Business Unit Manager

Business Unit Manager 
Reports To: President & CEO 

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Business Unit Manager is responsible to lead the long-term success of its Aerospace Business Unit. This is a critical leadership role responsible for overseeing the setup, staffing, and scaling of component production facility in Toronto.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead daily operations to meet production targets as per Business Budget
• Ensure full compliance with safety and environmental protocols.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks; assess and address skill gaps.
• Provide hands-on leadership across Quality, Operations, and Engineering functions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and performance management.
• Lead capital upgrades to drive efficiency and productivity across the overall operations
• Lead Product Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, manufacturing team, scheduling and planning.
• Responsible for achieving budgeted revenue and costs of the Business Unit
• Integrate seamlessly with common shared services such as shipping, logistic and supply chain.

Strategic Leadership:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders including construction teams, government bodies, and third-party vendors.
• Champion a culture of accountability, teamwork, and safety.
• Align operational objectives with company growth strategy and performance goals.

H&S

• Work in compliance with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), regulations, and internal health and safety policies and procedures
• Help create a healthy work environment by not condoning, participating in or reporting, as you become aware, any harassment, discrimination, gossiping or unfair treatment of anyone
• Report any defective equipment or protective device which could endanger someone
• Report any contravention of the OHSA regulations, or company safety policies and procedures by another employee
• Know, understand and implement safe work practices and procedures
• Attend required safety training programs and apply knowledge gained from these training sessions

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, preferably in mechanical or precision machining environments.
• Minimum 5 years in precision machining
• CNC machining Experience programming
• Minimum 10 years in Aerospace or Defense Industry
• Strong Quality Engineering background
• Strong manufacturing Engineering background
• Proven experience in program launch, similar to start-up
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams of 20 to 50+ employees.
• Strong knowledge of safety standards and environmental regulations.
• Very good knowledge in CNC machine Maintenance

Skills & Abilities:

• Leadership approach grounded in collaboration, clear decision-making, and empowering teams to deliver high-performance outcomes.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and planning abilities.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-change environments.
• Demonstrated agility, patience, and ability to foster cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent communications, negotiations, conflict management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization
• Must be thorough and accurate and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented
• Sound reasoning ability and desire to acquire new knowledge and skills
• Proficient with relevant computer applications including MS Project, MS Excel, Microsoft Access, Visual, etc.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required; advanced degree (MBA) preferred.
• Lean or Six Sigma Certification

The above statements reflect the principal function and most significant duties of the job as necessary for its evaluation in relation to other jobs in the organization, and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all of the work requirements that may be inherent in the job.