Production Supervisor - Ottawa - Saand inc

Description

We are building a better future At Saand we believe that producing high quality work together in flow is the best method to build a better future. Headquartered in Etobicoke, Ontario Saand has 4 decades of glass fabrication experience and has helped construct some of Ontario's most iconic buildings.

We're seeking a new colleague to join our Operations team in Ottawa. If you consider yourself to be a highly skilled Production Supervisor with demonstrated skills on leading a team, organizing, scheduling, and coordinating workflow to enhance the productivity output for fabrication of commercial glass products, we invite you to submit your resume. This is an on-site role.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the ideal candidate will have prior experience with producing highest quality products, lean manufacturing process, as efficiently as possible while leading, monitoring, developing and coaching employees. This position works closely with Plant Managers, Operations, Quality, and the HR team.

Duties & Responsibilities:

GENERAL:

• Act in a professional manner and as an ambassador for our Saand's Brand.
• Develop and maintain a safe a high-performance safety culture in a lean manufacturing environment.
• Provide an exemplary level of support to team members and co-workers.
• Ensure that all applicable company policies have been communicated to the workforce and are being followed
• Adopt and promote positive changes that will propel the company and employees forward

SAFETY:

• Partners with Human Resources and plays a key role in the development and maintenance of a behavioural based safety culture – safety as a personal priority, observation, positive reinforcement, etc.
• Conduct safety training, hazard identification inspections and audits to ensure departmental operations and personnel are appropriately aware and are in compliance with OHSA and corporate safety objectives
• Complete accident investigations in a timely and accurate fashion, and ensure implementation of corrective actions
• Develop and recommend improvements to safety policies and procedures
• Ensure all work areas are clutter free and well organized

QUALITY:

• Ensure that quality is being "built-in" at each operation and that all required process parameters that impact quality are within specified limits.
• Provide a safe workplace for all employees.
• Work in partnership with the Quality, Customer Service, Maintenance, and other teams to prevent and resolve any quality issues.
• Participate in problem solving to determine root cause and execute corrective actions for quality issues
• Ensure that all quality testing, recording etc. is being completed in compliance with industry standards and company policies and procedures
• Ensure all products are complete, appropriately labelled and meet identified specification prior to their transfer to finished goods

PRODUCTIVITY:

• Plan and direct the utilization of all equipment and labour to achieve the most effective results.
• Follow established safety, quality and production improvement goals using the 5S principles.
• Manages production demands through sound practices that will ensure all resources are present to produce the required output.
• Communicate and drive key performance goals (throughput, efficiency, waste, labor costs, compliance to schedule etc.)
• Ensure all production targets are being met throughout a shift; analyze and correct shortfalls immediately
• Lead, promote and recommend improvement initiatives including health and safety, people, processes, and equipment/machinery and ensure plant improvement initiatives are implemented and sustained
• Collaborate with workers and managers to reduce downtime, maintain efficient use of labour, and achieve objectives set for the plant
• Provide and replace operator's tools and equipment as required to keep morale and production efficiency high
• Conduct daily pre/post-shift communications and transition with other shift supervisors
• Proactively identifies and elevate issues with a recommended solution appropriately to senior management
• Work in partnership with the Maintenance department to assist in prevention / rectification of breakdowns
• Prepare daily and periodic reports as required and in a timely fashion; updates Enterprise as the need arises for attendance and payroll reporting

CULTURE AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT:

• Monitor employee's daily productivity and quality output.
• Maintain open lines of communication through daily shift briefings by providing a motivational environment through personal examples and all other departments.
• Builds cross-functional working relationships to achieve company and team goals.
• Identify team development needs, build realistic plans, and provides opportunities/training to fulfill those needs. Maintain and update cross-functional job board ensuring equal opportunities for all employees to learn and develop new skills
• Participates in the hiring and onboarding of new employees
• Collaborates with HR to take appropriate corrective action to address employee performance issues
• Act on employee concerns in a timely fashion and ensure fair and equitable treatment of employees to ensure positive employee relations
• Lead daily, weekly, and monthly team meetings
• Coaches and provides mentorship to team members, counsels when required; leads, develop, and motivates employees through effective training and recognition

What we are looking for

• 7+ years of supervisory experience in a fast-paced production environment
• Prior experience in a manufacturing or automotive environment is preferred
• Demonstrated leadership skills including coaching, motivating, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in performance management, people issues and related documentation.
• Supportive and capable of leading change efforts and implementing continuous improvement.
• Ability to build effective internal and external stakeholder relationships, acts with the customer in mind
• Self-starter who takes the initiative and do what needs to be done while ensuring communication and change management needs are met at all team levels.
• Well developed verbal and written communication skills; able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
• Highly developed analytical, problem solving and process improvement skills; adept at root cause analysis and execution well thought-out corrective action and change plans
• Possess a technical understanding of production planning techniques, basic understanding of quality management standards, lean manufacturing, Kaizen approach to production with a focus on health, safety, and environmental requirements/laws
• Strong time management and organizational skills and able to deal with varying levels of complexity and competing priorities
• Possess a positive attitude, a willingness to learn and motivation to succeed

Education Requirements:

College Diploma or equivalent experience

Saand's company culture and environment is one which promotes engagement, innovation, inclusion, and creativity in flow.

Saand is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that considers the applicant's accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for Saand jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• RRSP match

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift

Supplemental pay types:

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Stittsville, ON K2S 1B8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

START DATE: Immediate

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