Production Supervisor

**Job Description - Production Supervisor**

**Here’s what we do**

Founded in 1981, Broda has grown into an international leader in long term care seating.
We take raw material, and with your help transform them into a vast array of high-end wheelchairs, and gliders. The chairs we build are utilized in hospitals, and health care facilities across North America. Our products have helped millions of individuals lead happier, healthier lives.

**Here’s where you come in**

Broda is looking to hire an experienced Production Supervisor to join our team. Reporting to the Plant Manager, this individual will oversee the Sewing/Assembly Lines along with all employees in these areas, while working alongside the Fabrication Supervisor to ensure smooth flow of product through the facility.

As the Production Supervisor, you will work with all departments to improve processes and systems at Broda and assist with the implementation of programs that will have continuing long-term benefits. You will monitor existing processes to make sure they continue to perform at optimal levels of efficiency, while minimizing down time.

**Position Summary
- Skills**
- Responsible for compliance of all company polices, procedures and plant regulatory requirements.
- Ensure cross-training throughout production floor, obtaining documentation for records.
- Lead and support customer quality control functions such as RGA, quality issues and corrective methods to improve quality and customer complaints.
- Liaise between customer service, product management, engineering, and supply chain to recognize opportunities for improvement with regards to customer service issues and quality of processes.
- Collaborate with Management team to support continuous improvement initiatives and to improve quality across all processes.
- Responsible to ensure updated, clear & accurate SWI documents/procedures are located at each workstation.
- Engage in team meetings for problem solving.
- Maintain clear and accurate operations documents/procedures for reference purposes.
- Responsible for first pass internal quality process, ensuring all operators follow process.
- Responsible for updating payroll hours for assembly/sewing dept’s employees, tracking attendance and performance issues.
- Responsible for all assembly/sewing operators to follow processes set forth within the dept, monitor employee productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching.
- Responsible for keeping the plant manager well updated.
- Maintain good attendance and good working relationship with all team members.
- Other tasks assigned by Plant Manager.

**Experience/Education**
- Minimum 5 years of relative supervisory experience, or equivalent education and experiences in manufacturing setting
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills, as well as decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Asset to have First Aid CPR and AED Certificate, WHMIS, Supervisory Occupational Health and Safety Competency Training
- Forklift license or experience
- Knowledge and experience with 6S and continuous improvement
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office

**Perks and Benefits**
- Clean, well maintained work environment
- Continuous on the job training
- Inclusive work culture
- Health & Benefits Package
- Indoor work environment
- On-site parking
- Day Shift

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

Pay: $65,000.00-$75,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Supervising: 5 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2021-11-25