Manager Production

Beyond Gravity; Trinity (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Sweden, and expanding into the US, seeks a Manufacturing Supervisor in Trinity, AL to lead daily production scheduling, resource planning, and coaching in an advanced aerospace environment.

You will drive 5S and FOD elimination, ensure compliance training, and push process and quality improvements to support ramped production and reliable delivery.

Qualifications

• Prior supervision experience preferred.
• Understanding of process development, validation and deployment in an advanced manufacturing environment.
• Must demonstrate understanding of aerospace composite integration, machining and completion processes.
• Proficiency with MS Office or similar tools to prepare reporting and metrics tracking.

Responsibilities

• Develop daily schedules and maintain the master schedule to support production needs and visual management tools.
• Plan overtime and allocate resources to meet production goals.
• Conduct quarterly one-on-ones with direct reports and document coaching.
• Ensure all employees complete required compliance training.
• Validate team productivity and correct labor charging to meet productivity targets.
• Drive performance management and development plans for staff.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and 5S improvements.
• Maintain focus on FOD elimination and waste reduction.
• Identify and drive process and quality improvements to enable ramp and delivery.
• Resolve issues/escalations to keep areas fully operational.

Skills

Supervision

Scheduling

Planning

MS Office

Coaching

Performance mgmt

5S

FOD elimination

Process improvement

Quality awareness

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first space company to combine a startup mindset, agility, speed and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality. Approximately 1800 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Finland and Portugal) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humankind and enabling the exploration of the world and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leading provider of selected satellite products and constellation solutions in the New Space sector. In 2024, the company generated a revenue of around CHF 359 million. More information at: www.beyondgravity.com

Your Mission

• Schedule - develops/works daily schedule that support the high-level master schedule. These daily schedules are used to populate daily needs in the visual management boards. Leads and manages visual management tools and dashboards with information from daily schedule
• Planning of overtime & resources
• Personnel - one-on-ones with direct reports at least once per quarter
• Ensures all employees are up to date with compliance training
• Document employee coaching
• Validate team is productive and charging labor correctly to meet productivity requirement
• Performance management, development plans - develops leads into future managers
• Continuous improvement – documented and implemented
• Assess and drive 5S improvement actions
• Maintain an emphasis on FOD elimination
• Process and Quality improvements – identifies improvement opportunities and drives those opportunities to successful completion and implementation to enable delivery execution and ramp to rate.
• Issues/Escalations - resolves as many issues as possible each day to keep their area fully operational. Works with other areas and escalates issues when unable to resolve at lowest level.

Your Story

• Prior supervision experience preferred
• Firm understanding of process development, validation, and deployment in an advanced manufacturing environment (e.g., Aerospace, Automotive, Defense)
• Must demonstrate understanding of manufacturing, engineering, and quality requirements of aerospace composite integration, machining, and completion processes.
• Must demonstrate proficiency with MS Office or similar tools to prepare reporting and metrics tracking

Are you ready for lift-off?

Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.