareerPlan

Production & Industrial Engineering Senior Manager

Wichita, KansasFull-time$121k–$185k2026-10-26 → 2026-11-11

Core

Lead the Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering team for a large high-rate production line, optimizing production system design and operational efficiency for commercial aerostructures.

Role type

Senior Manager, Production & Industrial Engineering

Builds

Commercial aerostructures (fuselages, pylons, nacelles, wing components) for Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Domain

Aerospace manufacturing, Industrial Engineering

Required skills

Management of direct reports, Production/Industrial Engineering, Project leadership, Budget management, Resource allocation, Scheduling, Process improvement, WIP reduction, Throughput improvement, Recovery planning, Factory metrics analysis

Preferred skills

TOC, Systems Thinking, Lean concepts, MRP management, SAP, Organizational talent pipeline development, Dynamic environment management

Technologies

SAP

Responsibilities

Manage Industrial Engineering team for high-rate production line, Establish and administer processes and policies, Oversee budgets and development projects, Define future factory vision and strategy, Manage employees and first-level managers, Lead standardization of production execution and recovery planning, Provide oversight of technical approaches and processes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC