Manager Production 1st Shift

Beyond Gravity•Decatur, IL

About The Position

About Beyond Gravity Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1700 professionals, spread across 13 locations in six countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth. The Manager Production is responsible for on time delivery of products from their respective work area w ith safety and quality ALWAYS at the forefront. They are responsible for s etting daily and weekly goals with clear expectations for safety, quality and delivery for team leads and technicians. Expectaion is also to d evelop and execute on recovery plans for production disruptions.

Requirements

Relevant degree preferred
Prior supervision experience preferred
Firm understanding of process development, validation, and deployment in an advanced manufacturing environment (e.g., Aerospace, Automotive, Defense)
Must demonstrate understanding of manufacturing, engineering, and quality requirements of aerospace composite integration, machining, and completion processes.
Must demonstrate proficiency with MS Office or similar tools to prepare reporting and metrics tracking

Responsibilities

Schedule - develops/works daily schedule that support the high-level master schedule. These daily schedules are used to populate daily needs in the visual management boards. Leads and manages visual management tools and dashboards with information from daily schedule
Planning of overtime & resources
Personnel - one-on-ones with direct reports at least once per quarter
Ensures all employees are up to date with compliance training
Document employee coaching
Validate team is productive and charging labor correctly to meet productivity requirement
Performance management, development plans - develops leads into future managers
Continuous improvement – documented and implemented
Assess and drive 5S improvement actions
Maintain an emphasis on FOD elimination
Process and Quality improvements – identifies improvement opportunities and drives those opportunities to successful completion and implementation to enable delivery execution and ramp to rate.
Issues/Escalations - resolves as many issues as possible each day to keep their area fully operational. Works with other areas and escalates issues when unable to resolve at lowest level.