Air Force · 2A790

Aircraft Fabrication Superintendent: civilian jobs and transferable skills

Air Force 2A790 Aircraft Fabrication Superintendent experience builds transferable skills in fabrication, operations management, scheduling, supervision, team leadership, training, quality assurance, safety, data analysis, process improvement, regulatory compliance, and inspection. CivLaunch currently matches 28 open civilian jobs to this specialty, including Production Supervisor at LMI Aerospace, Operations Manager at Moog, and Customer Service Manager at Hartzell Engine Technologies.

About the 2A790 specialty

Manages aircraft fabrication activities and personnel, including metals technology, nondestructive inspection, structural maintenance, and low observable work centers. Plans, schedules, and prioritizes shop workload, establishes production and quality standards, supervises technicians, develops training and certification programs, analyzes repair and defect data to drive process improvements, enforces safety and technical order compliance, and advises leadership on fabrication capability. Superintendent (9-skill) level.

Transferable skills

  • Fabrication
  • Operations Management
  • Scheduling
  • Supervision
  • Team Leadership
  • Training
  • Quality Assurance
  • Safety
  • Data Analysis
  • Process Improvement
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Inspection

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28 jobs match 2A790 Aircraft Fabrication Superintendent

Ranked by how many of your skills each job uses. Strong matches share the most.

  1. Production Supervisor

    LMI Aerospace · Auburn, WA

    Strong Match
    • $85,000–$95,000 a year
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 5+ years

    Production supervisor at Sonaca North America in Auburn, Washington, running a manufacturing department. Plans daily work from production orders and schedules, holds production meetings on metrics, fixes delays and cost problems, builds the training program, evaluates staff, runs self-audits against quality procedures, and leads corrective action and lean projects. Pays $85,000 to $95,000.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.

    Shares 8 of your 12 skills:

    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Quality Assurance
    • Safety
    • Process Improvement
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Associate degree required
    View Job On sonaca.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Sep 29
  2. Operations Manager

    Moog · Salt Lake City, UT

    Strong Match
    • $120,000–$155,000 a year
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 3+ years

    Operations manager leading a multi-shift circuit card assembly operation: managing supervisors and technicians, safety, training programs, continuous improvement through yield and throughput metrics, and root cause corrective action.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, supervision, and team leadership.

    Shares 7 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
    View Job On moog.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Sep 24
  3. Customer Service Manager

    Hartzell Engine Technologies · Montgomery, AL

    Strong Match
    • Program Management
    • 6+ years

    Customer service manager at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama. Leads the customer service and technical support teams, owns quoting, pricing, order entry, and post-sale support, sets service standards and metrics, links inside and outside sales with operations, drives process improvements, and reports results to senior leaders. Needs a bachelor's degree and six years of customer operations including leadership.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, supervision, and team leadership.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    • Bachelor's degree required
    View Job On recruiting.paylocity.com · Added Sep 29
  4. Quality Clinic Leader

    LMI Aerospace · Washington, MO

    Good Match
    • Quality
    • 5+ years

    Quality clinic leader at Sonaca North America in Washington, Missouri. Leads the team that investigates nonconforming aerospace parts, finds true root causes with tools such as 5 Whys, 8D, and fishbone, drives corrective actions that cut scrap, escapes, and late deliveries, tracks clinic metrics, updates work instructions, and trains staff. Engineering bachelor's or equivalent plus five years, including leadership.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to team leadership, training, and quality assurance.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Quality Assurance
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    • Inspection
    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
    View Job On sonaca.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Oct 1
  5. Line Service Supervisor

    Hill Aircraft · Atlanta, GA

    Good Match
    • Flight Operations
    • 5+ years

    Line service supervisor at the Hill Aircraft FBO in Atlanta, leading technicians who fuel, tow, marshal, and handle baggage for business aircraft. Runs shift safety briefings, assigns and checks work, trains new staff, keeps shifts staffed, plans ramp parking and hangar space, tracks fuel farm inventory and quality checks, and verifies inspection paperwork. Hourly, full time.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and supervision.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Requires: NATA Safety 1st PLST
    View Job On hillaircraft.isolvedhire.com · Added Sep 29
  6. Manufacturing Supervisor (1st Shift)

    Piper Aircraft · Vero Beach, FL

    Good Match
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 5+ years

    First-shift manufacturing supervisor at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida. Leads a crew building aircraft to Piper specs: sets daily goals with leads, assigns workers to the schedule, trains staff, handles evaluations and discipline, decides rework or scrap, solves assembly problems with engineering, and heads off part shortages. Five years of fabrication or sheet metal preferred.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Process Improvement
    View Job On irecruit-us.com · Added Oct 1
  7. Site Supply Chain Manager

