Aerospace Production Supervisor: Lead Teams & Improve Ops

Chromalloy; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chromalloy is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing activities, uphold safety and quality standards, and meet delivery goals. The role emphasizes coaching, talent development, and building high-performing teams in aerospace production.

You will partner across Quality, Engineering, Planning, Maintenance, and HR to drive continuous improvement, optimize processes, and develop people within a fast-paced environment. On-site leadership in California is expected.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience leading production teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Proven success developing production employees through coaching, cross-training, performance management, and career development.
• Strong employee coaching, talent development, and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience building high-performing teams through training, accountability, and engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production activities to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals.
• Assign, prioritize, and execute production schedules to meet customer commitments.
• Develop and coach production employees through training, cross-training, performance management, and career development.
• Build team capability, engagement, accountability, and workforce flexibility.
• Foster a culture of safety, quality, teamwork, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Planning, Maintenance, and Human Resources to resolve issues and achieve business objectives.
• Lead teams through production challenges, shifting priorities, and urgent customer requirements.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, continuous improvement, and process optimization initiatives.
• Analyze operational issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Monitor production performance and drive actions to improve safety, quality, productivity, and delivery results.
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety, customer, regulatory, and company requirements.
• Maintain a well-organized, efficient, and productive work environment through strong workplace organization and visual management practices.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, employee development, and retention efforts.

Skills

People leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Tools

5S

Value Stream Mapping

Job description

Chromalloy is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing activities, uphold safety and quality standards, and meet delivery goals. The role emphasizes coaching, talent development, and building high-performing teams in aerospace production.

You will partner across Quality, Engineering, Planning, Maintenance, and HR to drive continuous improvement, optimize processes, and develop people within a fast-paced environment. On-site leadership in California is expected.