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Darling Ingredients, a global leader in creating sustainable food, feed and fuel solutions from organic by-products.

Our world is growing. Global population is increasing by tens of thousands every day, and the pressure on our planet's resources for food, feed and fuel is greater than ever. Our future - and that of our children - depends on our ability to find economically and ecologically viable ways to provide for a growing population's basic needs.

At Darling Ingredients, we contribute to that goal by creating sustainable food, feed and fuel ingredient solutions. We take the meat by-products from our animal-based diets and process them to reclaim valuable and essential bio-nutrients, fats, oils, proteins, meals and more that are used daily in personal, commercial, and industrial products. Our natural and sustainable ingredients are marketed internationally to the pharmaceutical, food, animal feed, pet food, renewable fuel, fertilizer, sports nutrition and cosmetic industries.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Plant Manager and directing the production supervisory team, the Production Manager leads the production activities at the Moorefield, Ontario location. This position is responsible for overseeing the production operations of the Moorefield facility, with a focus on balancing health and safety, product quality and production efficiencies to ensure all these areas are taken as a priority. Understanding environmental and regulatory responsibilities is critical in this role, due to the yields of our raw material Darling Moorefield produces more water from our raw material, than sellable finished product. We clean this water and discharge it back into the natural watershed on an annual basis. Personnel development, and human resources standards and ensuring high levels of both employee and customer satisfaction is critical for building and maintaining an engaged work force with a good plant morale. The Production Manager is also a key member of the sites Plant Operations leaders working collaboratively with all other departments heads as a unified Leadership Team.

Position Tasks And Responsibilities

• Assume a Leadership role in the Health and Safety program, including driving a safety focused culture on the plant floor and safety related work orders, and initiatives
• Lead, mentor and support a group of 4 Supervisors, 1 Lead Hand and 26 employees in the operations of plant to meet health and safety, quality, production efficiency and yield standards; takes a leadership role in all investigations, inspections, and audits
• A strong people person that fosters a positive relationship on the plant floor and at all levels of the business and with all external contacts
• Take the lead in maintaining, enhancing, developing and compliance with the HACCP plan, GMP's, SOP's and procedures within the Production department, and when overlapping with other departments and business units
• Ensure current and future departmental compliance with all standards, including the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, CFIA, etc.
• Provide support and facilitate effective work group meetings within the production department
• Administrate and publish reports on all first aids, medical aids and lost time accidents; participates in and supports all accident investigations, corrective actions and employee RTW procedures
• Develop and manage the overall Production budget with timely and detailed reporting of variances to budget
• Participate/Lead union management complaint and grievance processes and participate into active management of the CBA and in negotiations as required.

Required Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, positive and self-motivated person with an open mind to constantly learn something new every day. Has the ability to work independently, and in a team.
• Familiarity with 5S and Lean methodology and philosophy is an asset
• Min 3-5 years of JHSC leadership or engagement also having full comprehension of Bill C45 and Bill 168 and the accountabilities associated with those legislative bills.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Supervisor experience in a unionized facility is an asset
• Supervisory experience illustrating an inclusive team management style approach
• Excellent analytical, time management, and organizational skills
• High level of computer competency including knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Strong communication skills and cooperation required across other functional business areas, across corporate teams, regulatory bodies, communities, and local businesses
• The successful applicant will have a minimum 3-5 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing. Experience in a feed ingredient or food manufacturing environment is a definite asset but not required.
• A strong people person, understanding emotional intelligence is not required but is an asset to this role.
• Post-secondary education and/or University Degree in Engineering, Agriculture, Science, or related field is not required but considered an asset
• Strong coaching/mentoring skills to assist with staff development
• Proven ability to multi-task in a fast pace environment

We Offer

• Educational Assistance Programs, Scholarship Programs, Apprenticeship Programs
• Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Employee Assistance Program
• Participation in Annual Incentive Plan
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• Global organization with sustainable growth and opportunities with the organization
• Competitive Salary
• Work life balance some flexibility with work hours, depending on the Plant Priorities

Darling Ingredients is committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities where our facilities are located. We actively seek qualified individuals with demonstrated skill and knowledge to deal with all aspects of diversity in a manufacturing environment. Darling Ingredients is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). The Human Resources Coordinator responsible for this position will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process. This document is available in alternate format on request.

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