    GKN Aerospace · Wellington, KS

    Good Match
    • Logistics
    • 5+ years

    Site supply chain manager on the leadership team at GKN Aerospace in Wellington, Kansas. Leads planners, schedulers, and logistics staff, runs sales and operations planning and the master production schedule, oversees receiving, warehousing, and shipping, owns site inventory targets and ERP data quality, and drives improvement. Five years of procurement, supply chain, or operations leadership in manufacturing.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and supervision.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    View Job On joinus.gknaerospace.com · Added Oct 1
  8. Electronics Technician

    Triumph Group · West Hartford, CT

    Good Match
    • $36.94–$52.15 an hour
    • Avionics
    • 5+ years

    Lead electronics technician and FAA repairman at Triumph's West Hartford, Connecticut repair station. Inspects electronic parts to IPC-A-610, directs and trains repair staff, schedules work, updates repair procedures, writes estimates, oversees NDT, and returns parts to service. Needs five years as an aerospace technician and an A&P or repairman certificate. Pay $36.94 to $52.15 an hour.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and training.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Training
    • Quality Assurance
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Inspection
    • Requires: FAA A&P or Repairman certificate
    View Job On careers.triumphgroup.com · Added Sep 25
  9. Production Team Leader

    GKN Aerospace · Garden Grove, CA

    Good Match
    • $85,898–$107,372 a year
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 5+ years

    Production team leader at the GKN Aerospace plant in Garden Grove, California, which makes aircraft windows and canopies. Runs daily shift priorities and staffing, leads safety briefings and lockout checks, tracks quality, scrap, and delivery, leads problem solving and lean improvements, and coaches and reviews employees. Needs a high school diploma, five years in manufacturing, and ITAR eligibility.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Process Improvement
    View Job On joinus.gknaerospace.com · Added Sep 29
  10. Manufacturing Supervisor

    Piper Aircraft · Vero Beach, FL

    Good Match
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 5+ years

    Second-shift manufacturing supervisor at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida. Leads assembly crews building aircraft parts, assigns work and staffing to the schedule, trains and evaluates employees, handles discipline and leave, works fit problems with engineering, decides rework or scrap, heads off part shortages, and records labor time and payroll. Five years of aircraft assembly or mechanic work preferred.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Process Improvement
    View Job On irecruit-us.com · Added Sep 29
  11. Production Supervisor, Grinding

    Héroux-Devtek · Livonia, MI

    Good Match
    • $85,000 a year
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 5+ years

    Second-shift production supervisor for the grinding department at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Leads machinists doing precision ID/OD, centerless, and thread grinding, schedules the work, reads drawings and sets methods and tooling, fixes grinder problems, checks parts with gauges and CMM, and coaches staff. Needs five years each of grinding and supervision. Pays $85,000 a year.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.

    Shares 6 of your 12 skills:

    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Inspection
    View Job On recruiting.ultipro.ca · Added Sep 29
  12. Charter Coordinator

    Cutter Aviation · Phoenix, AZ

    Good Match
    • Flight Operations
    • Entry level

    Charter coordinator in the Cutter Aviation operations center in Phoenix. Quotes and schedules charter trips, plans crew and passenger details, arranges catering and ground transport, tracks flights, collects payments, and serves as ground security coordinator, with on-call nights and weekends. One to three years in aviation preferred; Part 91 and 135 knowledge and a pilot certificate a plus.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and safety.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Scheduling
    • Safety
    • Data Analysis
    • Regulatory Compliance
    View Job On cutteraviation.com · Added Sep 29
  13. Quality Engineer

    Lockheed Martin · Fort Worth, TX

    Potential Match
    • $70,500–$130,900 a year
    • Quality

    Quality engineer applying quality principles to incoming material, production, and supplier products; leads failure investigations, MRB decisions, and corrective action, designs inspection and test processes, and performs statistical analysis of nonconforming product.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to quality assurance, data analysis, and process improvement.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Quality Assurance
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Inspection
    View Job On lockheedmartin.eightfold.ai · Added Sep 24
  14. Quality Inspector

    Innovative Solutions & Support · Exton, PA

    Potential Match
    • Quality
    • 5+ years

    Quality inspector for Innovative Aerosystems (formerly IS&S), an avionics maker in Exton, Pennsylvania. Inspects incoming material, work in process, and finished electronic and mechanical assemblies against IPC workmanship standards, keeps calibration and quality records, and verifies documentation at final inspection. Needs five years in manufacturing, drawing-reading skills, and knowledge of AS9100 and J-STD-001; U.S. person status required.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to quality assurance, data analysis, and process improvement.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Quality Assurance
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Inspection
    View Job On recruiting.paylocity.com · Added Sep 25
  15. Delivery Coordinator Supervisor

