NPI Production Supervisor - Dayshift

📋 Description

• Lead production execution for prototypes, engineering builds, pilot runs, manufacturing trials
• Develop and execute build plans and daily schedules aligned with engineering, customer, and program
• Own production readiness for staffing, materials, tooling, equipment, and training.
• Coordinate material readiness and resolve labor, material, quality, equipment, engineering, and
• Represent Production in design reviews, readiness reviews, daily build reviews, customer visits
• Capture lessons learned and drive them into product, tooling, documentation, training, and

Process Validation, Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to validate processes, tooling, equipment, assembly methods
• Provide structured production-floor feedback on manufacturability, operator experience, process
• Lead or support root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and recovery plans using structured
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, regulatory, customer, and workplace organization
• Support line balancing, workflow design, station optimization, labor planning, and repeatable

Team Leadership & Build Performance

• Provide direct floor leadership for technicians, operators, and leads assigned to NPI and pilot
• Plan staffing, workload balance, operator allocation, training, and qualification; develop leads
• Establish build targets, monitor execution, remove blockers, escalate risks, and drive recovery
• Track and communicate schedule attainment, output, first-pass yield, overall yield, scrap/rework
• Provide concise status updates to Production and program leadership on readiness, build progress

What Makes You a Good Fit

Required

• 5+ years of manufacturing, production, operations, or NPI experience, including 2+ years leading
• Experience supporting prototypes, engineering builds, pilot production, LRIP, new product launches
• Strong working knowledge of manufacturing flow, assembly, integration, test, inspection, production
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve constraints involving labor, materials, equipment
• Ability to interpret production data and use KPIs to prioritize work and drive decisions.
• Strong leadership, organization, project coordination, written communication, and cross-functional

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related technical
• Experience in aerospace, defense, robotics, electronics, automotive, or another complex or highly
• Experience transitioning products from prototype or pilot production into stable volume
• Familiarity with AS9100, Lean manufacturing, 5S, line balancing, standard work, DFM/DFA, and
• Experience with ERP/MRP, MES, production scheduling, inventory management, manufacturing data