MLI Production Supervisor

About The Role Aerothreads is seeking an MLI Production Supervisor to lead the daily operation of our Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) production and cleanroom activities. This position directly supervises production technicians and is responsible for assigning and prioritizing work, monitoring employee performance and labor utilization, coordinating production schedules, and ensuring quality requirements, safety standards, and customer commitments are met. The MLI Production Supervisor works closely with Operations, Production Planning, Program Management, Design, Quality, and Human Resources to resolve production and personnel issues, maintain a trained and accountable workforce, and support the successful fabrication, testing, delivery, and installation of MLI products. What You'll DoLead & Develop the Production Team Supervise and support shopfloor technicians, coordinate daily activities, and maintain balanced workloads.Assign and prioritize work based on production schedules, employee capabilities, program requirements, and available capacity.Lead daily shopfloor stand-up meetings and communicate production priorities, schedule changes, staffing needs, and constraints.Monitor employee attendance, punctuality, conduct, productivity, and compliance with workplace expectations.Address routine employee concerns and partner with Operations and Human Resources on performance and conduct matters.Conduct annual performance reviews and participate in employee goal setting, compensation recommendations, development planning, and succession planning.Support recruiting, interviewing, selection, onboarding, and training of production employees.Develop and maintain employee training and cross-training plans to ensure adequate coverage and reduce single points of failure.Review and approve employee timecards for completeness, accuracy, and timely submission. Manage Production Execution Develop, execute, and maintain production schedules in coordination with Production Planning, Programs, Design, and Quality.Monitor production progress and proactively communicate risks, delays, resource constraints, and recovery plans.Monitor direct labor utilization and support accurate charging of time to appropriate projects and indirect activities.Monitor and report production performance indicators, including throughput, yield, rework, labor utilization, quality trends, and schedule adherence.Coordinate production priorities, staffing, workflow, and manufacturing capacity to support customer and program requirements. Maintain Cleanroom, Quality & Configuration Requirements Oversee Class 8 cleanroom operations and enforce contamination-control requirements, including ESD, FOD, PPE, housekeeping, and gowning protocols.Ensure technicians follow approved drawings, work instructions, travelers, build documentation, and quality requirements.Support the controlled handoff of drawings, work instructions, materials, and production documentation from Design and Production Planning.Maintain configuration control of work instructions, build records, engineering changes, and production documentation.Ensure material identification and traceability are maintained for flight builds and support inventory control of production materials.Identify and document nonconformances and support material review board dispositions, root-cause investigations, and corrective-action activities.Ensure required safety, technical, quality, and compliance training is completed and properly documented.Recommend and support updates to work instructions, safety documentation, production processes, and operating procedures. Oversee Equipment & Production Support Operate or oversee vacuum bakeout chambers, contamination checks, and required bakeout or test reporting.Ensure production equipment, chamber hardware, tooling, and sensitive components, including TQCM crystals, are properly operated, maintained, stored, and protected.Maintain equipment calibration, preventive-maintenance, and service records.Coordinate routine production-facility needs, including GN2 supply, compressed-air systems, bag-sealing equipment, tools, and production workspaces.Coordinate production travel requirements, maintain project travel kits, arrange necessary shipments, and support project-delivery logistics.Support customer source inspections, quality audits, internal audits, and facility walkthroughs.Foster a professional, respectful, collaborative, and accountable work environment.Perform other duties as assigned. What We're Looking For Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, including the ability to set expectations, provide constructive feedback, resolve conflicts, and hold employees accountable.Demonstrated ability to supervise employees with different experience levels, communication styles, and training needs.Ability to communicate concerns objectively and document employee performance, attendance, and conduct accurately.Experience coordinating production schedules, staffing, workflow, and manufacturing capacity.Experience in MLI, aerospace soft-goods manufacturing, cleanroom production, or a comparable high-reliability manufacturing environment.Working knowledge of manufacturing documentation, configuration control, material traceability, nonconformance reporting, and corrective-action processes.Familiarity with ESD, FOD, contamination-control, PPE, and cleanroom requirements.Experience developing training plans and cross-training production employees.Experience operating or overseeing vacuum bakeout chambers and related equipment preferred.Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and production or project-management systems; Microsoft Project experience preferred. Education & Experience Associate degree, technical certification, military technical training, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience preferred.Five or more years of experience in MLI, aerospace soft-goods manufacturing, cleanroom manufacturing, or a comparable production environment preferred.Two or more years of experience leading or supervising production employees preferred.Experience with employee coaching, performance documentation, training, and production scheduling strongly preferred.MLI fabrication or installation experience preferred.Ability to travel in support of customer installations or other project requirements, as applicable.