Director of Operations

Job Description:

Role and Challenges

As a key member of the site Management Committee in Mirabel, you will drive the strategic and operational management of assembly activities for the A220 programs (Forward & Aft sections) and G8000 (Mid fuselage). Your mission is to turn industrial excellence into a lever for sustainable economic performance.

Responsibilities: Productivity and Competitiveness

1. Steering Economic Performance

• Budget Responsibility: Directly manage the budget for all functions reporting to you operationally and functionally.
• Cost Optimization: Develop and lead action plans to align production costs with the objectives of the competitiveness plan (managing variances, cycle times, non-quality).
• Operational Efficiency: Create opportunities to generate continuous efficiency gains and reduce unit product costs.
• Performance Reporting: Rigorously report on achievement of annual cost objectives set in target letters.

2. Industrial Strategy and Lean Management

• Lean Governance: Deploy the most agile organization possible, based on empowerment of cross-functional teams (MFT).
• Standard of Excellence: Ensure operational excellence via AAOS (Airbus Atlantic Operating System) standards to secure long-term robustness.
• Strategic Vision: Establish 5-year strategic and tactical planning to address future industrial challenges.
• Product Improvement: Prepare the evolution strategy for future products to optimize manufacturing, weight and the overall competitiveness of the plant.

3. Delivery and Quality

• Operational Objectives: Ensure deliveries while meeting Quality, Time and Cost standards (SQCDP).
• Risk Management: Anticipate production risks in collaboration with Procurement, Logistics and Engineering.
• HSE: Ensure the highest standards of health, safety and environment within the plant.

Profile / Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in operations management or equivalent.
• Experience: Minimum 10 years in production management in a similar role.
• Expertise: Deep knowledge of the aerospace sector, quality systems and an industrial excellence system (AOS, MES).
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead multiple hierarchical levels, resilience under pressure and managerial agility.
• Languages: Fluent in French and English required.

Working Conditions

• On-site: Time split between the office and the production floor (PPE must be worn).
• Mobility: Travel to Europe expected (approximately 3 x 1 week per year).
• Preferred start date: August 2026.

This role requires knowledge of potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity as the foundation of the company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Legal entity: Airbus Atlantique Canada Inc.

Contract type: Permanent

Experience level: Professional

Job family: Management <JF-FA-EM>