Production Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

About the Opportunity:

Our client is a leading aerospace manufacturing business, producing high-performance transparency materials and parts for the aerospace sector.

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:

- 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

Qualifications:

- 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