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Location: Wixom, MI, 48393

The Manufacturing Supervisor leads daily production operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals. Reporting to the Plant Manager, this role directs and develops production employees, manages labor and machine capacity, supports schedule adherence, removes production constraints, and drives continuous improvement across assigned manufacturing areas.

• Production Management — Manage labor, machines, tooling, and workflow to meet throughput, cost, quality, and schedule expectations.
• Work Assignment — Organize and assign work based on employee skills, experience, production priorities, and manufacturing strategies.
• Daily Operations Oversight — Monitor production progress, resolve constraints, and communicate schedule, quality, material, staffing, and equipment issues to the Plant Manager and supporting departments.
• Documentation amp; Reporting — Maintain accountability for production documentation, labor reporting, booking accuracy, and department performance metrics.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration — Partner with Maintenance, Tooling, Quality, Planning, Engineering, and other teams to resolve issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, or cost.
• Compliance amp; Standards — Ensure employees follow approved work instructions, quality standards, safety rules, and company policies.
• Employee Development — Provide coaching, training, onboarding, cross‑training, performance feedback, and accountability for production employees.
• Continuous Improvement — Lead and support 5S, TPM, Kaizen, waste reduction, setup improvement, and productivity initiatives.
• Scrap amp; Rework Reduction — Support MRB reduction by identifying root causes, escalating recurring issues, and participating in corrective actions.
• Safety amp; Workplace Organization — Maintain a safe, clean, organized manufacturing environment and promote employee wellbeing and accident prevention.
• Shift amp; Department Communication — Communicate effectively across shifts and departments to ensure continuity of priorities, staffing, production status, and issue resolution.

Directly supervises assigned manufacturing employees and performs all supervisory duties in accordance with company policies and applicable laws, including planning and directing work; training employees; evaluating performance; addressing attendance and conduct issues; resolving problems; and supporting a respectful, team‑oriented work environment.

• Leadership amp; Accountability — Strong leadership presence with the ability to set expectations, hold employees accountable, and build effective teams.
• Problem Solving — Demonstrated urgency, sound judgment, and practical problem‑solving skills.
• Multi‑Tasking — Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining focus on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.
• Lean Knowledge — Understanding of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, continuous improvement, and root‑cause problem‑solving methods.
• ERP Proficiency — Working knowledge of ERP systems; Syteline preferred.
• Communication Skills — Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Employee Development — Ability to coach, train, motivate, and develop employees while supporting a culture of accountability and respect.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Minimum of five years of manufacturing experience with demonstrated leadership responsibility required. Aerospace, precision machining, CNC machining, quality system, and Lean Manufacturing experience preferred.

Ability to read and interpret work instructions, blueprints, operation sheets, quality requirements, safety rules, production schedules, and business communications. Ability to prepare production updates, shift notes, reports, and employee communications. Ability to communicate effectively with employees, managers, customers, auditors, and cross‑functional teams.

Ability to apply shop math—including fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, proportions, and basic statistical concepts—to production, quality, labor utilization, capacity, and efficiency measures.

Ability to define problems, collect relevant information, identify root causes, evaluate practical solutions, and implement corrective actions in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

Moeller Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Due to U.S. Government regulations pertaining to the nature of this work, all candidates must be a U.S. person (i.e., U.S. citizen or possess a valid Green Card), and proof of status will be required prior to employment.

Moeller Aerospace is a Drug‑Free Workplace. All new team members are subject to pre‑employment drug testing for controlled substances, including cocaine, PCP, amphetamines, and opioids, as outlined in company policy.