# Operations Manager

A Day in the Life of an Operations Manager is responsible for leading and directing the manufacturing factory’s day-to-day operations while driving long-term initiatives focused on operational efficiency, productivity, quality, and value creation. This position provides leadership across the factory floor, including production scheduling, direct labor management, manufacturing processes, safety, 6S/Lean initiatives, quality, and continuous improvement. The Factory Operations Manager will also support new product introduction (NPI), develop capacity and staffing plans, and serve as the primary escalation point for production, personnel, material, and quality issues. The ideal candidate is a hands-on manufacturing leader who can effectively balance daily execution with strategic process improvement in a fast-paced, cross-functional, and global environment. You Will Make an Impact By: Factory Management Lead, direct, and supervise Production and Test Supervisors and manufacturing personnel in a global operating environment. Manage time and attendance, including shift schedules, PTO, sick time, overtime, and employee start/stop times. Develop and maintain capacity and staffing models a

- **Id**: 3704860
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mks-operations-manager>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Andover, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T20:43:12Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T08:21:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9180
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Lasers & Laser Systems, Chemical Manufacturing, Semiconductor Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 1042866
- **Name**: MKS
- **Domain**: mks.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mks-6>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 21
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.762
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 35
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T20:43:12Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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