Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

At Dowty Propellers, a GE Aerospace Company, you’ll join a growing business with career development opportunities by helping ensure the safety and reliability of critical propulsion systems that keep aircraft flying every day. You’ll join a global aerospace leader with a strong safety and quality culture, proven lean practices, and a commitment to continuous improvement. We offer the opportunity to make a direct impact on flight safety in a highly regulated environment, while developing your career through access to GE Aerospace’s training, expertise, and broader career paths.

In Sterling, you’ll work in a close knit MRO team with the backing, stability, and benefits of a world class aerospace organization. The Production Supervisor leads and engages employees and leads daily management to drive sustainable, continuous improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity, and meeting Production Plan goals. Effectively facilitates through conflict to ensure listening and adherence and support differences of opinions.

Champions an environment of teamwork, problem solving, and engagement. Effectively communicates requirements using a team approach to accomplish goals and objectives of the business. Executes standard operational/technical tasks such as hourly timecards and performance conversations with employees while utilizing Flight Deck and Daily Management practices. Supports development and execution of training programs implemented through standard work practices. Willing to learn and use continuous improvement tools and methodologies.

• Available and willing to work 1:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. – 4 days per week.
• Leadership:
  Direct work on the shop floor; ability to influence decision making with or without authority, facilitate groups with diverse perspectives, bring teams to agreement. Foster an environment of learning and problem solving.
• Communication:
  Interpersonal skills that build productive relationships and influence others, both within the business and across organizations. Ability to interact with all levels of the business (senior leaders to working teams), exceptionally good listening skills, able to present complex or new insights with clarity and simplicity.
• Teamwork: collaborate effectively with others to achieve common objectives. Align with Team Leads and set employee expectations for the day. Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees.
• Completes time keeping, tracks and approves OT and PTO. Strategically plans production and works through issues by cross-training and maximizing coverage for PTO where production needs. Assesses need for OT.
• Hiring and developing team members, follow ups, supporting hourly team. Facilitating coaching conversations. Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area. May use prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems.
  
  May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive ure the shipment goals, business goals, customer requirements and production plans are achieved by partnering with Production Control.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university plus a minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing or operations environment, OR; a High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 9 years of experience in a manufacturing or operations environment.

• Demonstrated…