Production Supervisor - Day & Evening
- Kitchener, ON, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in managing unionized manufacturing personnel.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Plan, organize, and assign tasks to plant employees to ensure optimal production while minimizing overtime.
- Coordinate work schedules and evaluate equipment and personnel capacity based on purchase orders.
- Track production, monitor operational progress, identify issues, and collaborate with planners to resolve them.
- Ensure quality control, maximize material utilization (specifically rebar cuts), and implement necessary adjustments to limit errors and scrap.
- Oversee logistics activities, including load compliance, delivery deadlines, and inventory management.
- Promote continuous improvement by recommending measures to increase efficiency, quality, and working conditions.
- Maintain a healthy and safe work environment by enforcing company policies and actively participating in the Health and Safety Committee.
- Ensure rigorous follow-up on workplace incidents/accidents and produce investigation reports in collaboration with relevant departments.
- Manage personnel under their supervision (training, evaluations, discipline, and seasonal layoffs).
- Effectively manage the continuous improvement program.
- Perform any other tasks requested by their immediate supervisor. #P1
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in managing unionized manufacturing personnel.
- College diploma or Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
- Availability to work on the day and evening shift.
- Experience in the steel, metal, or a related industry.
- Knowledge of rebar cutting and bending processes (an asset).
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead a team.
- Autonomy, initiative, and a proactive approach.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Plan and monitor production, assign and schedule work, coordinate logistics, and maintain quality while minimizing overtime, material waste, and errors. Lead and develop personnel, promote continuous improvement, and uphold workplace health and safety, including incident follow-up and investigations.
Requirements
Requires 3 to 5 years of experience managing unionized manufacturing personnel and a college diploma or bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field. Candidates should be available for day and evening shifts, have relevant industry experience, and demonstrate strong communication, leadership, autonomy, initiative, and a proactive approach; rebar cutting and bending knowledge is an asset.
Skills
- Production Planning
- Task Assignment
- Workforce Scheduling
- Capacity Planning
- Production Monitoring
- Quality Control
- Material Utilization
- Rebar Cutting and Bending
- Logistics Coordination
- Inventory Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Health and Safety
- Incident Investigation
- Personnel Management
- Team Leadership
- Communication
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Manufacturing
- Management & Leadership
- Logistics
- Engineering
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Production Supervision
- Manufacturing
- Unionized Workforce
- Production Planning
- Work Scheduling
- Purchase Orders
- Equipment Capacity
- Personnel Capacity
- Production Monitoring
- Quality Control
- Rebar Cutting
- Rebar Bending
- Material Utilization
- Scrap Reduction
- Logistics
- Load Compliance
- Delivery Deadlines
- Inventory Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Health and Safety
- Health and Safety Committee
- Incident Investigation
- Training
- Performance Evaluations
- Disciplinary Management
- Seasonal Layoffs
- Steel Industry
- Metal Industry