Production Supervisor Day Shift

Verus Aerospace; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Verus Aerospace is seeking a Lean Manufacturing leader to drive safety, quality, productivity and efficiency by applying Lean principles and tools across the plant. You will develop standard work, coach teams, and pursue continuous improvement to meet performance goals.

You will train staff, conduct root-cause analysis, and coordinate with engineering, maintenance and quality to sustain throughput and budget targets in a safe environment.

Qualifications

• BS in science preferred; manufacturing/machining training required.
• 3–5 years leadership in aerospace production operations.
• Experience as Journey Machinist preferred.
• Ability to forecast labor needs based on workload.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop people, processes, and systems using Lean principles.
• Drive safety, quality, service and cost improvements; promote engagement.
• Establish routine work practices and audits for 5S level.
• Ensure Standard Work is established and maintained.
• Develop and involve employees in safety, productivity and morale.
• Train staff and perform cross-training; document training.
• Model Workplace Expectations and coach accordingly.
• Promote a safe work environment and proper procedures.
• Investigate root causes of non-conformances and implement corrective actions.
• Plan, organize and supervise shift operations per production schedules.
• Collaborate with cross-functional groups to achieve plant objectives.
• Maintain throughput and meet budget criteria.

Skills

Problem solving

Team leadership

English communication

Machining knowledge

Planning & organizing

Interpersonal skills

Decision making

Blueprint reading

Geometric tolerancing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred in manufacturing

High school + college courses or equivalent training

Tools

5S

Root cause analysis

Accident investigation

Quality systems

Job description

Responsible for leading and developing people, processes and systems that ensure the highest safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency standards are achieved by applying Lean Manufacturing principles and tools.

• Workforce is safe and incident-free
• Continuous Improvement culture is developed and fostered
• Standard Work is in place for all processes
• Employees are meeting established Workplace Expectations
• Customer schedules and quality requirements are met
• First Pass Yields > 98%
• Budget and productivity goals and objectives are met

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Applies Lean Manufacturing principles and tools to improve all aspects of safety, quality, service and cost.
• Drive innovation and change by communicating on key business initiatives and promoting employee engagement and involvement.
• Establish routine work practices and audits to ensure continuous improvement to 5S level.
• Ensure Standard Work is established and maintained for all processes.
• Develop, train and involve employees in maintaining and improving safety, efficiency, productivity, quality, cooperation and morale.
• Ensure employees are trained to do their work and their training is documented. Execute cross-training and personal development strategies for direct reports.
• Model Workplace Expectations and coach employees to meet the same level of expectations in a respectful and thoughtful manner.
• Actively promotes and supports a safe work environment and ensures all employees work in a safe manner.
• Ensures all employees are properly trained in all safety procedures.
• Conducts accident investigation/root cause analysis for all incidents and accidents.
• Meet quality objectives by ensuring compliance to quality systems.
• Investigate root cause(s) of non-conformances, identify and execute corrective actions by expected completion date(s).
• Plan, organize and supervise all shift operations in accordance with production schedules. Maintain status of production, redeploy resources as required. Set and communicates expectations for daily production.
• Work closely with cross-functional groups to develop continuous improvement plans (i.e. engineering, programming, maintenance and quality) in order to achieve plant and work cell objectives.
• Ensures that throughput goals are attained and budget criteria is met or surpassed.

Position Requirements

• Ability to facilitate team problem solving, and communicate both orally and in writing.
• Working knowledge across all machining operations.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, summarize, and maintain information.
• Demonstrated ability to plan/organize/prioritize work for self’/others.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain effective interpersonal relations.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute effectively to a team effort.
• Ability to find, analyze, and solve problems.
• Ability to make/implement effective decisions.
• Proficiency in math, blueprint reading and geometric tolerancing
• Ability to effectively read, write and verbally communicate in English
• Bachelors of Science degree preferred. High school plus college level courses or equivalent training in manufacturing, machining, or equivalent required.
• Three to five years’ leadership experience in related aerospace production operations.
• Experienced Journey Machinist preferred.
• Must have worked with shop metrics, efficiency, productivity, utilization, and continuous improvement projects
• Must be able to accurately forecast labor needs based on current work loads