Senior Production Manager, Aerospace Composites

The Gill Corporation; El Monte (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Gill Corporation is seeking a Production Manager to lead exempt and non‑exempt manufacturing teams producing highly engineered composite structural parts in El Monte, CA. This role coordinates activities across the production of complex panels and laminates, reporting to the COO and driving safety, efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities include scheduling, staffing, training, housekeeping, inventory controls, cost management and policy enforcement while maintaining ITAR/EAR compliance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or sufficient TGC product/process experience to problem solve departmental production issues.
• Minimum of ten years’ experience in production management with composite molding background.
• Experience in hand layup, vacuum bagging, compression molding, curing, testing, and inspecting.
• Bilingual a plus, but not required.
• Must possess excellent math skills and strong reasoning/problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Supervises production staff to ensure products are produced in compliance with internal processing instructions.
• Supervises production staff to ensure plant safety practices are enforced.
• Suggests and implements improvements to production processes.
• Reviews production schedules to ensure adequate staffing, resources and materials are available to meet customer demands.
• Ensures that proper housekeeping is enforced.
• Reviews inventory control procedures to ensure materials used in production are proper.
• Trains production staff to ensure a complete understanding of quality requirements.
• Executes personnel policies including hiring, training, performance appraisals and salary administration.
• Responsible for control of variable manufacturing expenses and reports variances.

Skills

Production management

Staff supervision

Process improvement

Quality control

Mathematics skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Hand layup

Vacuum bagging

Compression molding

Curing

Testing

Inspecting

Job description

The Gill Corporation is seeking a Production Manager to lead exempt and non‑exempt manufacturing teams producing highly engineered composite structural parts in El Monte, CA. This role coordinates activities across the production of complex panels and laminates, reporting to the COO and driving safety, efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities include scheduling, staffing, training, housekeeping, inventory controls, cost management and policy enforcement while maintaining ITAR/EAR compliance and