Job description:
Location: Sylmar, Los Angeles, CA office-based
Salary: US$85-92K plus bonus and excellent benefits package
Shift: Monday to Friday, 2:00pm-10:30pm, with occasional weekends as required
About the Opportunity
Our client is a leading aerospace manufacturing business, producing high-performance transparency materials and parts for the aerospace sector.
They are now seeking a 2nd Shift Production Supervisor to join their onsite team in Sylmar, California. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for supervising production employees, supporting daily manufacturing output, maintaining safety and quality standards, and helping drive productivity through lean manufacturing, 5S and continuous improvement.
Reporting to the Production Manager, this role will play a key part in ensuring production targets are achieved while maintaining strong employee engagement and operational discipline.
Key Requirements
You will be an experienced manufacturing production leader with a strong background in supervising teams, driving production performance, and maintaining safe, efficient and quality-focused operations.
Role & Responsibilities
As the 2nd Shift Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for leading production employees involved in the fabrication and processing of aerospace transparency materials and parts.
Your responsibilities
will include:
- Supervising production employees across daily fabrication and processing activities
- Ensuring department staff have the tools, resources and support needed to meet daily production targets
- Driving productivity goals, operational discipline and employee engagement across the shift
- Supporting and maintaining a safe working environment across the manufacturing floor
- Monitoring and controlling manufacturing costs, including material usage and overtime
- Reviewing, counselling, evaluating and disciplining employees where required
- Leading and supporting 5S initiatives, identifying and eliminating waste across production processes
- Working closely with functional area supervisors and managers to exceed business objectives
- Supporting customer requirements across quality, delivery, cost and inventory performance
- Running the manufacturing floor effectively while maintaining critical KPIs and operational standards
- Supporting lean manufacturing activity and helping embed continuous improvement across production
Qualifications:
You will bring:
- US Citizenship, Green Card status, political asylum status, or refugee status eligibility
- Willingness and availability to work 2nd shift, Monday to Friday, 2:00pm-10:30pm
- Bachelors degree with 2+ years leadership experience, or high school diploma with 3+ years leadership experience
- Prior experience within a manufacturing environment
- Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, counselling, performance management and employee engagement
- Experience driving productivity, safety, quality and operational KPIs within a production environment
- Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams to meet objectives around quality, delivery, cost and inventory
- Strong understanding of production processes, cost control, material usage and overtime management
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing, 5S and continuous improvement principles
- Aerospace industry experience would be advantageous
- Exposure to AS9100, kaizen events and formal lean manufacturing initiatives would be preferred
Why is This a Great Opportunity:
Why Join?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a respected aerospace manufacturing business in a key 2nd Shift Production Supervisor role, leading production teams and supporting the delivery of high-quality aerospace products.
The role offers a competitive salary of US$85-92K plus bonus and excellent benefits package, including health, dental, life, retirement plan, paid vacation and holidays, employee assistance programme, disability/leave and additional voluntary benefits.
Salary Type : Annual Salary
Salary Min : $ 80000
Salary Max : $ 95000
Currency Type : USD