Production Supervisor

Vet Powered, LLC, named Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year in the United States, is a rapidly growing San Diego-based corporation specializing in manufacturing, welding, fabrication, machinery repair, and customized training under private and U.S. Government contracts. Vet Powered employs a highly trained workforce that uses advanced CNC equipment. Vet Powered is dedicated to bringing advanced manufacturing back to America.

At Vet Powered, the Production Supervisor is responsible for coordinating the daily execution of machining and welding and fabrication work. Reporting to the Head of Manufacturing, this position maintains production priorities, supervises production employees, owns JobBOSS production tracking, and ensures that work is performed safely, accurately, and according to the approved schedule. The Production Supervisor communicates job status, capacity constraints, quality issues, equipment needs, and delivery risks to the Head of Manufacturing so leadership can make timely decisions.

• Maintain the daily production schedule for machining and welding and fabrication based on priorities established by the Head of Manufacturing.
• Assign work to production employees and coordinate labor, equipment, materials, tooling, inspection, and space requirements.
• Run daily production meetings and communicate job priorities, due dates, staffing needs, and operational issues.
• Monitor job progress throughout the day and respond to production delays, equipment problems, missing material, tooling issues, and competing priorities.
• Identify jobs that are late or at risk of becoming late and report recovery needs to the Head of Manufacturing.
• Coordinate work between machining, welding and fabrication, quality, programming, purchasing, shipping and receiving, and other supporting functions.

• Own the accurate and consistent use of JobBOSS for production tracking and daily shop‑floor activity.
• Ensure production employees enter labor hours, completed operations, quantities, and job notes accurately and on time.
• Ensure travelers are created and available before work begins, with required operations, work instructions, inspection points, and shipping requirements.
• Maintain accurate job status information and provide quoted-versus-actual labor reporting to the Head of Manufacturing.
• Confirm that completed production documentation is legible, traceable, and routed to the appropriate department.
• Identify missing or unclear drawings, revisions, specifications, routers, or work instructions and elevate them before production proceeds.

• Provide daily direction, coaching, and technical support to machinists, operators, welders, fabricators, shop hands, and other assigned production personnel.
• Set clear expectations for attendance, punctuality, productivity, documentation, quality, safety, and workplace conduct.
• Train employees on approved production processes, JobBOSS requirements, travelers, work instructions, safety practices, and 6S expectations.
• Monitor employee performance and document attendance, conduct, training, or performance issues for review with the Head of Manufacturing.
• Provide input regarding staffing needs, employee development, performance reviews, and candidates for open production positions.
• Support onboarding and cross‑training so production coverage is maintained as workload and staffing needs change.

• Maintain a safe working environment for production personnel, staff, OJT participants, students, visitors, and guests.
• Ensure employees follow company safety…