Production Supervisor

Ontic; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Ontic is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead a work cell of 10-20 hourly team members, ensuring reliability and consistency on the production line. The role requires hands-on leadership, strong communication, and the ability to drive performance improvements in a fast-paced environment.

You will coach and develop staff, implement policies, and collaborate with other teams to meet production goals and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or HS diploma with 4 years of manufacturing leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage front-line manufacturing employees.
• Typically manage hourly employee populations.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline and execute policy/strategy.
• Maintain KPI tracking and drive improvements in production efficiency.

Skills

People leadership

Communication

Decision making

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree; or HS diploma with 4+ years manufacturing leadership

Job description

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!

POSITION PURPOSE (What this position is responsible for accomplishing)

The Production Supervisor will perform the daily operations of work cells to ensure reliability and consistency on the production line while leading a team of 10-20 hourly team members. Impacts departmental operations and responsible for execution. The role has some autonomy but is focused on execution of activities within an operating discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Some judgment may be required but this is typically with guidance and collaboration.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES FOR THIS JOB

• Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees.
• Typically managing hourly employee populations.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline.
• Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.
• In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
• In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance.
• Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks.
• Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems.
• May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills or an early people leader who can hire and develop talent.
• Provides informal guidance to new team members.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS (What does the employee need to do to be successful?)

• Develop and maintain personnel skill sets to support company growth.
• Assure policies and Good business practices are adhered to by those reporting to him/her.
• Reduce and maintain production backlog to acceptable level to meet established on-time shipments target.
• Improve and maintain job tracking and reporting to achieve 98% accuracy.
• Maintain personnel skill set evaluation and development
• Align the people on the floor so that they feel and act like a team.
• Assure there are strong communications in place to make sure they have the current business info they need and, more importantly, we know and hear the real tone of how they feel and what issues they have.
• Build relations so production personnel are engaged and committed to the business’s success as demonstrated by the idea flow from them for continuous improvement (which we then have to act on)
• Generate and support active participations in process improvement (including CI, Kaizen, Employee Involvement, charts, etc)
• Monitor, maintain, and improve KPI’s for the assigned production cells in accordance with established operational goals.

QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in a manufacturing environment managing a team).

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE

3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment managing a team Candidate must be a U.S. Person.

Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker.

Compensation Pay Range

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Ontic is a leading manufacturer to the world’s civil and military aircraft. By becoming the OEM to critical parts others originally developed, we provide continuity, availability and longevity to our customers’ fleets, supporting them for a lifetime of flight. Through our in-house manufacturing and engineering, MRO, spares, and AOG support, we ensure certified, safety-critical components remain available, compliant, and reliable across the full operational life of the aircraft we support. We use our expertise and experience to reduce supply chain risk, improve production outputs and deliver for our customers, so they can keep their aircraft flying now and in the future.