Position Summary

Parker Aerospace is a global leader in commercial and military aircraft and aeroengine technology. With the addition of Parker Meggitt, the company collaborates with customers to enable engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.

Are you ready to join an industry-leading global company that believes in empowering its employees? Are you prepared to use your inquisitive nature and strong work ethic to help our team solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges?

A career at Parker is rife with rewards and opportunities. But a career at Parker is not for everyone. Finding success at Parker requires dedication and an insatiable desire to win. We seek very smart people who also have the equally impressive characteristic of humility. We solve our customer’s challenges as teams, working together to ask the questions that have never been asked before.

Parker understands that solving the world’s greatest engineering challenges requires an inquisitive and intelligent workforce, and we invest in our employees to ensure they are the best in the industry. Our global success relies on empowered employees operating in an environment that breeds ideas and solutions, and we take every possible action to ensure this happens. 

Site Leader

The Site Leader is responsible for overseeing all plant operations to achieve key results aligned with the Corporation’s Win Strategy. This role requires strong leadership to guide a team of empowered employees in consistently exceeding customer expectations. The Site Leader has broad responsibilities, including implementing the Parker Lean System to ensure safety, drive quality improvements, maximize profitable growth, and reduce operating costs, lead times, and inventories through continuous improvement. This position oversees day-to-day operations and ensures the plant meets or exceeds performance goals on a daily, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. 

Scope/ Supervision and Interaction: 

The Site Leader provides strategic leadership to plant employees, coordinating all manufacturing functions within the facility. This includes overseeing the development of individuals and the team, utilizing team consensus to evaluate decisions, ensuring the rapid implementation of those decisions, and managing employment-related actions, such as hiring and performance assessments for direct reports. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Drive profitable growth for the plant, achieving performance goals tracked weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually. 
• Collaborate with internal and external customers to promote and leverage the company’s technologies, products, services, and processes. 
• Establish and maintain premier customer service at all times. 
• Lead strategy deployment for plant initiatives and growth, ensuring operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness across all site functions. 
• Champion Lean initiatives, ensuring full adoption and implementation throughout the plant. 
• Oversee inventory management, production control scheduling, logistics, and quality procedures to support seamless operations. 
• Develop and manage the plant budget within defined constraints. 
• Utilize PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) methodology in conjunction with Tracking Centers and Team Improvement Boards to monitor and ensure results. 
• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement through effective strategy deployment and performance management. 
• Promote team collaboration by mentoring, coaching, training, and supporting individual and team development. 
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Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, or a related field required; a master’s degree in business administration or engineering is preferred. 
• Experience: A minimum of 5 years in a leadership role within a manufacturing environment; experience in aerospace manufacturing is a plus. 

Required Skills

• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple responsibilities using strong problem-solving skills and a team-oriented approach. 
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively present information to management, customers, and employees. 
• Tactical experience implementing Lean technologies and practices. 
• Demonstrated collaboration with departments such as Human Resources, Lean, Quality, Engineering, IT, Production Control, Supply Chain, and Finance. 

Come join the Parker Aerospace Team! We are proud to offer a competitive benefits designed with health, wealth and well-being in mind.  Our competitive package includes:

Health & Well-Being: 

• Our benefits start on day 1 of employment! We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage from day one, including Health Savings and Reimbursement Accounts.
• 3 dental plan options and vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for both Childcare and Healthcare expenses as well as optional Supplemental Medical Benefits. 
• Reduced healthcare premiums offered with a wellness incentive credit. 
• Company provided Life Insurance
• Accidental Life & Dismemberment Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability insurance. 

Bonus:

• This position receives a 17.5 Annual Cash Incentive Plan, which is a bonus based on division performance. 

Retirement:

• 401k Employer match up to 5 and an annual Retirement Income Account (RIA) contribution of 3. 

Time Away & Work-Life Balance:

• To help promote a healthy work-life balance, this position receives 120 hours of Paid Vacation 
• Up to 14 Paid Holidays, including paid time off every year between Christmas and New Year’s.  
• 4 weeks paid parental leave at 100 of your pay when you have a new addition to your family.  
• Extras like Adoption Assistance, financial guidance resources, paid jury duty, bereavement time, and time off for citizenship testing, marriage, and birth.

Career Advancement and Education:

• Career development opportunities with up to $10,000 tuition reimbursement per year.
• Support for ongoing education through our Educational Reimbursement program.

Parker Purpose Opportunities:

• Business Resource Groups promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Volunteering day off and social committee activities throughout the year.

Additional Benefits: 

• Adoption Assistance
• Employee discounts on various services (car purchases, computer purchases, life adventures, etc.) 
• Employee Referral program - Refer a family member or friend and receive a generous award for referrals that are hired (up to $4,000)

The wage range for this role considers allowances for a number of factors, including but not limited to required experience, skill level, prior training, licensure/certifications, education, and other business needs. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $130,240-$227,982

Drug-Free WorkplaceIn accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements. Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/VEVRAA Federal Contractor If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeocselfprintposter.pdf and http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeocginasupplement.pdf (06/20/2006) (C/O July 2015)