Job ID: 1790618
Reference Code: 1111EC-Bilingual-Production Supervisor
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced 2nd Shift Bilingual Production Supervisor for a direct hire opportunity in Santa Ana, CA. This role is ideal for a hands-on manufacturing leader with strong sheet metal fabrication experience, bilingual English and Spanish communication skills, and the ability to drive production discipline during an operational turnaround and cultural reset.
The Bilingual Production Supervisor will support day-to-day production floor operations, partner closely with production leadership, and help convert backlog into on-time shipments and revenue. This position offers the opportunity to make a visible impact by improving on-time delivery, strengthening production controls, increasing labor tracking accuracy, and building a more accountable, team-oriented manufacturing culture.
This is a strong opportunity for a supervisor who enjoys leading from the floor, coaching operators and leads, improving workflow, and bringing calm, structured execution to a fast-paced metal fabrication environment. The ideal candidate will thrive in a setting that values supportive leadership, teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, and long-term operational stability.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute the Production Control System, including daily ship commitments, hot jobs, bottleneck control, clocking compliance, and job release discipline.
- Own shift-level production execution by driving daily shipment targets, work order priorities, backlog reduction, and improved on-time delivery.
- Enforce accurate labor clock-in and clock-out practices in Global Shop and ensure the system remains the single source of truth for job status, labor, and scheduling priorities.
- Lead daily production huddles focused on shipment commitments, bottlenecks, recovery actions, and accountability across the production floor.
- Coach operators and leads on production flow rules, priority adherence, system usage, and disciplined execution.
- Identify constraints, waste, blocked work orders, and flow disruptions while partnering with management to improve routings, standards, and manufacturability.
Compensation and Benefits
- Direct hire opportunity.
- Salary range: $70,000 to $85,000 per year.
- Location: Santa Ana, CA.
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Required Qualifications and Skills
- Lead day-to-day production floor execution in a sheet metal fabrication and welding environment.
- Drive disciplined use of the Production Control System and Global Shop for job status, labor tracking, and scheduling.
- Manage daily shipment priorities, bottleneck control, backlog aging reduction, and work order readiness.
- Coach production employees and leads through change, increased accountability, and operational improvement.
- Candidates must meet ITAR (US Citizen / Permanent Resident), pass background and drug screen.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a sheet metal fabrication environment.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in a production, manufacturing, or operations role.
- Must be bilingual in English and Spanish.
- Experience using Global Shop or a similar ERP, production control, job tracking, or labor clocking system.
- Ability to enforce job release discipline, including confirmation of material, revision, routing, tooling, operations, and FAI requirements.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to set expectations clearly and professionally in a fast-paced production environment.
- Ability to identify and escalate late, blocked, or at-risk work orders daily.
- Strong production planning awareness, labor tracking discipline, problem-solving ability, and basic applied math skills.
- Ability to maintain accountability while supporting a respectful, team-oriented culture.
- Must be able to follow required procedures, quality policies, production control standards, and Global Shop job clocking and scheduling standards.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including steel toed shoes and safety glasses.
Preferred Qualifications
- Business or Engineering degree preferred.
- Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma training strongly preferred.
- Experience leading teams through operational turnaround, cultural reset, increased accountability, or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience supporting KPI reviews, production transformation initiatives, and improvements to routing accuracy, standards, and manufacturability.