General Supervisor, Facilities - North Vancouver, Canada - Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards

Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards

Verified Company

North Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

The General Supervisor, Facilities is responsible for managing teams of multi-discipline trades workers. The General Supervisor determines staffing requirements and oversees work assignments within an assigned Area.

The General Supervisor is responsible for ensuring all work is carried out in accordance shipyard safety, quality, and environment standards, policies and procedures.

To ensure standards are met the General Supervisor will regularly check on performance, conduct performance management tasks, including but not limited to:

disciplining trades employees, approving trade employee time cards, trade employee leave requests and ensuring the collective agreement is applied appropriately.

Note:
Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.

This position leads teams who work the day shift and will work the following hours, Monday to Friday: 6:00 - 14:15

What you'll do

Supervises facilities projects and service contracts for Shipyard Operations.
Ensures work progression in accordance with safety, cost, quality and schedules.
Implements and enforces Seaspan Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality processes on the shop floor and strives to eliminate safety hazards at every opportunity.
Reports internally on work process and status.
Advances technical trade issues with Management and implements solutions as identified by Management.
Responsible for interpreting work order specifications and manufacturing information, ensuring work orders are completed, keeping updated on standards and changes in plans, and provisioning materials in the case of unavailability.
Assists in determining work plans, sequences and schedules and may be required to assist in preparing estimates.
Responsible for delivering production in accordance with company and customer quality standards.
Partners with management to ensure trade employees have the skills, equipment, training and certifications required to perform planned work activities.
Ensures work crews minimize waste expense and unnecessary delays in construction or repair work.
Works with management to eliminate inefficient work practice and fully use their work crew experience and skills to progress the work.
Allocates trade employees in accordance with schedule and priorities, assigning work to trade employees with the skill and ability to efficiently complete scheduled work.
Responsible for performance and attendance management, termination of employment, as well as assigning or removing chargehand responsibilities to trades employees.
Follows and enforces the collective agreement and management practices to manage trades employees effectively.
Responsible for timekeeping administration and approval of direct and indirect reports.
Ensures all employees are provided with a work environment that is respectful and harassment free.
Works closely with Wellness and Abilities Management as required.
Other duties as assigned.

What you'll bring

College degree or trades certification is preferred.
Minimum 5 years of Facility work experience in a production environment (heavy industrial/ heavy manufacturing); or advanced education in Facility Properties with 2 years related trades work experience. Trades experience in ship fitting, pipefitting and joiner would be an asset.
2+ years' supervisory experience in a union environment.
Proficient knowledge of trade responsibilities specific to facility grounds and property maintenance (welding, electrical, pipefitting, mechanical, etc.).
Possess strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
Possess excellent management and leadership skills and the ability to empower and work with and through others to achieve desired results.
Appreciates and understands the value of diversity within a team.
Conflict resolution and negotiations skills to resolve disagreements quickly and effectively, bring a problemsolving attitude to conflicting approaches and priorities involving others.
Demonstrates ability to make mature and timely job site decision.

Why you'll love working here

This is a fulltime, permanent position. With multiple operations and longterm projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
We also provide a bestinclass health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (e.g. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, childcare benefit partnership, Personal Spending Account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
Free onsite gym
Parking is included.

Salary:
$102,000.00-$116,000.00 per year

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