    LMI Aerospace · Washington, MO

    Potential Match
    • Logistics

    Delivery coordinator supervisor at Sonaca North America in Washington, Missouri. Hires, trains, and schedules the team that tracks customer orders through the plant, answers delivery questions, keeps past-due and recovery plans current, holds or splits jobs, flags critical parts and bottlenecks at daily meetings, and works with scheduling, warehouse, shipping, and quality. Manufacturing background and Excel skills preferred.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and supervision.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    View Job On sonaca.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Sep 29
  16. Master Production Scheduler

    Héroux-Devtek · Livonia, MI

    Potential Match
    • Logistics
    • 5+ years

    Master production scheduler and planning manager at Beaver Aerospace & Defense, the Héroux-Devtek actuation plant in Livonia, Michigan. Owns the master schedule and capacity plans, turns demand forecasts into workable build plans, manages bottleneck work centers, sets daily priorities, digs into schedule misses, and leads production planners. Five years of planning or scheduling in manufacturing; bachelor's preferred.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and team leadership.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Scheduling
    • Team Leadership
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    View Job On recruiting.ultipro.ca · Added Oct 1
  17. Production Planning and Control Manager

    LMI Aerospace · Washington, MO

    Potential Match
    • Logistics
    • 5+ years

    Production planning and control manager and site master scheduler at Sonaca North America in Washington, Missouri. Builds program master schedules and capacity plans, leads schedulers and delivery coordinators, runs the site's sales, inventory, and operations planning, reschedules the shop to hit customer dates, and flags bottlenecks early. Bachelor's or equivalent, five years of scheduling, and SAP.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and supervision.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Data Analysis
    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
    View Job On sonaca.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Oct 1
  18. Quality Control Supervisor

    Hartzell Engine Technologies · Montgomery, AL

    Potential Match
    • Quality
    • 3+ years

    Quality control supervisor at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama, a maker of general aviation engine accessories. Leads a small team of inspectors and technicians, plans the daily inspection and test workload, keeps quality records complete, writes up nonconformances and escalates problems to production, and keeps work compliant. Three years of quality or manufacturing; bachelor's preferred.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to supervision, team leadership, and quality assurance.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Quality Assurance
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Inspection
    View Job On recruiting.paylocity.com · Added Oct 1
  19. CNC Mill Production Team Lead

    Primus Aerospace · Lakewood, CO

    Potential Match
    • $30–$42 an hour
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 5+ years

    CNC mill team lead at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, which machines tight-tolerance parts for defense and aerospace primes. Runs daily mill production, sets up 3- to 5-axis mills, proves and troubleshoots programs, tracks scrap and cycle times, trains and evaluates machinists, and leads lean and 5S work. Needs five years of machining and GD&T. Pays $30 to $42 hourly.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to supervision, team leadership, and training.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Process Improvement
    View Job On primusaero.bamboohr.com · Added Sep 29
  20. Modification Supervisor

    Empire Airlines · Hayden, ID

    Potential Match
    • $32–$47 an hour
    • MRO
    • 3+ years

    Modification supervisor at the Empire Airlines repair station in Hayden, Idaho. Runs the hangar lines doing structural and composite repairs and modifications, staffs and schedules technicians and leads, keeps projects on schedule and budget, coordinates parts and inspections, and updates customers. Needs an A&P with three years of experience and two years supervising; $32 to $47 an hour.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to scheduling, supervision, and team leadership.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Scheduling
    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Safety
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • FAA A&P certificate required
    • Requires: FAA certificate under FAR Part 65; valid driver license
    View Job On recruiting.paylocity.com · Added Oct 1
  21. CNC Lathe Production Team Lead

    Primus Aerospace · Lakewood, CO

    Potential Match
    • $30–$42 an hour
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 5+ years

    CNC lathe team lead at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, on a four-day first shift. Runs daily lathe production to schedule, cost, and quality, sets up lathes and proves and troubleshoots programs, gives operators setups and tooling, tracks cycle times and scrap, coaches and evaluates machinists, and drives lean and 5S improvements. Five years of machining, including lathe setup.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to supervision, team leadership, and training.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Process Improvement
    View Job On primusaero.bamboohr.com · Added Oct 1
  22. Production Planning Coordinator

    Royal Engineered Composites · Minden, NE

    Potential Match
    • Aerospace Manufacturing

    Production planning coordinator at Royal Engineered Composites in Minden, Nebraska. Supports the planning manager and shop floor by updating forecast orders with sales and production, tracking orders and reporting status to customers, working escalated production problems and their root causes, and suggesting process improvements, plus routine department administration. No education or experience requirements are listed in the posting.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and data analysis.

