Production Supervisor

Location: Sylmar, Los Angeles, CA - office-based
Salary: US$85-92K plus bonus and excellent benefits package
Shift: Monday to Friday, 2:00pm-10:30pm, with occasional weekends as required
About the Opportunity
Our client is a leading aerospace manufacturing business, producing high-performance transparency materials and parts for the aerospace sector.
They are now seeking a 2nd Shift Production Supervisor to join their onsite team in Sylmar, California. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for supervising production employees, supporting daily manufacturing output, maintaining safety and quality standards, and helping drive productivity through lean manufacturing, 5S and continuous improvement.
Reporting to the Production Manager, this role will play a key part in ensuring production targets are achieved while maintaining strong employee engagement and operational discipline.
Key Requirements
You will be an experienced manufacturing production leader with a strong background in supervising teams, driving production performance, and maintaining safe, efficient and quality-focused operations.


Role & Responsibilities
As the 2nd Shift Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for leading production employees involved in the fabrication and processing of aerospace transparency materials and parts.


Your responsibilities
will include:
- Supervising production employees across daily fabrication and processing activities
- Ensuring department staff have the tools, resources and support needed to meet daily production targets
- Driving productivity goals, operational discipline and employee engagement across the shift
- Supporting and maintaining a safe working environment across the manufacturing floor
- Monitoring and controlling manufacturing costs, including material usage and overtime
- Reviewing, counselling, evaluating and disciplining employees where required
- Leading and supporting 5S initiatives, identifying and eliminating waste across production processes
- Working closely with functional area supervisors and managers to exceed business objectives
- Supporting customer requirements across quality, delivery, cost and inventory performance
- Running the manufacturing floor effectively while maintaining critical KPIs and operational standards
- Supporting lean manufacturing activity and helping embed continuous improvement across production