Machine Shop Supervisor

Machine Shop (Shop Floor Supervisor)

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Position Summary

The Machine Shop Manager oversees all machining operations, production throughput, equipment maintenance, and quality assurance. This role directly manages the workflow of all customer work orders and collaborates closely with Shop Leads to ensure tools, fixtures, and machinery are fully optimized. The Manager is directly accountable for employee safety, quality performance, schedule attainment, and cost-effective production.

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Engineering & Process Optimization

• Process Methodizing: Ensure all manufacturing methods and process planning are completed accurately against strict delivery deadlines.
• Production Tooling: Plan, procure, and prep all necessary production tooling and custom gages before production launch.
• New Job Introduction: Develop complete manufacturing processes, including operation sheets, work instructions, CAD/CAM files, G-code generation, and fixture design.
• Program Prove-Outs: Partner directly with machinists on the shop floor to validate and troubleshoot new CNC programs safely. The Manager must possess the advanced technical skills required to physically operate the machines, personally proving out their own programs and taking a highly hands-on approach to troubleshooting and vetting any issues directly on the production floor.
• Floor Presence: Maintain a high-visibility presence on the production floor to instantly resolve technical issues and audit cell productivity.
• Continuous Improvement: Review legacy jobs continuously to optimize program cycle times, reduce waste, and improve margins.

Workflow Scheduling & Production Control

• Daily Alignment: Conduct morning alignment meetings with Department Leads to review schedules and set daily production targets.
• Constraint Management: Identify production bottlenecks in real-time and reallocate resources to maintain optimal throughput.
• Shift Hand-Offs: Hold end-of-day wrap-up meetings with leadership to audit operational status and document hand-offs.
• Capacity Planning: Evaluate active workloads to determine overtime needs, ensuring weekend overtime requests are submitted for approval by Wednesday COB.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• First-Piece Inspections: Establish and support strict first-piece inspection protocols for every distinct machining operation.
• Final Audits: Conduct comprehensive pre-inspection reviews on completed jobs before submitting them to final QA.
• Defect Resolution: Document, submit, and systematically resolve Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) using root-cause analysis.

Workforce Management & Development

• Labor Tracking: Oversee daily attendance, manage sick/vacation scheduling, and ensure optimal headcount allocation.
• Performance Evaluations: Execute objective quarterly and annual employee performance reviews to drive accountability.
• Cross-Training: Design and implement cross-training matrices to build department flexibility and eliminate single-point dependencies.
• Team Building
• Promote a healthy working environment.
• Communicate daily to all direct reports
• Be receptive to feedback.
• Promote team building through company approved employee engagement resources.

Metrics & Reporting

• Data-Driven KPIs: Generate and present monthly department performance metrics focusing on:
• First-pass quality yield
• Actual vs. standard production hours (efficiency)
• Machine and labor utilization rates
• Overtime expenditure percentages

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Associates degree in a technical field or a certification from a technical school
• 10+ years' relevant experience in machine shop environment (aerospace or defense)
• 3+ years' demonstrated experience supervising 10 or more CNC and manual machinists
• Proficient in the operation of CNC and manual machine shop equipment
• Strong experience in producing very high tolerance parts
• Experience in Lean/Cellular manufacturing practices
• Familiar with AS9100 and ISO standards
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills required for multi-faceted interactions with all levels of personnel within the organization, as well as any and all outside agents, including but not limited to; vendors, suppliers, customers, potential job candidates, etc.
• Computer literate, with MS Office/PC expertise, and demonstrated experience with applicable systems, programs, equipment, etc.
• Must be a US Citizen

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to conditions typical of a manufacturing/machine shop environment, including, but not limited to: fluids, fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, noise and vibration
• This job interacts both in a professional office environment and a manufacturing/machine shop environment. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines, as well as environments inclusive of the appropriate eye, hearing and foot protection (as required).
• Local and non-local travel is required for this position (15-20%)

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and to use hands to finger, handle or feel
• The employee is frequently required to sit at length, stand, walk, and move about the facility.
• The employee may be required to lift and/or move items weighing up to 25 pounds
• Some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary

This position is at our Montville, NJ corporate offices location. Pay Range: $92K -$128K/year At Marotta Controls, we are committed to a fair, performance-driven compensation approach that promotes consistency across all levels of our organization. We ensure that pay decisions are free from bias, based on objective criteria, and are regularly reviewed. Your level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, internal consistency, and experience. Additionally, we offer a highly competitive compensation package for this opportunity, including incentive compensation and a comprehensive suite of premium benefits. These include medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, tuition assistance, paid vacation, sick and personal days, paid holidays, and flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks. We value and reward employee achievements and host multiple engagement events each quarter to foster a strong, supportive workplace culture.