Production Supervisor I

About Crane:

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash., facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. You’ll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!  

Job Summary:
The Production Supervisor I leads and directs a team of employees in an assigned area of operations such as Metal Fabrication, Assembly, and/or Test.

The Production Supervisor I is accountable for maintaining a safe working environment and adhering to quality standards and is responsible for meeting customer demand schedules within established cost goals. Supervision may include the management of employees on more than one shift.

Essential Functions:

• Review and understand daily key performance indicators to evaluate current status and gap to plan, and use this data to drive daily problem solving (8 Step, 5 Why, Cause and Effect, Fishbone) where required

• Ensure timely identification of quality issues using the non-conforming materials process to ensure scrap and rework are properly processed

• Serve as liaison to other groups, product lines and/or functional areas to ensure products are built, assembled, and/or tested within appropriate parameters

• Review the daily allocation of resources to drive production schedule to meet established customer requirements

• Make staffing decisions in accordance with human resource procedures to build and grow the team to meet the needs of the business

• Develop, coach, and mentor employees using performance planning to drive employee and business growth 

• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

Non-Essential Functions:

• Collaborate with Engineering and Quality to define and modify manufacturing instructions

• Partner with the supply chain team to develop material replenishment system for the manufacturing areas

• Ensure equipment complies with calibration and maintenance procedures and requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience: 2+ years of experience in the field or in a related area

• Knowledge: General understanding of cellular manufacturing practices; Basic understanding of manufacturing based continuous improvement skills (standard work, 5S, material replenishment, etc.); Intermediate skill level with MS Office

• Skills/Abilities: Effectively communicate (written and verbal) with all levels of the business and present to groups both small and large; Ability to align customer demand with manufacturing capacity to develop labor planning/allocations; Ability to use data to determine root causes of issue to drive focused corrective action

• Education/Certification: BA or BS degree in Operations Management or similar

• Eligibility Requirement: This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous supervisory experience within an aerospace or electronics manufacturing environment

• Familiarity with web-based software

Work Conditions:

• Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment

• Manufacturing operations may require the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to eye safety glasses, gowning, masks, hearing protectors, heel/wrist straps and any other required PPE

• May be exposed to unusual environmental conditions such as loud noises, cold temperatures, confined sp