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Aerospace Operations Manager

PPG Industries, Inc
United States, Alabama, Huntsville
1719 Highway 72 East (Show on map)
Jan 27, 2026

PPG's Aerospace Business has an exciting opportunity for an Operations Manager at our transparency manufacturing site in Huntsville, AL! As an Operations Manager, you will provide leadership, direction and guidance to production supervisors and the leads managing manufacturing operations.

This will be an onsite position working in our Huntsville, AL facility and reporting to the Sr. Operations Manager.

Key Responsibilities

  • Promotes a culture of safety and ensures a safe working environment for all employees while ensuring that stringent housekeeping, 5S standards and safety procedures and practices are followed.

  • Promotes quality policies and procedures; drives adherence and accountability to the quality system and ensure manufacturing process control are followed.

  • Uses a critical metric driven method to monitor and drive actions towards operational excellence.

  • Formulates and implements strategic and tactical objectives to achieve operations goals.

  • Lead critical daily/weekly rhythms including Tier3, Gemba walks, safety reviews, 5S, Production meetings, planning meetings, etc.

  • Responsible for the cost-effective use of resources in the production process, including overtime.

  • Build a flexible workforce to manage forecast and budgets effectively.

  • Motivates, encourages, and maintain high level of employee morale and engagement to support continuous improvement and problem-solving culture.

  • Recruit, coach and mentor staff to develop a strong performing team.

Qualifications

  • Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply.

  • Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • 3+ years of proven successful work experience as an Operations Manager or similar role.

  • Excel and mathematical skills sufficient to analyze production needs for resources, budget, planning, etc.

  • Familiarity with business and financial principles like budgeting and forecasting.

  • Lean Six Sigma experience preferred.

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About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday - everyday.

At PPG we use AI in the hiring process to make the process more efficient. AI tools do not make hiring decisions. You can learn more by going to https://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday. Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

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