Aerospace Production Lead: Team Builder & Performance

Butler Aerospace & Defense; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

Sick time

Job summary

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead daily production operations in our aero-structures environment, collaborating with managers, engineers, and support teams to meet safety, quality, and delivery goals.

You will build and develop your team through coaching, training, and performance feedback while maintaining a culture of accountability and teamwork. Safety, quality compliance, and 6S practices are core.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of supervisory/people leadership experience within aerospace.
• Experience in AS9100 or ISO environments.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Experience using MES and ERP systems.
• Ability to work across departments to align on objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations for aero-structure manufacturing and meet daily goals.
• Build and develop your team through coaching and feedback.
• Foster accountability, urgency and teamwork to hit KPIs.
• Champion safety and quality with established processes and FOD prevention.
• Monitor production performance and communicate progress.
• Drive continuous improvement and waste elimination.
• Collaborate across management, engineering, quality and support functions.
• Support recruiting, onboarding and training of new team members.
• Maintain a clean, organized work environment per 6S.
• Manage time and attendance for the production team.
• Demonstrate Saab’s core values: Trust, Drive, Expertise, Support.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality focus

Safety compliance

Communication

Schedule flexibility

MS Office

MES/ERP systems

Education

AS/BS in Operations Management, Advanced Manufacturing, Aeronautics or related

Tools

MES systems

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead daily production operations in our aero-structures environment, collaborating with managers, engineers, and support teams to meet safety, quality, and delivery goals.

You will build and develop your team through coaching, training, and performance feedback while maintaining a culture of accountability and teamwork. Safety, quality compliance, and 6S practices are core.