    Shares 4 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Scheduling
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    View Job On recruiting2.ultipro.com · Added Sep 25
  23. Customer Service Representative

    Cutter Aviation · Prescott, AZ

    Potential Match
    • $19 an hour
    • Technical Services
    • Entry level

    Customer service representative at the Cutter Aviation FBO in Prescott, Arizona. Assists aircraft owners, crews, and passengers, books reservations, sends fuel and catering orders to line service, bills for services, resolves complaints, drives crews around the airfield, and keeps radio contact with arriving aircraft under FAA and TSA rules. Needs one to three years of customer service. $19 an hour.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to operations management, scheduling, and safety.

    Shares 4 of your 12 skills:

    • Operations Management
    • Scheduling
    • Safety
    • Regulatory Compliance
    View Job On cutteraviation.com · Added Sep 29
  24. Procurement Specialist

    Hartzell Engine Technologies · Montgomery, AL

    Potential Match
    • Logistics
    • 4+ years

    Senior procurement specialist at Hartzell Engine Technologies in Montgomery, Alabama. Leads sourcing for complex commodities and key suppliers of aircraft engine accessory parts, negotiates contracts, tracks supplier quality, delivery, and cost, finds savings, reports purchasing data, and mentors junior buyers. Typically needs four to six years of procurement or supply chain work; a related bachelor's degree is preferred.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to training, data analysis, and process improvement.

    Shares 4 of your 12 skills:

    • Training
    • Data Analysis
    • Process Improvement
    • Regulatory Compliance
    View Job On recruiting.paylocity.com · Added Sep 29
  25. Welder

    Lockheed Martin · Owego, NY

    Potential Match
    • $41,900–$77,700 a year
    • Aerospace Manufacturing
    • 3+ years

    Production welder building aerospace parts and assemblies from aluminum, titanium, and other alloys with manual and robotic welding processes. Inspects welds, keeps traceability records, and helps train new welders to aerospace quality standards.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to fabrication, training, and safety.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Fabrication
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Inspection
    View Job On lockheedmartin.eightfold.ai · Added Sep 24
  26. Maintenance Supervisor

    Essex Industries · St. Louis, MO

    Potential Match
    • Technical Services
    • 2+ years

    Maintenance supervisor for three Essex Industries plants in St. Louis. Leads technicians maintaining production equipment, boilers, HVAC, and buildings, shifts the team toward preventive maintenance, tracks downtime and backlog, keeps equipment records and PM schedules, orders parts, runs the safety committee and investigates accidents. Needs technical college and two to five years of industrial maintenance; CFC certification for HVAC work.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to supervision, team leadership, and training.

    Shares 5 of your 12 skills:

    • Supervision
    • Team Leadership
    • Training
    • Safety
    • Data Analysis
    • Requires: EPA CFC refrigerant certification (for HVAC work)
    View Job On essexind.rec.pro.ukg.net · Added Sep 29
  27. Quality Inspector

    AeroTEC · Moses Lake, WA

    Potential Match
    • Quality
    • 5+ years

    Contract quality inspector at AeroTEC's manufacturing center in Moses Lake, Washington, supporting aircraft test programs. Runs and writes CMM programs, measures parts with hand gauges, performs first-piece and in-process checks, and completes first article packages. Needs five years of CMM inspection in aerospace or defense and U.S. person status; A&P and Part 145 experience a plus.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to quality assurance, safety, and regulatory compliance.

    Shares 4 of your 12 skills:

    • Quality Assurance
    • Safety
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Inspection
    View Job On paycomonline.net · Added Sep 25
  28. Quality Inspector II

    NMG Aerospace · Tempe, AZ

    Potential Match
    • Quality
    • 3+ years

    Senior quality inspector at NMG Aerospace in Tempe, Arizona. Performs final and in-process inspection of machined aerospace parts against prints, GD&T, and military and industry specs, runs the CMM and contour tracer, completes first article inspections and FAA 8130 paperwork, handles discrepant material reports, and oversees source inspectors. Needs three years of machining inspection; ASQ certification preferred.

    Why this matched

    Your experience maps to supervision, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance.

    Shares 4 of your 12 skills:

    • Supervision
    • Quality Assurance
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Inspection
    View Job On recruiting.ultipro.com · Added Sep 29