Production Supervisor Jobs

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Cambridge

Reporting To: Production Manager

Description

As a member of the Operations team, the Production Supervisor is responsible to ensure that production requirements are met safely, on time and within acceptable levels of quality, and costs, specific to all materials, documentation and services required to support production and customers, both internal and external, for the assigned Department.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and participate on various teams;
• Supervise, co-ordinate and schedule the activities of employees on various pieces of equipment;
• Other duties as assigned.
• Recommend personnel actions such as hire, promote, etc;
• Prepare production and other ad hoc reports;
• Training and mentoring of employees in job duties, safety procedures and company policies;
• Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality;
• Evaluate the performance of employees and the department through performance appraisals;
• Learn the basics of operating the equipment and assist with set-up or operation where needed;
• Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other departments;

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

• Ideal to have experience in a:
• Chemical manufacturing environment;
• Automotive manufacturing environment;
• 3+ years of production supervisory/leadership experience in a unionized setting, ideally within a similar manufacturing environment and with similar equipment;
• Applied experience in Lean Manufacturing Principles;

Benefits

• Dental care
• On-site parking
• Disability insurance
• Vision care
• Employee assistance program
• Company events
• Tuition reimbursement
• Extended health care
• RRSP match