Manufacturing Manager - Hot Gas Path Production Supervision

About the role

The Manufacturing Manager leads the daily operations of the Hot Gas Path Cell at the Jebel Ali Service Center, ensuring safe, reliable, efficient and high-quality execution of Hot Gas Path repair operations. The role covers production planning, cross-functional coordination and operational excellence, with autonomy in decision-making and a focus on continuous improvement, capacity expansion and team development.

Key responsibilities

• Own and deliver fulfillment metrics (SQDCC) through leadership of the cell's daily operations
• Lead a cross-functional team of operations, method and quality engineers, and guide its expansion, capability development and transformation roadmap
• Mentor teams on Lean principles, problem solving and continuous improvement
• Maintain cell capacity, manpower planning, equipment utilization and scheduling to meet customer demand
• Govern variable cost expenditure, partner on yearly budget planning and align with the Plant Leader's roadmap
• Manage customer relationships and technical queries with engineering, services and project management teams
• Facilitate Kaizen events on cost-out, lead time, safety, quality, productivity and process flow
• Lead the Daily Management System (DMS) implementation and monitor adherence
• Support NPI, process and equipment qualification and CAPEX planning for Hot Gas Path repair
• Track the CI ideas pipeline and report savings, including PCO and CoPQ reduction
• Act as interface with fulfillment and materials to ensure production loading and material availability, and drive repair flow optimization

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum 4 years of experience in gas turbine repairs or manufacturing operations
• Proven experience managing frontline teams and delivering operational KPIs
• Strong command of Lean tools (Kaizen, DMS, VSM, standard work) with a track record of implementation
• Strong written and spoken English
• Desired: technical understanding of Hot Gas Path repair processes and equipment, experience leading Kaizen events, and experience supporting capacity expansion, NPI and CAPEX projects