Production Supervisor

About the role

The 2nd Shift Production Supervisor is responsible for supervising production employees, supporting daily manufacturing output, maintaining safety and quality standards, and driving productivity through lean manufacturing, 5S, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production employees across daily fabrication and processing activities
• Ensure department staff have the tools, resources and support needed to meet daily production targets
• Drive productivity goals, operational discipline and employee engagement across the shift
• Support and maintain a safe working environment across the manufacturing floor
• Monitor and control manufacturing costs, including material usage and overtime
• Review, counsel, evaluate and discipline employees where required
• Lead and support 5S initiatives, identifying and eliminating waste across production processes
• Work closely with functional area supervisors and managers to exceed business objectives
• Support customer requirements across quality, delivery, cost and inventory performance
• Run the manufacturing floor effectively while maintaining critical KPIs and operational standards
• Support lean manufacturing activity and help embed continuous improvement across production

Requirements

• US Citizenship, Green Card status, political asylum status, or refugee status eligibility
• Willingness and availability to work 2nd shift, Monday to Friday, 2:00pm-10:30pm
• 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

Qualifications

• Willingness and availability to work 2nd shift, Monday to Friday, 2:00pm-10:30pm
• 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

Benefits

The role offers a competitive salary of US$85-92K plus bonus and excellent benefits package, including health, dental, life, retirement plan, paid vacation and holidays, employee assistance programme, disability/leave and additional voluntary benefits.