Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift (4 day work week!)

Summary:

The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading the daily operations of the machine shop, including machining, deburring, finishing, and related manufacturing processes. This role oversees production personnel, equipment utilization, workflow coordination, and departmental performance to ensure safe, efficient, and on-time delivery of customer orders. The Production Supervisor will provide hands-on leadership to shop floor employees, drive accountability for safety, quality, productivity, and 5S initiatives, and support continuous improvement efforts throughout the operation. The ideal candidate will have a strong manufacturing background and experience supervising production teams in a machine shop environment. This leader will be expected to embrace and exhibit our culture of honesty, integrity, and good corporate citizenship. This position is a key leadership role within the organization and will report directly to the Sr. Manufacturing Manager.

Responsibilities

• Strive toward a culture of proactive safety.
• As a leader, build a culture of integrity and openness. Exemplify the highest standard of conduct and ethical behavior.
• Responsible for the on-time delivery of machined piece part, brazements, and post brazed machined assemblies as determined by planning. 
• Maximize labor efficiency, labor effectiveness and machine utilization through effective work assignments, scheduling, and planning.
• Achieve a thorough understanding of the equipment, processes, capabilities, and constraints within area assigned and make decisions to eliminate constraints and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure employees within assigned area are following company policies and procedures across manufacturing, quality, safety, and 5S standards and guidelines.
• Perform all administrative supervisory tasks of weekly payroll approvals, scheduling employee time-off, design individual goals and track performance throughout year to complete annual evaluations.
• Maintain a daily understanding of job status for key customer orders.
• Communicate and escalate maintenance, manufacturing process, and component quality issues to employees within the appropriate department to facilitate problem solving and process continuation.
• Support and empower assigned employees, providing guidance on leadership and personnel performance issues to maximize individual and departmental performance.
• Facilitate, organize, and support lean daily management initiatives within area to track and report performance across personnel, output, safety, quality and maintenance.
• Address and escalate production, equipment, and personnel-related issues as necessary.

Experience and Educational Requirements

• High School or GED graduate is required. A Bachelors or Associates level degree in a science major is highly desired.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a supervisory or team leadership experience in a production setting.
• Previous supervisory experience with direct labor reports is required.
• Ability to effectively assign and delegate tasks and influence team performance is required.
• Proficiency using MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for communication, data collection, analysis, and presentation is required.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas simply and effectively is required.
• Previous experience using an ERP system (Oracle, SAP, Infor, ECI Jobboss / E2) is highly desired.
• Experience lean daily management, machine setup reduction, manufacturing process-flow, visual shop-floor management, and continuous improvement is highly desired.
• Understanding of ASME Y14.5 drawing interpretation is highly desired.
• Experience working within an AS9100 aerospace and defense is highly desired.
• Experience with operational metrics (key performance indicators) and employee performance / talent management is desired.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Additional 40 hours of Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave
• Competitive 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions
• Education reimbursement program for professional development
• Relocation assistance for eligible roles
• Climate-controlled facility
• Subsidized vending and on-site break areas
• Complimentary coffee and refreshments
• Clean, modern work environment with advanced equipment and technology
• Opportunities for career growth within a stable, growing aerospace manufacturing organization

ABOUT HEICO: 

Heico has a history of success. Since its founding over 40 years ago The Heico Companies has grown from a single business to over 80 separate companies through a strategic acquisition policy, and by reinvesting its earnings into internal growth and new prospects. Historically talented at restoring distressed companies, Heico now strategically targets acquisitions that will complement its ever-growing portfolio of companies in manufacturing, construction, and industrial services.

 These four core operations are organized into groups: Metal Processing Group, Construction Solutions Group, Applied Solutions Group, and Industrial Technologies Group. Once acquired, new Heico companies are assigned to a group and run on a stand-alone basis, allowing for great independence as well as the opportunity to share knowledge about markets, production processes, and management practices across other Heico groups and companies. Each Group has its own corporate team.

 Heico continues to seek out new opportunities and maintain its standard of success. The Heico Companies has remained a privately held company since its creation and maintains a majority ownership in each of its operations, which generates more than $3.3 billion dollars in revenues. Many of our businesses are certified Woman-owned Business Enterprises (WBE).

More information about the holding company and overall organization can be found at www.heicocompanies.com.