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Date Posted:

2026-01-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HCA09: Mission Sys (Propulsion) 3530 Branscombe Road

, Fairfield, CA, 94533 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.

We are looking for a **Manufacturing / Operations Manager - 2nd Shift** who will provide leadership for all second-shift manufacturing activities, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient operations aligned with RTX core values and leadership behaviors. This role has direct accountability for production execution while flexibly leading a workforce that may include hourly employees, frontline supervisors, and mid-level professionals.

The manager serves as a key integrator across Materials, Planning, Quality, and Maintenance, leading through influence as well as direct authority. Success in this role requires adaptability, strong people leadership, and the ability to scale leadership approach based on team capability and operational complexity.

2nd Shift Schedule: Monday - Thursday 4:00 pm to 2:30 am

As an employee at Collins Aerospace-Fairfield, Safety is an expectation. Employees are expected to work safely, follow all safety rules, requirements, procedures, and instructions always. You are expected to actively participate in the safety program and be mindful of your safety and the safety of others. You are expected to complete all the safety training in a timely manner.

What You Will Do

+ Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring all employees go home safe every day.

+ Ensure full compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements.

+ Lead incident prevention, reporting, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation.

+ Reinforce adherence to standard work, policies, and procedures.

+ Own second-shift production performance, including safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

+ Manage multiple manufacturing cells to achieve productivity, schedule adherence, and flow.

+ Set daily priorities, staffing, sequencing, and execution plans to meet production commitments.

+ Proactively identify and resolve flow disruptions to minimize impact to operations.

+ Partner closely with Materials, Planning, Quality, and Maintenance to ensure operational readiness.

+ Lead material availability and logistics issue resolution to maintain uninterrupted production.

+ Coordinate maintenance priorities to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime.

+ Ensure all quality-related requirements are completed, documented, and sustained.

+ Lead, coach, and develop hourly employees, frontline supervisors, and professional staff, as applicable.

+ Adapt leadership style to meet the needs of employees at different experience and skill levels.

+ Set clear expectations, provide timely feedback, and hold individuals and teams accountable for results.

+ Identify skill gaps and ensure effective onboarding, technical, safety, and leadership training.

+ Support talent development, engagement, and succession planning across multiple levels of the organization.

+ Drive continuous improvement, cost reduction, and waste elimination initiatives.

+ Support implementation of new or improved manufacturing processes, equipment, and technologies.

+ Encourage disciplined problem solving and data-driven decision making.

+ Serve as a trusted operational partner to internal stakeholders.

+ Communicate priorities, performance, and issues clearly across shifts and functions.

+ Ensure smooth handoffs between shifts to maintain continuity and accountability.

+ Lead with Integrity: Act ethically, model RTX values, and hold self and others accountable.

+ Put Safety and Quality First: Never compromise on safety or product integrity.

Qualifications You Must Have

+ Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience

+ Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

+ Experience leading manufacturing or operations teams across multiple employee levels.

Qualifications We Prefer

+ Experience managing second-shift or off-shift operations.

+ Knowledge of safety systems, quality systems, materials flow, and maintenance coordination.

+ Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives in a regulated manufacturing environment.

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

+ Medical, dental, and vision insurance

+ Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

+ Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

+ Tuition reimbursement program

+ Student Loan Repayment Program

+ Life insurance and disability coverage

+ Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

+ Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

+ Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

+ Adoption Assistance

+ Autism Benefit

+ Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

+ Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

+ Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

+ Bright Horizons, child and elder care services

+ Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

+  And more!

Eligible for Relocation.

Learn More & Apply Now!

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

**Onsite** : Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

_As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote._

The salary range for this role is 118,300 USD - 224,900 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

_RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act._

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