Senior Manufacturing Manager (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-12-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

01: Building 01 Windsor Locks One Hamilton Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 06096 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Joining Collins Aerospace is not just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Manager to support the Commercial Heat Exchanger (CHX) value stream within our Operations Center. As the Senior Manufacturing Manager for CHX, you will provide day-to-day leadership to the manufacturing cell leads, ensuring safe, high-quality, and on-time production while driving continuous improvement and supporting transformative change.

This role is ideal for a hands-on operations leader with strong people-management skills, proven manufacturing experience, and the ability to coach teams through change in a fast-paced environment. Experience in a union environment is preferred.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for the Commercial Heat Exchanger value stream, serving as the Operations leader for the Manufacturing cell supervisors.

• Ensure Road-to-Plan (RTPR) performance, remove barriers, and drive adherence to daily delivery commitments.

• Conduct daily tiered meetings and manage escalation paths to maintain communication and flow across upstream and downstream operations.

• Oversee daily labor planning, especially during a major shift in operational support from Large to Small Heat Exchangers, ensuring staffing levels are aligned with demand.

• Drive tactical actions to support the Heat Exchanger transformation effort, including area redesign and integration of automated weld capabilities.

• Serve as the operations focal for the CHX automation Integrated Product Team (IPT).

• Lead stabilization initiatives to address chronic bottlenecks, high-defect processes, and supplier-driven variability.

• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering and Quality to resolve quality notifications (QNs), implement corrective actions, and reduce defect rates.

• Provide coaching and operational leadership to supervisors, leads, and hourly team members across the value stream.

• Support and mentor early-career talent, including rotation participants who will serve as cell leads.

• Foster a culture of accountability, safety, continuous improvement, and collaboration.

• Support change adoption relating to automation, process redesign, organizational shifts, and performance expectations.

• Work closely with engineering, quality, supply chain, CI, and operations leaders to ensure production goals are met.

• Maintain alignment with broader Operations Center priorities and escalate issues as needed to prevent delivery or quality disruptions.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.

• People leadership experience within manufacturing operations.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Demonstrated experience managing teams in a high-mix, complex manufacturing environment.

• Proven success driving daily production performance, troubleshooting issues, and leading floor-level execution.

• Experience supporting or directly supervising hourly employees; familiarity with union environments is strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles, problem-solving methodologies, and continuous improvement tools.

• Aerospace or similarly regulated manufacturing environment experience.

• Experience supporting automation implementation or cell/area redesign initiatives.

• Ability to analyze performance data, identify trends, and drive targeted improvements.

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option  

• Tuition reimbursement program 

• Student Loan Repayment Program  

• Life insurance and disability coverage  

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection 

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits 

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning  

• Adoption Assistance           

• Autism Benefit  

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions  

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program 

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits  

• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services 

• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program  

•  And more!  

Eligible for relocation.

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight! 

Role type definition:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.  

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.  

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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