Operations Manager
Cincinnati, Ohio
Shift: Weekend Shift (Friday - Sunday)
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At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to find solutions for the simple to the most complex challenges in aviation. Together, we get the job done and done well. Our stability, resources, and respectful culture supports you in building a solid career with a great team you can count on day in and day out for the long term.
As an Operations Manager, you’ll oversee operations to ensure aircraft components are repaired, maintained, and returned on time, safely, and in compliance with strict aviation regulations.
What you’ll do:
- Directs the production planning and scheduling process according to sales volume, sales mix, inventory requirements and materials availability.
- Plans day-to-day operations, assigns manpower, authorizes overtime and controls costs.
- Monitors production yields on a daily basis; makes adjustments as necessary to maintain delivery schedules.
- Coordinates and liaises with production, supply, engineering and customer service to ensure production standards and goals are achieved.
- Establishes and implements policies and procedures needed to achieve the business unit's strategic operating goals.
- Performs capacity planning for equipment, floor space and manpower requirements in accordance with forecasted workload.
- Builds and develops team approaches to problem solving and continuous improvement concepts within the assigned area.
- Produces and maintains measures of performance to graphically display performance-related strengths and weaknesses within the cell.
- Performs administrative activities necessary for the effective management of the cell, including the selecting of employees, pay administration, budget administration, employee safety, employee counseling and motivation, organization goals and objectives, and planning, organizing, integrating and measuring the work performed within the cell.
- Actively participates in the business unit management team(s), assisting with the development and realization of strategic plans, budgets, goals and outcomes.
- Exercises authority in hiring, training, career development, performance appraisal, salary adjustments, promotion, discipline, health, safety and the general employee relations of direct reports.
- Carries out special projects as assigned.
- May perform cell production tasks as required, depending on cell size and technical qualifications.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration or related experience
- 2+ years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Must be authorized to work in the US.
Desired Skills
- Strong planning, organizational, analytical, leadership, interpersonal, decision making, oral and written communication skills.
- Strong project management skills.
- Ability to read, understand, and follow company instructions, company processes, administrative policies and procedures, and export compliance regulations.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
- Working knowledge of production management computer systems.
Benefits that make life better:
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- 401(k) with 100% company match; up to 5% vested
- Paid Time Off starting on day one
- Bonus opportunities
- Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Learning & Training opportunities
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration or related experience
- 2+ years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing or production environment
StandardAero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StandardAero and has not been reviewed or approved by StandardAero.
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Retirement Support — Provides a 401(k) and has added an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Incentive Award (equity) plan, expanding long-term savings and ownership options. These programs complement base pay with additional wealth-building mechanisms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Includes PTO, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement leave, military leave, and parental leave, with some roles accruing PTO that can increase with service. Eligibility for benefits typically begins the first day of the month after hire, indicating structured access to time-off programs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offers tuition assistance, job training/conferences, company events, and an Employee Assistance Program as part of a comprehensive package. The inclusion of learning support and EAP provides development and wellbeing resources beyond core insurance and retirement.
StandardAero Insights
What We Do
StandardAero has become one of the aerospace industry’s largest independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers. Our company’s success is the outgrowth of the synergistic merger of businesses with complementary specialties that have exponentially increased our capabilities and generated unprecedented customer commitment and value. StandardAero offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. Nearly 6,600 professional, administrative and technical employees work in more than 50 major facilities worldwide, with additional strategically located regional service and support centers all across the globe. Services include MRO for aircraft and rotorcraft engines, auxiliary power units, components; airframe services including major alterations; FAA authorized avionics capabilities; comprehensive engineering services; and custom exterior and interior design, completion, and paint. We provide these capabilities through our network of specialized facilities and mobile service teams. StandardAero is owned by Carlyle, a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit, and Investment Solutions.








