Director of Machine Shop Operations
manufacturing › Machine Shop · M5 — M5 — Senior Director · Management
Directs all machining and robotic manufacturing operations across a facility or multiple production lines.
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What this role is
Directs all machining and robotic manufacturing operations across a facility or multiple production lines. At the Senior Director (M5) level, the role owns multiple functions or a large department, org-level trade-offs and investment, and drives multi-function results. Leads directors and managers.
What this level does
- Directs the machine shop as a strategic area whose output impacts overall plant or division operations, leading through department managers
- Defines the methods and standards for shop-wide machining capability, process strategy, and CNC/CAM technology adoption
- Influences executives and major customers on machining capacity, capital investment, and complex program feasibility
- Resolves complex org-wide manufacturing issues — technology transitions, make-vs-buy on machining work, and capability gaps
- Owns the division machining budget and long-lead capital equipment strategy (CNC, laser/water-jet, wire EDM, metrology)
- Knowledge applied
- Applies division-wide understanding to define machining methods, standards, and technology direction.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Resolves complex org-wide machining issues and defines the methods for capability and capital strategy.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Influences executives and major customers on machining capacity and key investment decisions.
- Typical experience
- 10–12+ years including second-level management and manufacturing strategy work.
Skills at this level
- Machine tool operation (mechanical skills)
- — Directs and validates operation of milling machines, lathes, grinders, laser and water jetting machines, wire EDM, and other machine tools across a shop.
- Precision measurement and GD&T
- — Governs accurate measurement of machined parts to within .0001 of an inch and enforces geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in inspection practice.
- Tooling knowledge and process selection
- — Sets standards for good manufacturing practice and for selecting tooling and machining resources to produce parts efficiently and to spec.
- Blueprint and design-data analysis
- — Interprets drawings, blueprints, models, and design data to confirm part dimensions, tool selection, machine speeds, and feed rates before production.
- CNC programming (G-code) and CAM strategy
- — Oversees development, writing, and fine-tuning of CNC machine code in G-code and CAD/CAM software, setting programming standards across the shop.
- Machining mathematics
- — Applies and verifies calculations of speeds, feeds, and dimensions that drive machining setup decisions.
- Manufacturing process improvement
- — Owns improvement of entire machining processes and shop-wide capability rather than the running of individual machines.
- Shop capacity and budget management
- — Plans machining capacity across machine types and manages departmental operating and capital budgets against demand.
- Machining workforce leadership
- — Builds machinist capability and staffs, coaches, and directs machining teams from cell leads to department managers.
- Machining capital equipment strategy
- — Sets direction on acquisition of CNC, laser/water-jet, wire EDM, and metrology assets to advance shop process capability.
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