Manufacturing Supervisor - 1st Shift

Location Profile:

Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Shur-Lok manufactures fastening systems with superior locking devices for critical requirements, including engine module assembly, structural assembly, rotor blade attachment, and aircraft engine shaft and spindle applications. Operations at the Irvine location include CNC Machining, CNC Waterjet Cutting, Laser Marking, Heat Treating, NDT, and EDM.

Position Summary

The Manufacturing Supervisor provides leadership and supervises direct labor employees involved in manufacturing Shur-Lok products. Manages assigned company resources (personnel, equipment, and materials) to achieve work schedules and satisfy customer requirements efficiently and cost-effectively. May occasionally operate production equipment or perform hands-on production tasks, not to exceed 20 % of the workday (such activities must be cleared in advance by the Manufacturing Manager).

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Complies with and enforces all company safety rules and regulations. These include using company-provided personal protective equipment/supplies (i.e., safety glasses, hearing protection, safety shoes); maintaining a clean work area; operating equipment and using tools safely; correcting unsafe conditions or practices.
• Effectively leverages team leaders to manage a large team of employees to set performance expectations. Tasks for effective performance management include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Leverage the daily pass down on priorities to drive closure of job requirements on 2nd shift.
• Escalate any issues/concerns needing management support same day.
• Communicate a clear ahead / behind status in next day operations.
• Resolve issues with scheduled jobs to maximize machine and operator efficiencies and report capacity constraints to production control.
• Achieve daily metrics, including ESH, productivity, scrap, dock, sales, and other significant measures.
• Maintain proper staffing levels to achieve budgeted levels of performance.
• Analyze processes to improve efficiency (including purchasing new capital equipment, planning equipment arrangement, and using cost-effective production techniques) and achieving cost reduction expectations.
• Maintain lean manufacturing methods in place (6S, flow, visual organization, etc.)
• Ensure that manufacturing documentation procedures and protocols are always followed.
• Monitor scrap, yield, and part efficiencies on existing programs to ensure budget achievement.
• Ensure machinery is at optimum repair by implementing preventative maintenance programs, assigning repair tasks, and maintaining spare parts.
• Obtain tooling, gages, and other supplies needed for production before the release of the router to machines. Implement set-up time reduction methods.
• Train personnel in production tasks, safety requirements, teamwork, and lean manufacturing principles.
• Check quality and quantities of product runs, SPC charts, first article charts, and accuracy of routers.
• Resolve technical and administrative problems.
• Other tasks as assigned.
  
  

Required Skills And Experience

• 3-10 years of technical experience in a fast-paced manufacturing setting, within an off-shift operations are highly preferred
• Demonstrated strong leadership abilities to drive execution on a second shift
• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple supervisors and prioritize competing requirements to drive the optimal decisions for the business
• Strong communication skills to ensure that objectives are clearly understood and executed to productivity standards.
• Working knowledge of ERP software, AS400/Mapcis preferred.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with various concrete variables in situations with limited standardization. Ability to interpret multiple instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to work under deadline pressure.
• Ability to concentrate on specific objectives while managing multiple priorities, people, and functions.
  
  

Education

• Trade school experience and/or equivalent machine shop experience is highly preferred. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, or a related discipline from a four-year college or university is a plus
  
  

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Ability to operate a forklift as needed.
  
  

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  
  

Schedule

1st Shift: 6:00am - 2:30pm (Monday-Friday). Weekend as needed.