Manufacturing Supervisor

Job details

Posted 01 September 2026

Start date 31 July 2026

Location Huntington Park

Job type Contract

Discipline Industrial Manufacturing

Reference 169412

Job Function Supervisor

Manufacturing Supervisor

We are currently seeking a high caliber Manufacturing Supervisor for a long-term basis within our client's team of experienced professionals. Based in Los Angeles, CA.

Job Requirements

Marketing Leadership

• Grade raw veneer faces for color, figure, character, and defect, and make the calls that determine whether a job succeeds or gets remade.

• Lay out, match, and splice faces to architectural specification - tight joints, correct sequence, proper orientation and balance.

• Engineer face layouts that pull maximum usable yield out of material that is expensive, irreplaceable, and often impossible to source twice

• Lead, train, schedule, and grow the veneer room crew. Build the bench.

• Review incoming orders, select flitches, allocate material, and catch problems on paper before they become problems on the floor.

• Partner daily with sales, purchasing, and the panel department on priorities, availability, and commitments.

• Own the numbers that matter: yield, scrap, throughput, and first-pass quality.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, Architecture, or a related field.

• These are firm requirements. This is a specialist's job and we are hiring a specialist.

• Raw wood veneer face grading. Deep hands-on experience reading flitches, evaluating figure and character, identifying defects, and grading against architectural specification.

• Veneer splicing. Real production experience - joint preparation, match sequencing, running and troubleshooting splicing equipment.

• Yield and material optimization. A demonstrated instinct for getting the most out of every bundle. This is the single clearest measure of success in this role.

• Bilingual English/Spanish. Required. You will supervise, train, and deliver safety instruction to a Spanish-speaking production crew while communicating directly with English-speaking management, sales, and customers. Fluency in both is essential to doing this job

• 12+ years of hands-on veneer manufacturing experience, including 3+ years leading or directing a crew.

Preferred:

• Hardwood plywood face grading to HPVA / ANSI HP-1 standards.

• Architectural blueprint match takeoffs - reading elevations and shop drawings to determine panel counts and sequencing.

• Pre-engineering of plywood veneer faces for architectural work: sequence-matched sets, blueprint-matched panels, running, balance, and center match.

• Command of domestic species (white oak, walnut, maple, cherry, ash, hickory) and exotics (sapele, anigre, makore, movingui, teak, eucalyptus, figured and burl material).

• Familiarity with AWI/WI architectural woodwork standards.

• Comfort with ERP or production tracking systems.

*** Notice to Candidates: Background checks are carried out as part of any conditional offer made, including (but not limited to & role dependent) education, professional registration, employment, references, passport verifications and Global Watchlist screening .

To be Considered Candidates: Must be authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship***

Employment Type: 6 month contract-to-hire

Location of Position: Los Angeles, CA

Location Type: Manufacturing Floor, Office

TRS Staffing Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. Employment decisions are based on job related criteria and not on the basis of any unlawful criteria. We ensure equal access to employment opportunities, services, and programs.

Must have legal right to work in the United States. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; age; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity; religion; national origin; disability; veteran status; genetic information; or any other criteria protected by governing law.