MLI Production Supervisor

Aerothreads is seeking an

Aerothreads is seeking an MLI Production Supervisor to lead the daily operation of our Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) production and cleanroom activities. This position directly supervises production technicians and is responsible for assigning and prioritizing work, monitoring employee performance and labor utilization, coordinating production schedules, and ensuring quality requirements, safety standards, and customer commitments are met. The MLI Production Supervisor works closely with Operations, Production Planning, Program Management, Design, Quality, and Human Resources to resolve production and personnel issues, maintain a trained and accountable workforce, and support the successful fabrication, testing, delivery, and installation of MLI products.

• Supervise and support shopfloor technicians, coordinate daily activities, and maintain balanced workloads.
• Assign and prioritize work based on production schedules, employee capabilities, program requirements, and available capacity.
• Lead daily shopfloor stand-up meetings and communicate production priorities, schedule changes, staffing needs, and constraints.
• Monitor employee attendance, punctuality, conduct, productivity, and compliance with workplace expectations.
• Address routine employee concerns and partner with Operations and Human Resources on performance and conduct matters.
• Conduct annual performance reviews and participate in employee goal setting, compensation recommendations, development planning, and succession planning.
• Support recruiting, interviewing, selection, onboarding, and training of production employees.
• Develop and maintain employee training and cross-training plans to ensure adequate coverage and reduce single points of failure.
• Review and approve employee timecards for completeness, accuracy, and timely submission.

• Develop, execute, and maintain production schedules in coordination with Production Planning, Programs, Design, and Quality.
• Monitor production progress and proactively communicate risks, delays, resource constraints, and recovery plans.
• Monitor direct labor utilization and support accurate charging of time to appropriate projects and indirect activities.
• Monitor and report production performance indicators, including throughput, yield, rework, labor utilization, quality trends, and schedule adherence.
• Coordinate production priorities, staffing, workflow, and manufacturing capacity to support customer and program requirements.

• Oversee Class 8 cleanroom operations and enforce contamination-control requirements, including ESD, FOD, PPE, housekeeping, and gowning protocols.
• Ensure technicians follow approved drawings, work instructions, travelers, build documentation, and quality requirements.
• Support the controlled handoff of drawings, work instructions, materials, and production documentation from Design and Production Planning.
• Maintain configuration control of work instructions, build records, engineering changes, and production documentation.
• Ensure material identification and traceability are maintained for flight builds and support inventory control of production materials.
• Identify and document nonconformances and support material review board dispositions, root-cause investigations, and corrective-action activities.
• Ensure required safety, technical, quality, and compliance training is completed and properly documented.
• Recommend and support updates to work instructions, safety documentation, production processes, and operating procedures.

• Operate or oversee vacuum bakeout chambers,…