Crating Production Supervisor | Lead, Lean & Quality

MM Solutions; Loveland (CO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MM Solutions in Loveland, CO is seeking a Production (Crating) Supervisor to lead a crate production crew and a Team Lead. You’ll coordinate people and materials, drive production goals, and ensure safe, efficient output for aerospace-grade crates.

You will mentor the team, participate in hiring, and partner with Design and Customer Service to ensure builds meet quality and schedule commitments. Strong Lean, safety, and communication skills are required.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising people in manufacturing, production, or a related hands-on environment.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to balance immediate needs and longer-term priorities.
• A practical coaching style and confidence setting expectations, delegating work, and holding people accountable.
• Experience coordinating production work and using data to solve problems.
• Working knowledge of production tools, equipment, and safe operating practices.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate across departments.
• Comfort using Microsoft Office, including Excel, and learning systems such as Salesforce.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead production crew members, team leads, and new product introduction builders—the employees who build initial versions of new crate designs.
• Set clear priorities through daily team standups, effective delegation, and consistent follow-through.
• Coach team members, support team lead, and address performance concerns promptly and respectfully.
• Participate in hiring, develop onboarding and training plans, and build skills across the department.
• Hold regular individual check-ins and annual performance reviews that give employees useful feedback and clear development goals.
• Coordinate people, materials, tools, and schedules to meet customer commitments.
• Balance workloads, resolve bottlenecks, and prepare for changing production demands, potentially including a second shift when needed.
• Partner with Design to ensure crate designs can be built safely, consistently, and efficiently.
• Coordinate material needs with Design and Customer Service, identifying shortages or other risks early.
• Contribute to department strategy, including staffing, training, equipment, and capacity planning.
• Analyze production data to identify trends, understand recurring problems, and prioritize improvements.
• Apply Lean manufacturing methods to reduce waste, improve workflow, and make work easier to perform correctly.
• Strengthen workplace organization through 5S: sort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain.
• Involve team members in solving problems and evaluating whether changes improve safety, quality, and productivity.
• Ensure drawings, bills of materials, cut lists, and marked-up design changes stay accurate and reach the Design team.
• Reinforce safe work practices and ensure employees receive training on tools, equipment, and job procedures.
• Coordinate maintenance of shop tools and equipment.
• Support the company’s ISO 9001 quality management system through consistent processes and accurate documentation.
• Earn company-required forklift qualifications and operate equipment safely when needed.
• Model integrity, teamwork, and leadership that gives employees the direction and support to succeed.
• Promote and embody all the internal and external company values (aka "Anchors"), emphasize servant leadership, encourage others to live a "we culture", share ideas for innovation, and always lead with integrity.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

People supervision

Lean manufacturing

5S methodology

Safety leadership

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Microsoft Excel

Salesforce

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Excel

Salesforce

Job description

MM Solutions in Loveland, CO is seeking a Production (Crating) Supervisor to lead a crate production crew and a Team Lead. You’ll coordinate people and materials, drive production goals, and ensure safe, efficient output for aerospace-grade crates.

You will mentor the team, participate in hiring, and partner with Design and Customer Service to ensure builds meet quality and schedule commitments. Strong Lean, safety, and communication skills are required.