Production Supervisor - Burnaby, British Columbia

Your opportunity · By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can c ...

Job description

Your opportunity
By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium's mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

We are now preparing for our upcoming commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.

Please note, this opportunity is an on-site, full-time work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of
As a Production Supervisor, you will develop and manage the Production team. The candidate will be expected to prioritize production schedules based on labour availability, equipment efficiency, and materials supply, and will play a key role in the hiring process for new team members. This role will require significant interaction with other operations teams on a daily basis, so an ability to work across functional groups is essential. The Production Supervisor will also take ownership of other essential initiatives required to run a world‐class production facility. These include, but are not limited to, driving the 5S program, cleanroom infrastructure support activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Your Core Responsibilities Will Include

• Plan and schedule resources and communicate daily production objectives to the production team.
• Participate in weekly production planning meetings
• Coordinate activities with other departments to minimize production downtime
• Lead or coordinate troubleshooting of production processes
• Assist with non‐conformance investigations as required
• Monitor productivity and quality and identify opportunities for improvement
• Lead or participate in implementation of GMP, 5S, lean and visual manufacturing initiatives
• Provide Level 2 inspection support for production processes
• Develop staffing plans based on planning objectives and capacity analysis and communicate resource requirements to the Production Manager
• Drive employee training and assist the Production Manager with employee development plans
• Plan and coordinate cross training to provide maximum production flexibility
• Motivate employees to achieve objectives and goals by providing feedback and recognition
• Conduct performance and compensation reviews
• Ensure employees are aware of and follow all workplace health and safety requirement

What You Bring To The Team
Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about creating cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people's lives. We work within a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. And we understand that only by working together can we solve the unsolvable.

You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes:

• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to drive results
• Ability to listen and gather feedback from employees, present recommendations and ideas and build consensus
• High level of technical acumen and ability to understand technical documents and drawings.
• Proven problem‐solving skills and ability to drive continuous improvement
• Proficiency with MS Office software, in particular the use of Excel
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Flexible and able to take on additional responsibilities as required
• Post‐secondary technical diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience in a technical manufacturing environment
• Experience in an ISO 13485 or AS9100 manufacturing environment preferred
• Understanding of and experience with lean manufacturing principles

Compensation
Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

• $73,000 - $85,000 CAD (including 5% RRSP)

Your Benefits & Well-being
Total cash – the total cash we've listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage – for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support – for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

Career progression and learning support.

Professional membership support.

Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.

Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?

• Our Purpose
• Our People
• Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we're committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more