Process Supervisor Jobs

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.

We currently have an exciting Process Supervisor opportunity! This role is based in our Edmonton, Alberta plant, reporting to the Plant Manager.

Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit, and status quo-fighters!

Job Summary

The Process Supervisor will lead all aspects of the activities of the production team in relation to organizing, scheduling, and coordinating workflow to improve productivity on the production line. Monitor and coach employees to produce the highest quality products as efficiently as possible while adhering to corporate health and safety policies.

Principal Responsibilities

• Develop training manual for Operators on the bi-axial process and establish standard procedures.
• Ensure compliance, specification & quality of manufactured items.
• Verify and update MES (Hydra) information, as needed.
• Update various reports daily and required logs.
• Troubleshoot and repair the equipment.
• Ensure Health & Safety initiatives and safe work rules are being followed.
• Participate in scheduled audits to ensure compliance.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Act as the subject matter expert for the PVC Process.
• Monitor all defects at workstations, communicating with Operators, Process Technicians, and Quality Control to ensure timely corrections.
• Assist in the start-up and troubleshooting of process-related problems with production equipment, tooling, and auxiliary equipment.
• Minimize raw material inventory and variance by optimizing the use of regrind material, minimizing scrap rates, and minimizing unrecoverable scrap.
• Plan daily work schedules and assign duties to Process Technicians.
• Collaborate with employees and managers to reduce downtime, maintain efficient use of labour, and achieve objectives set for the plant.

Qualifications & Experience

• Strong people leadership abilities.
• Proven experience in a supervisory capacity and working with manufacturing or extrusion machines or blending operations.
• Experience with PLC-controlled equipment.
• Degree or completion of a Management Development and/or NAIT Plastics program is an asset or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with troubleshooting complex process equipment.
• Knowledge of extrusion/blending machine operation and quality control.

IPEX 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 takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at [email protected]