Production Supervisor Bilingual - 2nd Shift

AppleOne Employment Services; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services seeks a Production Supervisor to lead daily floor operations in a sheet metal fabrication environment. You will drive disciplined execution, manage ship commitments, and coach teams to improve on-time delivery while stabilizing flow.

The role emphasizes leadership in change management, adherence to the Production Control System, and language skills in English and Spanish to support a diverse workforce.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years experience in a sheet metal fabrication environment.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a production or operations role.
• Experience leading teams through change or operational improvement strongly preferred.
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma training strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assume leadership on day-to-day production floor operations during turnaround and cultural reset.
• Execute Production Control System, manage daily ship commitments and bottleneck control.
• Coach operators on system use, flow rules and priority adherence.
• Promote disciplined execution and reduce aging of work-in-progress.
• Identify constraints and partner with management to remove barriers.
• Ensure release of work only when material, revision, routing, tooling and QAP requirements are met.

Skills

Leadership

Team coaching

Operational discipline

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Business or Engineering degree preferred

Job description

• Minimum five (5) years experience in a sheet metal fabrication environment.

SUMMARY

Assume leadership responsibility for day-to-day production floor operations during operational turnaround and cultural reset. Assist the Production Manager in executing a disciplined production control system focused on converting backlog into on-time shipments and revenue.

The Production Supervisor is accountable for execution, system discipline, and coaching behaviors aligned to Production Control System, including daily ship commitments, labor clocking compliance, job release discipline, and bottleneck management. This role is critical to stabilizing flow, improving on-time delivery, enforcing Global Shop usage, and embedding performance-driven culture.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute Production Control System, including:
• Daily Ship Commitment Board
• Hot Jobs & Bottleneck Control
• Clocking Compliance Board
• Job Release Checklist
• Own shift-level execution of daily shipment targets and work order priorities.
• Treat backlog as future cash and actively drive aging reduction through disciplined execution.
• Ensure work is released only when fully ready (material, revision, routing, tooling, OP, FAI requirements).
• Enforce 100% labor clock-in / clock-out in Global Shop with no exceptions.
• Ensure Global Shop is the single source of truth for job status, labor, and priorities.
• Identify and elevate late, blocked, or at-risk work orders daily.
• Eliminate workarounds, shadow systems, and informal scheduling practices.

Leadership & Coaching

• Lead daily production huddles focused on shipment commitments, bottlenecks, and recovery actions.
• Coach operators and leads on proper system use, flow rules, and priority adherence.
• Promote calm, disciplined execution over expediting and firefighting.
• Hold team members accountable while maintaining a respectful, team-oriented culture.
• Identify constraints, waste, and flow disruptions; partner with management to remove barriers.
• Support improvements to routings, standards, and manufacturability.
• Participate in transformation initiatives and KPI reviews.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Business or Engineering degree preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years experience in a sheet metal fabrication environment.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a production or operations role.
• Experience leading teams through change, increased accountability, or operational improvement strongly preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Must be bilingual (English / Spanish).
• Ability to communicate expectations clearly and professionally in a fast-paced environment.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to apply appropriate mathematical methods to support production planning, labor awareness, and problem solving.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma training strongly preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Procedural:

• QAP 8.3
• QAP 7.5.3
• Quality Policy
• Production Control System
• Global Shop job clocking and scheduling standards

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

• Safety Glasses

ROLE EXPECTATION STATEMENT

• Improved on-time delivery.
• Labor clocking compliance
• Shipment reliability
• Reduction in WIP aging
• Consistent execution of Production Control System

Supervisors are expected to model new way of working and actively reinforce behaviors that support flow, accountability, and customer trust.