Manufacturing Supervisor

About Us

Lamsco West, Inc is a premier manufacturer and supplier for Aerospace and Defense specialty metallic and non-metallic machined parts, assemblies, solid and laminated stock and value-added services. Lamsco West, Inc. is the largest single manufacturer of detail parts, shims and laminated shim stock in the World. The holder of many prestigious performance awards for exemplary quality and delivery ratings, Lamsco's integrated business systems are the most sophisticated in use in the industry today. Lamsco's class-leading systems are complemented by state-of-the-art factory equipment and controls, which make extensive use of electronic visual displays for monitoring performance and efficiency in real time at each production cell. Lamsco holds approvals from all North American airframe manufacturers and their major tier one suppliers and has expertise in managing complex, high-volume logistics, including EDI-controlled min/max systems. Lamsco West is part of Avantus Aerospace. At Lamsco, our customers are the reason for our business. Ensuring customer satisfaction by identifying their unique requirements is the reason for our success. This role is critical to our organization. We serve major OEMs, Sub-Tiers and Distributors around the globe. We strive to offer premier customer service by augmenting key relationship and maintaining an excellent customer experience. We developed a state of art system and processes that allow us to support this vision.

Reporting Structure

Direct Line – General Manager

Responsibilities

• Organize, plan, and implement shift assignments; coordinate daily and weekly workloads with the General Manager to ensure overall on-time deliveries of quality products.
• Ensure that all shift employees in the department are properly trained and current on their training requirements.
• Audit work processes to ensure consistent production standards; seek the facts, perform root cause analysis, and focus on continuous improvement.
• Establish clear communication within and between work centers and other factory processes/departments; utilize effective delegation skills within work teams.
• Utilize Lean Manufacturing techniques and 5S to identify opportunities for quality and production improvements; continually evaluate results while sustaining what has been gained; lead by example.
• Perform conflict resolution; proactively apply problem solving skills by clearly identifying the problem, using data/facts to determine root cause, and taking corrective action.
• Conduct timely investigations of all safety violations; use pro-active management techniques to focus on prevention and corrective action.
• Encourage team members to meet or exceed quality standards on all work performed and recognize quality as a key element of customer satisfaction and meeting business goals. Instill in your team that they are expected to demonstrate the highest work ethics when performing job functions, in dealings with their fellow employees, supervisors or outside customers, auditors or regulatory bodies.
• Work effectively with others.
• Work scheduled shift and meet company attendance requirements; be flexible enough to stay late or modify work hours on short notice, if production deadlines require it.
• Coordinate with Health & Safety Engineer to foster workplace safety and enforcement of safety policies and training.
• Conduct periodic safety audits to ensure compliance to company standards.
• Participate in recruitment, selection, and development of all operations personnel through maintaining discipline and personnel relations.
• Provide training and development of all operations personnel through performance reviews.
• Additional duties, as assigned.

Requirements

• Prefer Associate's degree (A.A.) from two-year college or technical school.
• Must have minimum three years of related experience and/or training in a manufacturing environment in a leadership capacity; prefer experience in aerospace manufacturing and materials.
• Must have a "can do" mentality and the ability to overcome obstacles, both technical and non-technical.
• Must have strong team building skills and the ability to successfully facilitate team initiatives; must be able to manage diverse teams.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, business process improvement knowledge, and ability to train others with diverse backgrounds and education levels.
• Must have thorough knowledge of, and experience with, time-based improvement methods.
• Must have a working knowledge of budgeting/financial principles with the ability to meet key goals.
• Demonstrated success in hiring, evaluating, developing, counseling, disciplining, and terminating employees.
• Must have a working knowledge of PC software, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to analyze work force utilization, facility layout and operational data such as production costs, process flow charts and production schedules to determine efficient utilization of workers and equipment.
• Ability to understand and apply problem solving skills to seek continuous improvement in all work processes and demonstrated track record of results.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to lead and motivate cross functional teams to achieve processes and business goals.
• Correctable vision and hearing.
• Ability to sit, walk, stand, hear, talk, bend waist and neck, squat, twist neck and waist, use hands to grasp, manipulate, push, pull and reach and able to lift up to 40 lbs., etc.
• Ability to maneuver successfully through a 33,000 square foot, ground level, single-story manufacturing facility.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation for newly hired employees
• 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds
• Life insurance and disability coverage