As the Machine Shop Supervisor at Impulse, you will be responsible for all machining processes within the shop. This candidate will be tasked with ensuring all areas of production are meeting corporate goals. Key components of this position will be reporting to machine shop management, troubleshooting production issues, working with machining technicians, manufacturing engineers and quality engineers to identify and execute process improvements and automating repetitive manual tasks. Strong emotional intelligence that can drive change and hold teams accountable is a key for success in this role.
Responsibilities
- Ensure all work order tickets are completed on time and to specification
- Responsible for mentoring, leading and supervising up to 40 employees
- Supervise the production flow within the machine shop, ensuring safety and the efficiency of entire shop floor
- Work with shop floor, manufacturing engineers, and quality teams to resolve reoccurring nonconformance issues
- Review work instructions with planners to ensure shop floor tech’s have accurate and complete instructions and recommend changes
- Meet tight and moving production schedules
- Monitor tooling costs, and work with the machining teams to provide overall departmental cost reductions
- Enforce systems and corporate policies
- Monitor labor hours and overtime, approve time cards, and assist in the implementation of time management and improvement plans
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or GED equivalency certificate with 4+ years of professional experience in a manufacturing/testing environment
- 4+ years’ of demonstrated hands-on experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment, specifically with CNC machines, mills & lathes
- 1+ years of experience leading a team
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 5+ years in the role of a CNC machinist
- Knowledge of Lean principles and Six Sigma
- Experience troubleshooting manufacturing operations, including machining processes
- Experience converting labor intensive machining processes into lights out machining scenarios
- Experience leading machinists and technicians to work with CNC programmers, manufacturing engineers and quality engineers on processes development and continuous improvements efforts
- Experience developing teams within a machining cell to create a ratio of (1) machining tech to operate (3) or (4) machines
- Ability to read and interpret blue prints and engineering drawings
- Well versed in GD&T and inspection procedures and processes
- Experience working with production machine shop tracking metrics
- Experience working with leadership teams to develop 1 to 3 year production plans
- Experience in evaluating teams and generating mid-term and annual reviews and presenting to lead persons and technicians
Additional Information:
- Must be able to lift 25 lbs. unassisted
- Must be open to working extended hours and weekends, as needed
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
