Aerospace - Production Supervisor - 3Rd Shift

Production Supervisor, 3rd Shift
Reports to:Production Supervisor, 3rd Shift
Location: Kent, WA
Type: Exempt, Full-Time
Schedule: *100% Onsite: Thursday – Friday night shift (10:00 P.M to 6:30 A.M.)
Role Overview
The Production Supervisor is a critical role for first line leadership of production areas within the facility on 3rd Shift. The position will play a key role in partnering with the Value Stream Managers (VSMs) to ensure on-time and quality delivery to our customers. They will coordinate job scheduling and ensure the necessary resources to accomplish jobs daily. Providing leadership, support, coaching, and counseling for employee’s day to day tasks, skill development, cross-training, continuous improvement, and standardized work, is an essential function of the position. They will direct the workforce in a way that always promotes employee safety and productivity improvements.
How we Value your Well-Being
 

• Financial Rewards: competitive base salary, quarterly performance share incentive compensation, and 401(k) matching retirement plan.
• Work/Life Balance: 3-weeks paid time off to start, 10 paid holidays, parental leave, and a paid community service day.
• Health and Welfare: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, employee assistance plan that includes mental health benefits, long-term care options, and onsite access to a massage therapist.
• Individual Development: continuing education benefits up to $5,250 annually towards coursework and/or CPE relative to this role, mentorship by Sr. Leadership team members vested in your success in a key role in Operations.

Salary Range for position: $63,000 to $85,000 per year *placement within this range will be based upon previous experience.
Responsibilities
 

• Directly supervise employees on 3rd Shift in support of the VSMs.
• Ensure that proper resources are available to meet job scheduling and customer demand, including cross-training development, department staffing structure and training plans as necessary to support achieving production output targets.
• Ensure all employees are properly trained in the company and department rules, policies, and safety issues, including, but not limited to, attendance, performance, and disciplinary actions.
• Conduct performance reviews, skill assessments, and performance planning for each employee that reports directly to you.
• Crossover communication with all managers including VSMs, department Leads and Coordinators to ensure department cohesiveness and consistency around the clock.
• Report and document all WISHA accidents and lead/support investigation for corrective actions and future prevention.
• Lead and participate in continuous improvement activities as necessary to serve the needs of our customers, both internal and external.
• Responsible for ensuring production employees receive communication and support during all phases of their career.
• Working closely with HR to support recruiting, onboarding, career development and training, and end of employment processes. 

• Fully support our Quality Management System and participate as required in OEM/Customer audits. Provide leadership for root cause analysis and corrective action (RCCA) investigations to safety, quality, and policy related issues utilizing Real Time Problem Resolution (RTPR). Promote Quality Assurance’s efforts by ensuring timely reporting to them of questions regarding job processing specifications as well as problems with parts/jobs.
• Provide first response support to facility/staff emergence’s as necessary.
• Support the VP of Operations with special projects and workflow productivity process improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• ERP and/or MRP experience highly preferred, specifically Infor Syteline.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• High degree of integrity with the ability to work with confidential employee information discreetly and appropriately with solid documentation.
• Must have a regular and dependable attendance record.
• Read/Write/Communicate in English.
• Must be able authorized to work in the U.S. An export license will be required to work in all areas of the facility.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check and pre-employment drug screening.

Education/Previous Experience Requirements

• High school diploma or general equivalency and 3+ year’s relevant experience in aerospace, manufacturing, or finishing.
• 3+ years in a leadership role, responsible for a team of 10+ direct reports.
• Must have the ability to read and understand aerospace engineering documents (drawings, specifications, etc.).

The Ideal Candidate

• Has an entrepreneurial mindset, thinking and acting like an owner with a strong sense of urgency and bias for action.
• Is skilled in monitoring and assessing the performance of self, other individuals, and teams to make improvements and take corrective action, creating a track record of successful leadership.
• Is comfortable with ambiguity and change, nimble and responsive in the short-term while driving progress on longer-term initiatives and process improvements to achieve strategic goals.
• Has emotional intelligence and is able to develop and foster a strong level of trust with leaders and employees of diverse backgrounds and situations.
• Is an exceptional communicator in both written and verbal interactions; clear, concise, and courageous in giving tough but supportive feedback when needed.

Essential Mental/Physical Demands
Standing/walking for long periods of time in a manufacturing environment. Extensive use of hands in writing, computer, and other office equipment.  Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. on an occasional basis.  Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Temperatures in the work environment can fluctuate with outside weather conditions. Safety glasses required in certain processing areas.
Hytek Finishes is an equal opportunity employer. It is Hytek’s policy to make all employment decisions without regard to an individual’s sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breast feeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race (including traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists), creed, religion (including religious dress and grooming), color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin,English-proficiency or accent or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, and any other categories protected by applicable state, local, or federal law. M/F/Disability/Protected Vet