- Manage shop floor operations, overseeing daily schedules, workflow, and inventory of tooling and consumables.
- Address nonconformance issues, document associated rework, and ensure product quality and compliance with specifications through rigorous monitoring.
- Lead and supervise a team of 5+ technicians, handling all aspects of performance management, including skill assessment, training development, and providing feedback.
- Review work instructions, recommend changes to optimize processes, and drive continuous improvement efforts to enhance efficiency and productivity.
- Provide essential data and reports to support departmental metrics and improvement goals, monitoring labor hours, overtime, and implementing plans to enhance time management.
- Drive production outcomes by setting clear job expectations, identifying and mitigating production risks, and cultivating a culture of cooperation to promote teamwork and collaboration.
- Develop and execute cost reduction initiatives, efficiency enhancement strategies, and safety measures to improve area safety and efficiency.
- Continuously optimize process and manpower efficiency, utilization, and productivity to ensure smooth operations and adherence to timelines.
- Bachelor's degree or 7+ years of experience in manufacturing/production.
- Minimum 3 years of leadership experience in team or project management.
- 5+ years of manufacturing experience, particularly in structures.
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
- Experience transitioning teams and processes from development to production.
- Lean/six sigma green belt certification or equivalent.
- Strong communication skills to liaise between engineering and production teams.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with evolving tasks.
- Safety training and/or certifications.
- Proficiency in lean manufacturing principles and efficiency methodologies.
- Track record of high performance in previous roles (rated 4/4 or above in reviews).
- Availability for 1st split shift (8am - 6pm).
- Flexibility to work extended hours and weekends as required.
- Ability to lift 25 lbs. unassisted and stand for extended periods (minimum 8 hours).
- Willingness to travel for short and extended trips as needed.
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Production Supervisor - El Segundo, United States - Castelion
Description
About Castelion
Castelion is bringing a new approach to defense development and production: one that focuses on short, iterative design cycles, rapid testing in development, and modern commercial manufacturing strategies for production at scale. We're designing, building, and testing next generation long range strike weapons systems to give America and its Allies a definitive edge and deter future conflicts.
Production Supervisor
Responsibilities
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Skills and Experience
Additional Requirements
All employees are granted long-term stock incentives as part of their employment as Castelion. All employees receive access to comprehensive medial, vision, and dental insurance, and the company offers three weeks of paid time off per year.
Leadership Qualities
Bias to Action and Creative Problem Solving. Desire and experience questioning assumptions in ways that lead to break through ideas that are ultimately implemented. Successfully bring in applicable processes/concepts/materials from other industries to achieve efficiency gains. Ability to personally resolve minor issues in development without requiring significant support.
High Commitment, High Initiative. A successful candidate will have a genuine passion for Castelion's mission and consistently look for ways to contribute to the company's technical goals and prevent hardware blockers. Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere. Strong sense of accountability and integrity.
Clear Communicator. Proactively communicates blockers. Trusted in previous roles to be voice of company with regulators, suppliers, gate keepers and customers. Capable of tactfully managing relationships with stakeholders to achieve company-desired outcomes without compromising relationships. Emails, IMs and verbal interactions are logical, drive clarity, and detailed enough to eliminate ambiguity.
ITAR Requirements:
Employment with Castelion is governed on the basis of competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.