Production Supervisor II

About the role

The Production Supervisor II at Crane Aerospace and Electronics, located in Lynnwood, WA, oversees and directs a team of employees in various manufacturing areas. This role is accountable for maintaining a safe work environment, adhering to quality standards, and meeting customer demand schedules within established cost goals. The position involves leading teams across multiple shifts and managing resources to meet production schedules.

Responsibilities

• Identify and use lean manufacturing tools to drive improvements and mentor team members in their use.
• Provide inputs to management for budget development, including resource planning, overtime projections, and productivity improvements.
• Aid Value Stream Managers with monthly reporting to senior management.
• Review and understand daily key performance indicators to evaluate the current status and identify gaps for planning and problem-solving.
• Serve as a liaison to other groups, product lines, and functional areas to ensure products are built, assembled, and tested within appropriate parameters.
• Review daily resource allocations to drive production schedules to meet established customer requirements.
• Make staffing decisions in accordance with human resource procedures to build and grow the team.
• Develop, coach, and mentor employees through performance planning to drive employee and business growth.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by supervisor or management.

Essential Functions

• Collaborate with Engineering and Quality to define and modify manufacturing instructions.
• Partner with the Supply Chain team to develop material replenishment systems for manufacturing areas.
• Ensure equipment compliance with calibration and maintenance procedures and requirements.
• Identify and address quality issues through the non-conforming materials process.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the business and present to groups both small and large.
• Align customer demand with manufacturing capacity to develop labor planning/allocations.
• Use data to determine root causes of issues to drive focused corrective action.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years supervisory experience; 5+ years in the field or related area.
• Knowledge: Deep understanding of manufacturing-based continuous improvement skills (standard work, 5S, material replenishment, etc.); Intermediate skill level with MS Office software.
• Skills/Abilities: Effectively communicate (written and verbal) with all levels of the business and present to groups; Ability to align customer demand with manufacturing capacity; Ability to use data to determine root causes of issues.
• Education/Certification: Bachelor's Degree.

Non-Essential Functions

• Use standard supply chain processes and partner with the Supply Chain team to develop material replenishment systems for the manufacturing areas.
• Ensure equipment complies with calibration and maintenance procedures and requirements.
• Review the daily allocation of resources in order to drive production schedule to meet established customer requirements.
• Make staffing decisions in accordance with human resource procedures to build and grow the team to meet the needs of the business.
• Develop, coach, and mentor employees through the use of performance planning to drive employee and business growth.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years supervisory experience; 5+ years in the field or related area.
• Knowledge: Deep understanding of manufacturing-based continuous improvement skills (standard work, 5S, material replenishment, etc.); Intermediate skill level with MS Office software.
• Skills/Abilities: Effectively communicate (written and verbal) with all levels of the business and present to groups; Ability to align customer demand with manufacturing capacity; Ability to use data to determine root causes of issues.
• Education/Certification: Bachelor's Degree.

Benefits

• Health care, dental, or life insurance starting the first day of the month.
• 12 paid holidays per year.
• 401k retirement plan with company match.
• Education reimbursement eligible after 6 months of employment.

Top Benefits

• Accrued 15 days of paid time off from the first day of employment.
• 12 paid holidays per year.
• 401k retirement plan with company match.
• Education reimbursement eligible after 6 months of employment.

Company Information

Crane Aerospace and Electronics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.