Production Superintendent Jobs

Kawneer is a part of Arconic's Building and Construction Systems (BCS) business and is a leading supplier of architectural systems and services to the global construction market, with offices in 11 countries in North America, Europe, North Africa and Asia.
Kawneer partners with customers, communities, and the environment to achieve collective success. Through strong links with our partners, we are able to provide benefit beyond the tangible goods that we produce. For our customers, that means value added services. For our communities, that means giving back to employees and enriching the lives of the people who surround and support us. For the environment, that means being responsible in our decisions and careful in our actions.
We are committed to innovative and creative product design. Our products can meet the most exacting engineering and technical standards while overcoming sophisticated design challenges. Kawneer's design expertise, combined with aluminum's flexibility and recyclability, makes our architectural systems and products the right solutions for today and tomorrow.
Position Summary

• Provide leadership and strategic direction to Production Department and Shift Supervisors in execution of the Production Schedule.
• Apply knowledge in quality systems and lean manufacturing to drive disciplined systems, robust processes, and focused standardization of best practices for continuous improvement.
• Apply knowledge and skills in Environmental Health and Safety to drive disciplined systems in support of an injury free work culture.
• Direct reporting to Plant Manager.
• Manage a cohesive set of key performance metrics for Safety, Quality and Operational Productivity and Customer Service.
• Provide leadership and coordinate strategic business initiatives required to drive process improvement throughout the manufacturing and shipping processes, in pursuit of operational excellence.

Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze plant production performance and preemptively implement necessary actions/countermeasures for successful execution of the production and shipping schedule.
• Foster positive communication and relations with the local union.
• Oversee and report out on production departments and shipping performance to Plant Manager.
• Conduct deep dives to identify the root cause of manufacturing issues and bring them to successful resolution.
• Build a high-performance support team by enhancing a diversity of cultures, thoughts and perspectives throughout the production team
• Communicate and follow up with supervisors on daily/weekly/monthly requirements.
• Manage the development of talent with a focus on individual development and succession opportunities with the company
• Develop a structure to identify and deploy best practices for the core production processes.
• Engage the workforce and the supervisory team in problem solving initiatives and ensure the disciplined execution of manufacturing processes and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications
Essential Knowledge & Skills/Education

• Managing one's own time and the time of others effectively.\
• Demonstrated leadership and coaching skills coupled with excellent oral and written communication skills to obtain results through others. Must be able to direct multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing priorities.
• Job requires holding the team accountable through daily execution of the plan. When required, he/she will need to be able to dive into details to ensure operational success.
• Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Microsoft Office Suite and JDE experience preferred.

General Qualifications/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business from an accredited institution
• 5 years related manufacturing supervisory experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex issues and derive suitable business solutions.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, demanding manufacturing environment
• Aspirations to grow into a more senior role.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the innate ability to work with a wide variety of different personalities.
• Knowledge of principles and application of Lean Manufacturing and Quality Systems and Production Planning.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing systems and processes
• Knowledge of the architectural aluminum construction industry with particular expertise on people-paced processes in production environments.
• Highly developed oral (influencing) and written communication skills.
• 10 years related manufacturing experience, with minimum 5 years in a supervisory capacity.

Work Environment/Conditions: Fast-paced, busy manufacturing/production facility with the ability to have a flexible schedule as per production needs.