Aerospace Production Supervisor: 2nd Shift Finishing

PPG Industries; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PPG’s Aerospace division is hiring a Production Supervisor for an onsite 2nd shift in Huntsville, AL. You will oversee a designated production area, report to the Prep Operations manager, and coordinate with engineering, logistics, and sales to meet specifications and schedules.

You will lead daily planning, resource allocation, and labor optimization while driving safety and continuous improvement initiatives across the line.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing leadership or supervisory role.
• Experience in a 24/7 production environment or aerospace manufacturing.
• Willing to work a 3rd shift including 24/7 coverage.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools; 5S preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads and supports an assigned Production Area including safety, team focus on risk reduction, and improvements.
• Planning daily work and assigning resources and monitoring results.
• Hires, mentors, counsels, and coach employees related to performance and company policies and procedures.
• Prioritizes and maintains production progress including workflow by observing steps in process; constraints in flow and equipment, monitoring staffing and resources, studying methods; implementing cost reductions; facilitating corrections and recovery efforts of flow.
• Compiles reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs, evaluating new equipment and techniques.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

24/7 production experience

Lean manufacturing

Education

High School Diploma or Bachelor's degree

Job description

Continue growing with PPG!

As the Production Supervisor with PPG’s Aerospace business, you will have direct supervisory responsibility for a designated production area. This is an onsite 2nd shift, possibly 12 hour 24/7, position at our Huntsville, AL facility. You will report to the Prep Operations manager. Manufacturing Production manages or assists with managing various production activities (e.g. , assembly, material forming/shaping, processing, treating, or packaging, etc. ) including: Planning, directing, and monitoring production to meet established specifications, schedules, volume/cost/wastage targets, and quality standards; Liaising with Manufacturing Engineering, Supply & Logistics, Sales, etc. as input to developing production schedules and allocating labor/capital resources; Planning, prioritizing, and managing production line maintenance/downtime to minimize disruptions.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads and supports an assigned Production Area including safety, team focus on risk reduction, and improvements.
• Planning daily work and assigning resources and monitoring results.
• Hires, mentors, counsels, and coach employees related to performance and company policies and procedures.
• Prioritizes and maintains production progress including workflow by observing steps in process; constraints in flow and equipment, monitoring staffing and resources, studying methods; implementing cost reductions; facilitating corrections and recovery efforts of flow.
• Compiles reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs, evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data, answering questions, and responding to requests.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing leadership or supervisory role.
• Prior experience in a 24/7 production environment or aerospace manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools and 5S preferred
• Willing to work a 3rd shift schedule as needed, including 24/7 coverage as needed.
• Only US Citizens, Green Card holders, political asylees, or refugees are eligible to apply.

About us

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways thandoes any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG onX.

The PPG Way 2030

We are customer champions

Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, movefastanddon’tstop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow.

We act with purpose and speed

Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value.

We are excellentoperators

Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, we identifyproblems, takeownershipand always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support ourfrontline,the faces of PPG to our customers.

We compete to win

Future-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results, embrace newtechnologiesand leverage agility and speed as strengths.

We are PPG proud

Strong. United. Passionate. We work safely, act withintegrityand value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world.

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