Production Supervisor – Nights
Overview
Our client in Waterloo Region is looking for a Production Supervisor with excellent communication skills and four (4) or more years of previous supervisory experience in an automotive manufacturing facility, to join their team in a full-time permanent role!
Come lead the team and be the recipient of a great salary, between 67-83K, based on experience as well as benefits package and pension plan!
Qualifications:
- Supervisory experience in automotive manufacturing is critical to be successful in this role.
- Proven experience in the creation of and maintaining a safety focused workplace.
- Knowledge of foam processing or injection moulding processing preferred
- Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to coach and train employees to excel.
- Understanding of customer requirements and quality systems within the automotive and packaging marketplace.
- Good understanding of collective labour agreements. Supervisory experience in a unionized plant is preferred.
- Well-developed computer skills; ability to use the Excel as an effective tool for tracking orders, accurate inventory and production records.
- Excellent organizational and verbal skills and above average written communication skills.
- Excellent technical skills and the ability to troubleshoot the pre-foaming, set-up, cycling and shape-moulding processes.
- Desire to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for supervision of all hourly plant employees on night shift, including employee coaching, discipline and assignment of work.
- Responsible for ensuring all employees receive the necessary training required to effectively perform their duties.
- Responsible for decision-making and problem-solving on mechanical, or other technical issues during night shift.
- Participate in production troubleshooting with lead hands and technicians, ensure cycle times are met;
- Responsible for decision making and problem solving on any technical or scheduling issues and communicating with other shifts.
- Responsible to implementing Lean Manufacturing initiatives in the production area.
- Continuous improvement
- Strong focus on scrap reduction, variation reduction
- 5Y or similar problem solving process with recurring production defects to identify and eliminate root causes
- Promote Kaizen and 5S initiatives.
- Responsible for ensuring quality standards are met according to the quality management system and TS16949 requirements.
- Responsible for ensuring a safe work environment for all employees, including providing instruction on safe operations, necessary PPE’s and housekeeping.
- Responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all production paperwork.
- Responsible for overseeing any stock movements and shipping duties to maintain accurate inventory levels.
- All other related duties as assigned.
If you have drive and ambition and you have experience in production supervision in an automotive environment, send your resume to: jayne@grandriverpersonnel.ca
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