Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Shift Supervisor/Foreman to oversee manufacturing operations on the production floor. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing daily activities, ensuring safety, maintaining quality standards, and driving continuous process improvements. This leadership role requires a strong understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain management, and team coordination to meet production goals efficiently and effectively.
Responsibilities
· In coordination with production, organize, direct and supervise shop activities in the interest of production goals and requirements.
· In coordination with engineering, project management, QA/QC, work to ensure project compliance with all applicable codes of construction, specifications and quality standards.
· With assistance from the safety coordinator, production and the Joint Health and Safety representative, work to ensure compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and all workplace standards.
· By communicating with employees, suppliers, outside vendors, and on-site contractors, ensure project production, quality goals, and safety requirements are understood and acknowledged.
· Generate shift production assignment sheets, assign employee’s specific production tasks, provide instruction and report on status of completion daily. (Consider job classification, qualification, skill/ability in the assignment of tasks.)
· Prioritize project needs and consider shop manpower and equipment resources to maintain workflow and avoid bottlenecks.
· Check manpower availability, and schedule overtime as required.
· Issue and maintain safety permits, lock-out or remove from use equipment that is damaged or unsafe, and requestion maintenance, repair, or replacement of equipment as required.
· Monitor, evaluate, develop and train production personnel based on skills/abilities, performance/workmanship, product knowledge, safety and fabrication practices, teamwork/cooperation.
· Recognize, report, record and carry out disciplinary warnings/measures for employee or contractor violations of government legislation or workplace standards, in regard to safety, attendance, timekeeping, workmanship, etc.
· Take part in training as assigned or required by the company in regard to government legislation, workplace standards, safety, first aid, etc.
· Inform management of production issues (equipment failures/shortfalls, non-conforming product, workmanship/quality issues.)
· Generate inter-shop work instructions (sketches, dimensional requirements) for materials and parts going to Oakville for forming or machining.
· Review project drawings/bills of material, to determine fabrication/test/shipping material requirements. (Gaskets, studs, covers, bracing, crates, saddles, etc.)
· May participate in project schedule creation, perform weekly review of ongoing project work against schedules, and provide status update for Project Management.
· Assist with scheduling, coordination, and organization of 3rd party (sublet) contractors for project related work.
· Review, collect, organize, and distribute specific data, (WPS, customer specifications, procedures.)
· Tracking project materials and sublet work, outline priorities and work to reduce negative impact to project schedules.
· Check, distribute, and requisition the purchase or replacement of project and shop supplies (weld, electrodes, gases, consumables, tools, machinery, PPE’s, safety equipment and other supplies, etc.)
· Assist with coordination/requestion of NDE (1st party and 3rd party MT, PT, VT, RT, UT.)
· Assist with/performs physical dimensional checks.
Other duties as assigned.
Experience
· Certification as a journeyperson under the Ontario College of Trades in one of the following trades (welder, electrician, maintenance mechanic.
. Community college diploma.
- Experience with project management to oversee, plan, manage and coordinate staff and contractors on numerous projects.
- Extensive knowledge of welding.
- The ability to organize and allocate manpower and equipment.
- The ability to follow detailed blueprints, sketches, and plans.
- Ability to work within budgets.
- Excellent written and verbal communications, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to coach and mentor employees.
- Ability to work in a highly regulated, safety-critical environment.
- Able to deal with people sensitively, tactfully, diplomatically, and professionally at all times.
Pay: $85,000.00-$95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
Work Location: In person
