Supervisor, Production

Description

• Anticipates all situations that can generate delay towards objectives, modifies the work order and decides to subcontract some operations,
• Supervises, in collaboration with the leads, the machine, assembly, paint & weld shops,
• Together with Planners, build realistic production plans based on raw material deliveries and Order Delivery requirements (Confirmed Stock Date).
• Initiates, leads or ensures constructive contribution of his staff to all continuous improvement’s workshops,
• Checks that all products with non-conformity are under control and organizes corrective action plan.
• Works in collaboration with other departments (Engineering, Purchasing, Traffic, Warehouse, etc.) and the support functions (HSE & Human Resources),
• Creates all required conditions for the team to work safely and checks that all team members and visitors are respecting the HSE rules,
• Ensures that production organization follows the 5S standards;
• Ensure necessary tools, documentation, work instructions are provided to the operators in order to perform their work in a safe and efficient manner.
• Working in environments that may be hot due to welding processes, sometimes wearing heavy protective gear
• Selects, evaluates, motivates and develops employees to ensure a qualified workforce necessary to meet company objectives, while complying with local employment guidelines,
• Ensures that all safety and housekeeping standards are adequate to achieve a safe work environment,
• Develops HSE training and communication (weekly HSE meetings, yellow cards, STOP cards, etc.),
• Ensure traceability requirements are met in all times (batch markings, welding parameters, test reports, …)
• Sets personal objectives, provides fair and constructive feedback, assesses accurately employee performance, training needs, areas for improvement and possibility of future growth within the organization, and ensures training & development needs are addressed,
• Ensures that the manufactured products respect the customer specifications and interrupts the manufacturing of products with non-conformity,
• Follows the directives of the Quality System (ISO 9001) chosen by applying the instructions and procedures of the system as specified in the documents of Level I
• Develops a positive team dynamic to ensure high performance,
• Follows the HSE policy by applying the instructions and procedures of the HSE manual, by participating actively in the Hazards and (Near-miss) Incident Identification and by behaving safety.
• Ensures manpower levels are sufficient to support production schedules,
• Leads the continuous improvement process within the team.
• Checks that all equipment is available, plans the test equipment according to the order planning, requires and organizes technical modification of the equipment if necessary (to solve technical, quality or safety concerns)
• Create all required conditions to avoid any long-term incident (LTI), analyzes the root cause of any LTI and implement corrective action plans;

Requirements

• Can lift up to 50 lbs
• Awareness of surroundings and adherence to safety protocols, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Microsoft Suite
• Ability to move efficiently around workstations and sometimes into tight spaces or high platforms
• Excellent communication skills
• Is able to contact and work with TDW suppliers.
• Minimum 5 to 10 years of experience in supervising in a welding or mechanical manufacturing environment
• Leadership skills
• Ability to reach overhead or extend arms for welding tasks in challenging positions
• Ability to endure prolonged periods of standing, as well as the ability to work in various positions such as kneeling, crouching, bending, stooping, squatting or lying down to access different parts of a project
• Have managed, 25 – 30 direct employees.
• Experience in lean manufacturing and continuous improvements (5S, Kaizen, SMED, etc.),
• Excellent vision (or corrected vision), including depth perception and color recognition, for reading blueprints, monitoring welds, and identifying any flaws or imperfections

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance