Production Supervisor (MSL)
- Collingwood, ON, Canada
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Job details
- Experience
- 3-4 years of direct supervision experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Essential Functions:
- Accountable for the health and safety of employees and ensure compliance with all established Health & Safety rules/regulations and the Occupational Health & Safety Act
- Accountable for manufacturing metrics for their shift.
- Manage shop floor performance
- Conduct required audits as necessary – SOP, safety, 5S, Process etc.
- Conduct regular employee communication meetings on shift.
- Track training for all hourly employees on shift
- Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and quality system. Identify and record any problems relating to the product, process and quality system. Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through designated channels. Verify the implementation of solutions. Control further processing, delivery or installation of nonconforming product until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.
- Ensure production flow of processes by reducing/eliminating bottlenecks on a shift-by-shift basis.
- Employee Scheduling:
- Ensure shift is properly staffed by qualified employees. Work with Gate House Attendant regarding any absent employees and open positions on shift.
- Adherence to NSG/Pilkington Standards of Business Conduct and its Values and Principles.
- Other duties as assigned by manager.
Top 3 Competencies Needed for Success in the Role:
- Safety & Quality Focus: Develop safety as a team value, reinforce safe behaviours, and challenge unsafe ones.
- Influential Leadership: Build rapport and positively impact teams.
- Passion for Excellence: Take ownership of results and objectives.
Qualifications Required:
- Education of high school diploma or GED.
- 3-4 years of direct supervision experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to work rotating shifts in a continuous production setting.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Qualifications Desired:
- Technical knowledge: Understanding manufacturing technologies, machinery, and production processes.
- Six Sigma certification.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Production Supervisor at Default Brand will keep employees safe, run the shift's production targets, and resolve quality and bottleneck problems. They will also schedule staff, hold team meetings and track training.
Requirements
Candidates need a high school diploma or GED, 3-4 years of manufacturing supervision experience, and strong communication skills. Ability to work rotating shifts is required; Six Sigma certification and technical knowledge of manufacturing are desired.
Skills
- Occupational health and safety compliance
- Shop floor performance management
- Production metrics tracking
- Nonconformance management
- Root cause problem solving
- Bottleneck reduction
- Employee scheduling
- Staff training tracking
- Team communication and meetings
- Leadership and influence
- Manufacturing processes
- Machinery knowledge
- Six Sigma
- Quality systems
- Continuous improvement
Categories
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Trades
Keywords
- Production Supervisor
- manufacturing supervisor
- shift supervisor
- shop floor management
- production metrics
- occupational health and safety
- OHS Act
- 5S
- SOP audits
- quality control
- nonconformance
- continuous improvement
- Six Sigma
- employee scheduling
- rotating shifts
- continuous production
- Lean manufacturing
- process improvement
- Default Brand
- NSG Pilkington
Seniority
Mid level
Languages
- English