Machining Supervisor

Position Overview

Seeking an experienced Machining Supervisor to lead approximately 15–20 employees, including roughly 3–5 leads or co-leads. This position is responsible for employee development, performance management, staffing, productivity, safety, quality, and overall departmental performance.

This is a highly technical leadership position requiring significant CNC machining expertise. The supervisor will work closely with Quality, CNC Programming, Manufacturing Engineering, machinists, and tooling/equipment vendors to resolve technical and production issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead first-shift machining operations and approximately 15–20 employees.
• Hire, train, evaluate, coach, and develop machining personnel.
• Drive safety, quality, productivity, staffing, machine utilization, and production performance.
• Implement improvements involving equipment, tooling, processes, staffing, and workflow.
• Maintain 6S and support Lean and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Lead cross-training and improve workforce flexibility.
• Prepare labor forecasts, productivity measurements, cost reports, and staffing plans.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering on SOPs and production procedures.
• Manage departmental budgets and shared resources.
• Support AS9100, safety, environmental, customer-quality, and audit requirements.

Required Experience & Skills

• Approximately 10 years of CNC machining experience.
• 5–10 years of experience leading machining teams.
• Experience overseeing a meaningful CNC machining operation rather than a small shop with only a few machines and employees.
• Advanced blueprint-reading capability.
• Strong practical knowledge of GD&T, including tolerances, datums, geometric controls, inspection results, and print requirements.
• Significant CNC machining knowledge across equipment, tooling, setups, machine capability, processes, and troubleshooting.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work directly with Quality, CNC Programming, Manufacturing Engineering, machinists, and tooling/equipment vendors.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, cross-training, and developing machinists and floor leads.
• Experience addressing performance issues through coaching and progressive discipline.
• Ability to use and train others on micrometers, calipers, and other precision measuring instruments.
• Ability to interpret CMM output and make production, quality, or process decisions based on the results.
• Ability to evaluate equipment and process capability to determine whether parts can be produced to specification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace or other high-complexity precision machining experience.
• Lathe experience, particularly Mazak Integrex or similar multi-task equipment.
• Technical or trade-school education.
• Technical background combined with business education.
• OSHA 10, OSHA 30, or comparable experience participating on EHS teams.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Experience navigating ERP/MRP systems.

Leadership Expectations

• Coach, mentor, and develop employees.
• Hold employees accountable while identifying the cause of performance issues and helping remove obstacles.
• Remain calm and professional during difficult conversations.
• Develop machinists, leads, and co-leads for future responsibilities.
• Be comfortable with change, growth, Lean, 6S, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Work effectively in a hands-on, privately held, rapidly growing manufacturing environment.

Machining Environment

• Approximately 65 CNC machines at the St. Peters location.
• Approximately 90 machines across the company.
• Occasional collaboration with another facility regarding part transfers, equipment capabilities, and machining processes.
• Very little travel expected.
• Little to no customer-facing responsibility.

Benefits

• 96 hours of PTO during the first year, accrued beginning on day one.
• Nine paid holidays plus a paid anniversary day.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Voluntary life and basic life insurance.
• AD&D.
• EAP.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Parental leave.
• Teladoc services.
• 401(k) match of 100% on the first 3% contributed plus 50% on the next 2%.