CNC Supervisor

**Location**: Multimatic Ride Dynamics, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

**Position Overview**:
Multimatic Ride Dynamics (MRD) is one of the newest of Multimatic’s North American divisions. Multimatic Ride Dynamics is looking for a **CNC Supervisor** who will supervise and direct the activities of all CNC machining and CNC processes. Ensure that department targets, productivity, and quality levels are met.

**Plant Address**:
Multimatic Ride Dynamics - 1100 Stackhouse Road, Newmarket, ON, L3Y 8E4, Canada

**Shift Hours: 8:00pm to 4:00am**

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Delegate and supervise the day-to-day CNC production activities.
- Coordinate and oversee general housekeeping for the CNC production area.
- Responsible for the oversight of orientation and training of new employees.
- Support hiring of CNC setup/operators/lead hands and their training as required.
- Provide training on work instructions and any job-related procedures.
- Monitor employee performance relative to the acceptance of responsibility, communication, problem solving ability, work habits, and safety behaviours.
- Issue disciplines as required (in conjunction with the department manager and human resources manager).
- Ensure that all safety standards are met. Act upon observed unsafe working habits or safety hazards (i.e. corrective actions).
- Complete timekeeping reports.
- Ensure that the required department targets and productivity levels are met.
- Maintain adherence to the established quality and scheduling standards.
- Review the daily production schedules and instruct operators in the job set-up.
- Ensure that the set-up verification and first and last part inspection has been reviewed and approved by the leadhands.
- Ensure production operators inspect the product at each stage of operation as per the control plan.
- Ensure inspections and tests are performed as per the part control plan and maintain inspection and test status.
- Maintain product inspection and test status using the established labeling instructions.
- Report and review the performance of the shift’s production. Ensure that all counts are accurate and complete. Monitor the up time and down time.
- Alert the production
- and operations manager of all quality and safety issues.
- Identify non-conformances. Stop production if necessary; purge and contain all suspect material internally, externally, and any product that is in transit..
- In the event of receiving a customer concern, issues a customer and/or concern report. Include the operations, production, and quality managers in the distribution.
- Assist in the planning and execution of department objectives and targets.
- Implement effective TPM program for CNC and CNC supporting equipment in corporation with the operations manager.
- Develop/write/edit CNC programs as required.
- Accommodate and create programs for port tube changes in the characterization period of a damper on short notice.
- Track consumable tooling costs, change over times, scrap, and production productivity.
- Develop and co-ordinate plant and equipment layout improvements, process improvements, tool changes, and first off improvements.
- Co-ordinate the proper timing of ECNs to minimize obsolete stock and ensure production at the required engineering level.
- Review all CNC machining related work instructions and ensure the readiness of manufacturing equipment, packaging requirements, and completion of all CNC manufacturing engineering tasks.
- Maintain a daily presence on the production floor. Provide engineering support to CNC manufacturing in the areas of ergonomic evaluations, method improvements, the procurement and fabrication of equipment, and safety.
- Research, investigate, and report CNC manufacturing concerns for improvement of overall CNC productivity. This includes process cost reductions and implementation of corrective actions to minimize process downtimes and rejects.
- Support APQP activities by evaluating blueprints and recommending machining processes.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the General Manager and/or Department Manager.

**Education and Experience**:

- Completion of a college diploma or university degree in an engineering discipline. Mechanical engineering is preferred.
- Minimum of five years’ experience in a related field or discipline.
- Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and systems.
- Knowledge of government legislation relative to health and safety (i.e. OHSA, WHMIS).
- Training in CNC machining methods and practices, first aid, forklift safety and operation.
- Supervisory skills in the areas of health and safety, hiring, orientation, performance reviews, and disciplinary measures.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team; must be self-motivated.
- Ability to coach, counsel, discipline, and motivate.
- Good Technical Report writing abilities.
- Excellent problem-solving techniques and methods.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

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