Production Manager

Stella-Jones is North America's leading producer of industrial pressure-treated wood products. Responding to the vital infrastructure needs of our economy, we manufacture and distribute railway ties, utility poles, residential lumber and industrial wood products across the continent. The Company’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: SJ).

Stella-Jones recruits team members who embody our core values and desire an environment where growth is inspired, dedication is recognized, and achievement is rewarded. Our ever
- expanding footprint provides a great prospect for career advancement as we seek to develop our emerging leaders.

The Production Manager is responsible for planning, organizing lumber and distribution center schedules, assessing resource requirements and meeting deadlines from corporate sales within budget and safely. The incumbent plays a key role in ensuring the successful operations of the plant.

**Responsibilities**:
Production/Operations
- Works with the sales personnel across North America to ensure adequate raw material inventories are available in the plant or released to cover active orders
- Oversees the storage and disposal of reject volumes
- Oversees preparation line (stacker), bagging line, treating, shipping, receiving, maintenance and quality control activities
- Coordinates the management of material inventory to ensure proper stock rotation and material identifications, and oversees the overall inventory management system
- Actively participate in cycle counts & annual inventories
- Post-production transactions in SAP
- Collaborates with sales and Production Supervisors/Team Leads (if applicable) to ensure the proper stock is applied to the work orders
- Monitors material storage practices to minimize loss and reduce moisture content of materials presented to the crew
- Maintains and recommends strategies to minimize inventory of slow-moving items and rotation of older stocks into active orders
- Coordinates independent inspection and other special support to sales order completion
- Communicates special instructions and sales orders details to the crews and Quality Control
- Tracks sales orders in process to ensure manufacturing time meets the shipping schedules. Communicates necessary changes and adjustments to sales department, plant and office support staff
- Actively participates and/or leads all production meetings, daily at plant level and weekly globally - North America

Labour Relations
- Takes all the steps to be familiar with the Employee Handbook
- Partakes in conjunction with the Plant Manager in dispute resolution
- Discipline employees when necessary as per company Progressive Discipline Process
- Ensures the EFAP - Employee Family Assistance Program is promoted
- Manages employees’ time card reporting and ensures that office staff and accounting receive data that meets the deadlines
- Works directly with appropriate employees in developing manpower schedule that fits the requirements and minimizes overtime
- Participates in the administration and coordination of holidays and time off requests for plant personnel
- Works with HR on job posting and recruitment
- Oversees & provides training for Lumber/Distribution Center production staff and Supervisors
- Manages employees vacation requests

Shipping
- Works closely with the shipper and receiver, and freight coordinator to ensure trucks/railcars are loaded at the plant as per sales department’s requests
- Railcars require special tally, isolation, identification and loading procedures from trucks. Ensures these procedures are implemented and coordinated with internal staff and outside contractors

Communication
- Initiates and communicates the necessary information to all employees as it relates to the processing and shipping of all sales orders
- Updates the plant manager on a regular basis as it relates to plant production, processing and shipping
- Communicates with sales staff to ensure that both internal and external customer’s needs are being met and informs the group if deviation occurs from these requirements

Quality Control
- Works closely with various departments to optimize inventory loss with maximum recovery
- Monitors lumber quality and workmanship to ensure quality control and inventory control standards are achieved

Health and Safety (Responsibilities may change depending on the location)
- Co-chair or at minimum, have a position on the Health & Safety Committee
- Monitors compliance to the company safety program
- Identifies and organizes training needs for the new and existing employees
- Maintains employee training records
- Workers Compensation Board claims management
- Investigate near misses, incidents and equipment damage
- Ensure all appropriate forms are accurate and submitted
- Manages claims
- Participates and encourages modified work and graduated return to work programs
- Works with the Health & Safety Coordinator on the maintenance of the ERP and the