Production Supervisor

We are Ontario's largest independent non-integrated corrugated packaging plant. We are focused on providing quality corrugated products, point of purchase displays, folding cartons, wood pallets and crates. We are an ever growing and ever changing company and currently seeking a highly motivated, goal oriented, and innovative Production Supervisor to become a part of our rapidly growing team.

**The Position**

Production Supervisors provide effective supervision and leadership to all Production Employees to ensure that the department is able to meet production schedules in accordance with quality and safety standards. They implement continuous improvement changes in the production process.
- **1 Open Position **_- Monday to Friday (7:00am-3:00pm and 3:00pm-11:00pm - Weekly Rotating schedule; flexible, overtime and on-call required)

**Day to Day Responsibilities**
- Utilizing management skills to supervise, direct, and coordinate the efforts of the team to keep the operations running at maximum efficiency with mínimal interruption
- Proactively resolve off schedule conditions with machine crews
- Build constructive relationships. Ensures accountability, engages employees, and promotes teamwork and responsibility to improve employee morale.
- Provide strong leadership. Monitor and continuously improve ways to reduce “waste”. Involve employees in goal setting to improve productivity and reduce controllable costs. Communicate the current and expected level of performance in terms of MSF per hour, tardiness, absenteeism, etc.
- React to quality issues, non-conforming product, troubleshoot process and work with the team to ensure quality expectations are being met
- Maintain an awareness of the condition of operating equipment. Arrange equipment repairs through assigned maintenance personnel
- Perform and oversee administrative activities such as scheduling and paying employees, completing production reports, conducting safety conversations, providing accurate late list tracking and compiling other reports as required

**Requirements**:
Job Qualifications
- Minimum grade 12 and related post-secondary education
- 3-5 years’ experience in a unionized, manufacturing environment
- 5 years’ experience managing a minimum of 25 people, including recruitment, retention, discipline, performance reviews and separations

**Job Skills and Knowledge**
- A sound working knowledge of current Ministry of Labour, Human Rights, Occupational Health and Safety and other applicable legislation
- Ability to develop a strong understanding of corrugated, printing, and laminated products
- Project Management skills; desire to take responsibility for a project and see it through to completion
- Ability to coordinate a high level of activity within a variety of conditions and constraints
- Outstanding verbal, written and presentation skills with strong ability to multi-task
- Customer Orientation: maximizing opportunities that put customers’ needs first
- Adaptable/enthusiastic to change and committed to corporate goals and objectives
- Detail oriented, organized, able to provide accurate information and work both independently as well as in a team environment
- Accountable and responsible to proactively and effectively resolve issues and deal with changes and interruptions
- Ability and desire to work in a shop floor environment

**Additional Information**
- Work is in an industrial environment; depending on the area you work in, conditions may be hot, cold, dirty, dusty, wet, or noisy
- Punctuality and attendance are extremely important to the success of the operations in general as well as contributing to an overall positive team environment
- This position requires you work overtime or on call as needed

Accommodations for job applicants with disabilities will be provided upon request during the recruitment, assessment, selection and placement process.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Barrie, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- have you been convicted of a criminal offence for which a pardon has not be granted?

**Education**:

- Secondary School (required)

**Experience**:

- Leadership: 3 years (required)
- in a unionized, manufacturing environment: 3 years (required)

Shift availability:

- Day Shift (required)
- Night Shift (required)

Work Location: In person