Director, Operations
AllClear Aerospace & Defense · Camarillo, CA
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 30+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level production role at AllClear Aerospace & Defense (industrial) in Camarillo, CA.
- They ask for
- 30+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, Kaizen, 5S, Root cause, Machining, Welding
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Production Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $125k–$177k.
Median of the low and high ends of 46 live postings that list pay, out of 124 production engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 123 other live production postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (30+ vs 5+)
Typical $120k–$170k, from 37 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- New product launch 37%
- ✓ Lean 31%
- ✓ Root cause 27%
- Automation 27%
- Team leadership 22%
- Python 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, 5S, Machining, Welding, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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requirements
while driving performance in safety, quality, delivery, inventory, productivity, cost, and manufacturing flow.
The position requires a strong floor presence, sound business judgment, effective cross-functional leadership, and the ability to build capable teams, establish clear accountability, identify operational constraints early, and drive sustainable improvement.
requirements
are consistently followed.
- ✓Drive schedule attainment and ensure production misses, constraints, and recovery actions are visible, prioritized, and actively managed.
- ✓Improve planning accuracy, backlog visibility, work-order execution, WIP management, manufacturing lead time, throughput, and overall production flow.
- ✓Develop staffing, equipment, capacity, and manufacturing strategies to support current demand and future growth.
- ✓Improve equipment utilization, labor effectiveness, and quality performance while removing barriers to execution.
- ✓Maintain a strong presence on the manufacturing floor and ensure Planning, Supply Chain, and Production operate from a common set of priorities and commitments.
Required Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related field; significant relevant operational leadership experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- ✓10+ years of progressive experience in aerospace, defense, or complex manufacturing operations, including at least 5 years leading manufacturing or operational teams.
- ✓Experience leading operations involving multiple manufacturing processes such as precision machining, sheet metal fabrication/forming, welding, assembly, or special processes.
- ✓Experience implementing or improving S&OP, production planning, visual management, Lean manufacturing, and 5S/6S.
- ✓Strong underst
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Description
About AllClear Aerospace & Defense
AllClear Aerospace & Defense is the military aviation aftermarket industry’s leading provider of mission-ready solutions. We provide excellence in sustainment for the U.S. militaries and its allies. Headquartered in Miramar, Florida, AllClear’s sustainment solutions cover over 25 of the most utilized military aircraft platforms, supported with distribution agreements from leading OEMs, in-house and managed repair services, engineered products, manufacturing, and logistics solutions.
AllClear represents more than 30 years of defense aerospace sustainment experience and expertise, focused on the bigger mission mindset of keeping militaries mission ready. AllClear locations include Abu Dhabi, UAE; Camarillo, CA; Cambridge, UK; Chatsworth, CA; Greenville, SC; Macon, GA; Miramar, FL; Seoul, S. Korea; Singapore; South San Francisco, CA; and Tokyo, Japan.
To learn more visit GoAllClear.com.
Summary
The Director of Operations is responsible for leading Supply Chain, Planning, and Production for AllClear Aerospace & Defense’s Engineered Products business, with accountability for execution from customer demand and backlog through material planning, supplier performance, production scheduling, manufacturing, and delivery.
This role provides hands-on leadership across manufacturing operations, including sheet metal fabrication and forming, precision machining, welding, assembly, and related processes supporting aerospace and defense customers. The Director is responsible for ensuring material, capacity, labor, and production priorities are aligned to business and customer
Operational Leadership & Excellence
- •Lead Supply Chain, Planning, and Production across the end-to-end operating cycle, establishing clear priorities, accountability, and performance expectations.
- •Translate customer demand, backlog, and business priorities into executable material, capacity, staffing, and production plans.
- •Drive performance in safety, quality, delivery, schedule attainment, productivity, inventory, cost, and customer commitments.
- •Establish and sustain effective operating systems, including tiered daily management, KPI reviews, visual management, standard work, 5S/6S, and structured problem solving.
- •Identify and resolve material, capacity, supplier, quality, and production constraints through disciplined escalation, root-cause analysis, and timely corrective action.
- •Apply Lean principles, Kaizen, and data-driven improvement to increase flow, capacity, productivity, and overall operating effectiveness.
- •Lead and develop operational leaders, building accountability, succession depth, and a culture of ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- •Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Program Management, Sales, Finance, and other functions to align execution with customer and business priorities.
Manufacturing, Planning & Production Control
- •Lead daily manufacturing execution across machining, sheet metal fabrication and forming, welding, assembly, and related production operations.
- •Own the planning and production-control process from customer demand through manufacturing completion and delivery.
- •Establish achievable production schedules based on backlog priorities, material availability, labor, capacity, tooling, and other operational constraints.
- •Ensure manufacturing standards, work instructions, quality requirements, and applicable aerospace and defense
Supply Chain & Material Execution
- •Lead purchasing, supplier management, material planning, inventory, receiving, and related supply chain activities.
- •Ensure material availability supports the production schedule while balancing inventory, working capital, lead time, and supply risk.
- •Establish and manage supplier expectations for quality, delivery, responsiveness, lead time, and cost.
- •Improve inventory accuracy, material flow, shortage management, and visibility of supply constraints.
- •Partner with Quality and Engineering on supplier qualification, corrective action, outside processing, and supplier performance improvement.