Aerospace Manufacturing Production Supervisor Our client is a leading aerospace manufacturing business, producing high-performance transparency materials and parts for the aerospace sector.
Key Requirements: You will be an experienced manufacturing production leader with a strong background in supervising teams, driving production performance, and maintaining safe, efficient and quality-focused operations.
Role & Responsibilities: As the 2nd Shift Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for leading production employees involved in the fabrication and processing of aerospace transparency materials and parts.
Your Responsibilities:
  • Supervising production employees across daily fabrication and processing activities
  • Ensuring department staff have the tools, resources and support needed to meet daily production targets
  • Driving productivity goals, operational discipline and employee engagement across the shift
  • Supporting and maintaining a safe working environment across the manufacturing floor
  • Monitoring and controlling manufacturing costs, including material usage and overtime
  • Reviewing, counselling, evaluating and disciplining employees where required
  • Leading and supporting 5S initiatives, identifying and eliminating waste across production processes
  • Working closely with functional area supervisors and managers to exceed business objectives
  • Supporting customer requirements across quality, delivery, cost and inventory performance
  • Running the manufacturing floor effectively while maintaining critical KPIs and operational standards
  • Supporting lean manufacturing activity and helping embed continuous improvement across production
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree with 2+ years' leadership experience, or high school diploma with 3+ years' leadership experience
  • Prior experience within a manufacturing environment
  • Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, counselling, performance management and employee engagement
  • Experience driving productivity, safety, quality and operational KPIs within a production environment
  • Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams to meet objectives around quality, delivery, cost and inventory
  • Strong understanding of production processes, cost control, material usage and overtime management
  • Familiarity with lean manufacturing, 5S and continuous improvement principles
  • Aerospace industry experience would be advantageous
  • Exposure to AS9100, kaizen events and formal lean manufacturing initiatives would be preferred

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Level

Manager

Location

Sylmar, CA

Occupation

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Industry

Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing

Posted

yesterday

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