Director, Industrialization
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21 hours ago
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Job Summary
GAL AeroStaff Ltd. is a Canadian aerospace company specializing in delivering high-quality technical and operational services to the aviation industry. Our expertise includes aircraft interior structural manufacturing and maintenance solutions for OEMs MROs and operators across North America.
We offer carefully designed programs and benefits including time-off insurance and other plans to support our teams and meet evolving operational and regulatory requirements.
Position Overview:
The Director Industrialization is responsible for leading the design and construction of the organizations primary manufacturing campus and the development of its manufacturing and distribution operations. This role will also be engaged in various other site development initiatives across the organization.
This position ensures that facility infrastructure layouts and production processes are fully integrated and capable of supporting efficient safe and scalable aerospace manufacturing operations across all areasfrom detail part fabrication through final assembly and aircraft testing.
The role bridges the gap between facility readiness and manufacturing industrialization ensuring that the physical build and operational systems align to deliver a world-class aerospace manufacturing campus.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the design construction and readiness of the organizations facilities including the primary manufacturing campus ensuring alignment with manufacturing and production requirements.
Define and validate manufacturing system layouts for detail parts subassemblies aerostructures and final assembly operations.
Coordinate facility infrastructure (mechanical electrical utilities) to support production tooling equipment and material flow.
Oversee commissioning and operational handover of all buildings and manufacturing areas.
Specify production technologies tooling systems and automation strategies to enhance efficiency and throughput.
Develop integrated production flow concepts and facility zoning to support lean aircraft manufacturing.
Manage relationships with design firms contractors and consultants to ensure safety compliance and aerospace standards are met.
Partner with Supply Chain Engineering and Operations to align manufacturing readiness with supplier and logistics capabilities.
Establish budgets schedules and performance metrics for both facility and manufacturing system delivery.
Provide regular governance reporting risk assessments and mitigation plans to the Executive Leader.
Qualifications and Experience:
15 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing industrial project management or facility design with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
Proven success managing large-scale aerospace construction and industrialization projects from concept through commissioning.
Strong knowledge of aircraft assembly tooling aerostructure fabrication and facility systems integration.
Experience developing manufacturing layouts and flow for new or relocated production operations.
Exceptional project management stakeholder communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
Bachelors degree in Engineering Architecture or Industrial Management; . PMP or MBA preferred.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Fundraising
- Management Experience
- Coaching
- Analysis Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Public Speaking
- negotiation
- Supervising Experience
About Company
The GAL Aerospace Group of Companies is a North American based ‘super sub-tier’ supplier to the aerospace interiors market. Divisions operate as centers of
