How does it feel to work on a driven team of game changers? Inspiring. At BAE Systems, our operations team is the best at what they do, and their work is part of why our clients trust our business. As an Operations Manager, you'll take the lead on complex manufacturing activities to help ensure the production of high quality products. • Plan, organize, staff, control, and direct medium-sized, complex manufacturing activities (i.e. Combat vehicle assembly, Structure and Vehicle paint and Vehicle testing) • Assess and apply measures, methods, and techniques designed to improve safety, product, process quality, efficiency, productivity, equipment, and process performance • Recommend changes in working conditions and modifications in machine tools and plant facilities • Coordinate with appropriate personnel regarding safety, quality assurance, master scheduling, facilities engineering, environmental management, and labor/material/overhead/G&A costs, to optimize return on assets • Select, direct, train, develop, and review subordinates. Determine staffing levels. Manage hiring, training, promotion, transfer, compensation action, and termination, as required, consistent with policy. • Provide leadership for shared responsibility of employee development, share responsibility and self-development with immediate manager • Develop and implement staffing plans for direct and indirect labor, and administrative personnel, maximizing personnel safety, quality, efficiency, utilization, and productivity • Manage work-in-process inventory and ensuring availability to meet production commitments at maximum cost containment. Develop and implement procedures to optimize work-in-process-inventory • Provide management, government, and appropriate customer personnel with complete, current, and accurate data on department activity, together with recommendations from management action/decision • Work collaboratively with manufacturing, engineering, and quality to specify methods of manufacturing, machine tool, industrial equipment, tooling and gaging needs and developing large structure Paint and assembly processes which represent the most cost effective means to meet customer requirements • Maintain a safe work environment and ensure compliance with safety objectives and policies. • Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations. This position will focus primarily on Vehicle Test Garage.