Production Supervisor

Spartronics- Production Supervisor- Electromechanical Assembly

Location: Plaistow, NH | On-site
Department: Manufacturing / Production
Reports To: Manufacturing Manager

Work Hours: Mon- Thurs 6:30am-4:00pm, Fri 7:00-11:00am

About Spartronics Plaistow

At Spartronics, we build complex products where quality, reliability, and workmanship matter. Our Plaistow, New Hampshire facility specializes in high-mix, lower-volume complex electromechanical manufacturing, subassemblies, full-system integration, and box-build assemblies for customers primarily within the Commercial Aerospace, Defense, and Instrumentation & Control industries. The site supports defense contractors and OEMs with products and systems used in applications such as airborne surveillance, missile fire control, shipboard power and communications, power distribution, automated controls, and semiconductor equipment.

The Plaistow facility operates under rigorous quality and regulatory requirements including AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, ITAR registration, NIST 800-171, UL508A, J-STD-001 Class III soldering, and IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class III workmanship standards.

Job Summary

The Production Supervisor oversees the daily activities of assigned production teams at our Plaistow manufacturing facility. This position leads Team Leads and production employees to ensure safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and customer commitments are consistently achieved.

The Supervisor coordinates staffing and resources based on production schedules, monitors operational performance, addresses production or quality issues, and ensures work is completed in accordance with company procedures, customer requirements, IPC workmanship standards, AS9100D, ISO 9001, and applicable ITAR requirements.

This position also plays an important role in employee development through coaching, training, performance feedback, conflict resolution, and day-to-day leadership on the manufacturing floor.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the daily activities of Team Leads and associated production employees supporting complex electromechanical assemblies, subassemblies, wiring and cable assemblies, control panels, box builds, and full-system integration.
• Coordinate production resources and manage production schedule according to customer demand, material availability, priorities, and any other changing manufacturing requirements.
• Ownership of Production Build Plan, driving schedules based upon material availability and other influencing factors. Working closely with Materials team and Program Management on pull-in and push-out requests.
• Conduct daily production meetings to communicate priorities, customer requirements, safety concerns, quality issues, risks, and schedule expectations.
• Monitor production performance including schedule attainment, productivity, quality, rework, labor utilization, and on-time delivery.
• Maintain a visible presence on the production floor and respond quickly to barriers affecting employees, quality, material availability, workflow, or customer commitments.
• Ensure employees follow approved work instructions, drawings, manufacturing procedures, quality requirements, and configuration documentation.
• Reinforce workmanship and compliance requirements associated with IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class III and J-STD-001 Class III manufacturing environments.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Materials, Program Management, and other departments to resolve production issues and maintain manufacturing flow.
• Coach, mentor, and develop employees while providing timely performance feedback and recognizing strong performance.
• Address employee relations or performance concerns in partnership with Human Resources and site leadership.
• Support employee onboarding, cross-training, certification, and skills-development activities.
• Ensure compliance with company safety policies, AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, ITAR, NIST 800-171, UL508A, customer requirements, and applicable manufacturing procedures.
• Support internal, customer, and third-party audits and maintain strong audit readiness within assigned production areas.
• Participate in root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous-improvement initiatives designed to improve safety, quality, productivity, and delivery.
• Review and maintain employee timekeeping and attendance records in accordance with company policies.
• Maintain accurate production documentation and ensure procedural and configuration requirements are followed.
• Adjust staffing and priorities as business requirements and production flow change.
• Perform other responsibilities or support additional manufacturing areas as business needs require.