Manufacturing Lead (2nd Shift)

Axillon Aerospace; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Axillon Aerospace is seeking a Manufacturing Lead to oversee multiple production lines, ensuring timely, safe, and high-quality manufacturing. You will guide a composite team, organize workloads, assign tasks, and monitor attendance while sustaining lean practices and daily performance metrics.

The role emphasizes safety, cross-training, and strong communication to align with management and production goals. California pay range applies, with a requirement to work overtime when needed.

Qualifications

• Requires High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 3–5 years in manufacturing, with lead experience preferred.
• Experience in composite fabrication or similar manufacturing environments.
• Willingness to work overtime when needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide line level leadership to a composite manufacturing team.
• Organize production cell workload to meet daily objectives.
• Assign tasks and provide direction for completion.
• Monitor attendance and ensure timely reporting.
• Schedule breaks and ensure timely return to workstations.
• Motivate team to achieve productivity and quality goals.
• Cross-train team members and ensure safety and ethics compliance.
• Ensure materials are stocked and available for production.
• Evaluate equipment safety and functionality.
• Maintain daily line balance and lean process compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Overtime willingness

Attention to detail

Reading & following procedures

Excel proficiency

Safety awareness

Team motivation

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

AXILLON AEROSPACE

is a leading provider of complex, highly engineered composite and polymer solutions for demanding commercial and defense applications. Comprised of six, purpose-built centers of excellence throughout the USA and Mexico, each strategically focused on serving specific markets across aerospace engines and airframes, as well as munitions, radomes, antennas and fuel containment.

Summary

Reporting to the value stream Production Supervisor, the Manufacturing Lead is responsible for overseeing and assisting manufacturing operations on one or more production lines or value streams. The Manufacturing Lead ensures all parts in the line are flowing in a timely manner, safely, and with excellent quality and reports any potential manufacturing issues or potential delays to the supervisor.

Core Responsibilities

• Provides line level leadership to a high-quality composite manufacturing team while maintaining safety, productivity goals and objectives.
• Organizes production cell workload to meet daily objectives.
• Assigns tasks to team members and provides direction to ensure completion.
• Monitors and reports attendance to ensure regularity and promptness of workers to duty.
• Schedules breaks and meal periods and ensures that workers return to their workstations on time.
• Motivates team members to ensure optimal productivity and quality standards.
• Directs and provides cross-training to team members.
• Monitors team members in the course of their work and ensures that they comply with the standards of safety, operations, and ethics.
• Ensures that work raw materials are stocked and available when needed.
• Evaluates manufacturing equipment for safety and functionality.
• Actively places the safety of the team members in high regard and educates them on safety tips and procedures to adhere to during manufacturing process.
• Keeps records of team member performance attendance
• Functions as liaison between team members and management to ensure productive communication.
• Follows standard work for key lean and manufacturing processes including but not limited to; population of day by hour charts in cells, Daily Layered Accountability meetings, pass down meetings, 6S standards, TPM checklists, process walks, safety walks, etc.

Specifications

Education: A Secondary Certificate/High School Diploma or equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience that will allow successful performance of job expectations.

Certifications: Vocational training, apprenticeships, or the equivalent experience in related field

Years’ Experience: 3-5 years or more of relevant experience working in manufacturing, including assembly, layup, and composite fabrication. Previous Lead experience highly preferred.

Skills

• Must be able to use tools to do production operations correctly and safely.
• General understanding of adhesive and/or mechanical bonding applications
• General understanding of composite structures
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to drive effective teamwork.
• Organized and self-motivated.
• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Must be willing to work overtime when required.
• Ability to manage multiple duties, set priorities and follow tasks through completion.
• Able to read and interpret company documents, such as safety rules, operating/manufacturing instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Must be able to lift, hold and carry up to 40 pounds unaided. Must be able to perform the physical requirements of the job.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel (able to create basic formulas and templates).
• Understands production flow and able to maintain a daily line of balance.
• Please note that the pay range information is only applicable for California. Compensation is based on a variety of factors, candidate experience, qualifications, location as well as market and business considerations. Pay Range: $30.00/hr.-$40.00/hr.

Axillon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Axillon is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Required Skills

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