Manufacturing Supervisor Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience leading production teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven success developing production employees and frontline leaders through coaching, mentoring, performance management, and career development.
• Strong employee coaching, talent development, conflict resolution, and employee relations skills.
• Experience building high-performing teams through training, accountability, engagement, and succession planning.
• Demonstrated experience leading Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Value Stream Improvement, or Process Optimization initiatives.
• Strong technical understanding of manufacturing operations, production processes, root cause analysis, and process improvement methodologies.
• Experience partnering with Quality, Engineering, Planning, Maintenance, and other support functions to solve complex operational challenges and support customer commitments.
• Proven ability to influence outcomes, lead change, and drive accountability across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree (strongly preferred).
• Aerospace, FAA repair station, machining, welding, inspection, or other highly regulated manufacturing experience.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Experience with production scheduling, manufacturing metrics, and labor planning.
• A&P License or ability to obtain a Repairman Certificate, if required by site operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity objectives.
• Develop production employees and emerging leaders through coaching, mentoring, cross-training, performance management, and career development.
• Build workforce capability through training strategies, skills development, succession planning, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Planning, Maintenance, and Human Resources to resolve issues, remove barriers, and achieve business objectives.
• Lead teams through production challenges, quality concerns, equipment issues, and urgent customer requirements while maintaining operational discipline.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Value Stream Improvement, and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Analyze operational issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Monitor performance metrics and develop action plans to improve safety, quality, productivity, delivery, and employee engagement.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, retention, and workforce development efforts.
• Champion a safe, organized, and high-performing work environment.
• Model integrity and accountability, connect team efforts to a shared purpose, champion improvement, build inclusive partnerships, and recognize team contributions.