Carfair Wpg

**Production Supervisor - Evenings**

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Responsible for the coordination and direction of orders through production and manufacture. Maintain employee relations, morale, and competitive work attitude. Implement new processes, procedures, flows and layouts, as provided by the Manufacturing Manager, Operations or through his staff. Maintain and control levels of staff, ensuring proper utilization of personnel.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**:

- Responsible and accountable for the following:

- Adhere to all associated duties, responsibilities and procedures as contained within the Quality System Manual.
- Perform annual internal audits per published schedule.
- Initiate action and resolve corrective actions (CAPARs) to continually improve the effectiveness of the quality system and company processes.
- Incorporate change management by implementing LEAN principles.
- Maintain employee relations and motivation to provide proper utilization of personnel and productivity, along with high product quality and low rework and scrap.
- Schedule and plan personnel requirements relating to sales orders and delivery requirements in order to maximize quality and minimize cost.
- Schedule routine plant and equipment preventative maintenance programs and ensure these are carried out as per daily, weekly, monthly and yearly requirements.
- Provide assistance where necessary in matters concerning labour, environmental and quality controls, meeting all governmental standards and dealing with authorities in this regard.
- In conjunction with the Manufacturing Manager, Director of Manufacturing and Accounting Department representative as necessary to determine required hours of labor, provide plans for production and manufacturing, including personnel levels, small tool requirements and support material requirements and costs, procedures required and changes in procedures, methods and flows to reduce costs, along with related costs.
- Communicate the hours, procedures and material requirements in order to control costs and meet the goals of the company in operating profitably. Devise best communication methods and post simple, legible, documents and diagrams in the work areas to inform employees what is required.
- Assist in providing information where necessary on purchase of capital budget items on new equipment in conjunction with the Manufacturing Manager and Director of Manufacturing and Quality Assurance Leader and Engineering.
- From budgets, maintain control of all operations and personnel, as well as materials used in manufacture, rework and scrap.
- Provide Director of Human Resources, Manufacturing Manager, Director of Manufacturing with pertinent information relative to labour to help deal with Union matters and contract dealings.
- Responsible for the work force and their daily activities in meeting the schedule for delivery of manufactured parts while meeting the standards of labour hours and materials used; responsible for all production activities within the plant.
- Review the daily schedule the day prior to establish the labour required in each area for the following day.
- Review and witness the punctuality and scanning in of employees to ensure the work force required is in place, and that the employees are providing a full day’s work for the wage level they are provided.
- Check and review daily plant housekeeping each morning and each evening before lock-up to avoid manufacture contamination and provide a safe workplace with all hazards removed.
- Ensure all doors are closed wherever possible and as soon as possible when parts and moulds or supplies are brought in and out to avoid dust and airflow contaminations causing rework or scrap. Ensure all doors and gates are checked upon start-up and that they are locked at night.
- Monitor the labour and hours taken in manufacture together with the materials consumed by weighing parts after manufacture, and by watching and monitoring the work force performing their tasks. Take corrective actions items do not meet the standard.
- Review procedures with experienced manufacturing personnel and look for new and more efficient methods of manufacture while meeting the quality standards set.
- Communicate changes to be implemented to the Director of Quality Assurance for revision of the procedures and processes set in the ISO manuals; communication and distribute change notices to all concerned.
- Control the flow of materials to the floor, and the use of materials and supplies to ensure no waste or theft of materials and supplies occurs. Follow corrective/disciplinary action as required.
- Monitor all hours and keep records of personnel’s hours worked both regular time or overtime; monitor time taken in breaks and at starting and quitting time to ensure that company policies for working hours and breaks are adhered to.
- Participate with the Director of Human Resources to arrange personnel responsible for safety within the operations and follow safety procedures in accord