Production Control Supervisor

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. is currently recruiting for the position of Production Control Supervisor. The Production Control Supervisor oversees the planning, scheduling, and tracking of production activities to ensure on-time delivery, efficient use of resources, and smooth coordination between manufacturing, materials, and other supporting departments. This role leads a team of production control clerks/planners, manages daily production schedules, and resolves issues that impact workflow, ensuring output targets and customer commitments are met. Minimum Qualifications : High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate or Bachelor's degree in business, operations management, supply chain, or a related field preferred. 4–6 years of experience in production control, planning, or scheduling within a manufacturing environment, including at least 1–2 years in a lead or supervisory role. Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. (SBIR) is a very successful, fast-paced subsidiary of HEICO Corporation, (NYSE: HEI, HEI.A). For more than 50 years, HEICO has thrived by serving segments of the aerospace, defense, and electronics industries by providing innovative and cost-saving products and services. Forbes Magazine has ranked HEICO as one of the 200 "Best Small Companies" and 200 "Hot Shot Stocks". Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. designs and manufactures the most technologically advanced Infrared (IR) and Electro-Optical (E-O) test instrumentation. SBIR's broad line of innovative products support testing of military and commercial sensor systems for world-wide use in laboratory, production, depot and field test applications. SBIR's high-energy, dynamic culture focuses our Team Members' on providing quality products and services to our customers. We provide highly integrated, well-engineered, cost effective hardware and software solutions to the E-O community. In doing so, SBIR has become the preferred supplier to major domestic and international manufacturers of commercial and military E-O sensors and systems. 90k-120k, DOE On-site (M-F) ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties assigned as necessary. Directly supervises team members in the production control team. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws: Supervise, train, and mentor production control clerks and schedulers, assigning tasks and reviewing daily performance Develop, maintain, and adjust master production schedules based on customer orders, capacity, and material availability Monitor work order status and production progress, identifying and resolving bottlenecks, delays, or material shortages Coordinate closely with materials/purchasing, quality, maintenance, and shipping departments to ensure schedule alignment and on-time delivery Analyze production data (throughput, downtime, scrap, WIP) and prepare reports for management to support decision-making Balance workload across production lines/shifts to optimize labor and equipment utilization Lead daily production meetings to communicate priorities, schedule changes, and resolve cross-department issues Ensure accurate and timely data entry into ERP/MRP systems for work orders, inventory, and production status Support root-cause analysis and corrective actions for schedule disruptions or missed deadlines Assist in capacity planning and forecasting to support new orders, product launches, or seasonal demand changes Enforce compliance with safety, quality, and company policies within the production control function Oversee the non-conformance (NC) process for manufactured and purchased parts, ensuring production control clerks accurately log and route NCRs to quality/engineering for disposition, that production schedules are updated to reflect rework, repair, or replacement, and that coordination with purchasing and suppliers keeps repaired or remade parts on track to meet the production schedule Oversee the Engineering Ch…

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