Plant Supervisor

**Paramount Pallet is now Hiring Plant Supervisor.**

The Plant Supervisor will supervise the work of all unionized production employees - oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.

Shift Hours: 2:30pm-10:30pm M-F

**Primary Responsibilities and Key Tasks**:

- Provide hands-on leadership as a supervisor, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and working through employee relations issues and disciplining as per Company Policy and the CBA
- Support Plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies
- Responsible, in consultation with Depot Sr. Supervisor, for the cost and yield performance of the Plant in partnership with the overall P&L of the Plant
- Support cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant
- Review operations activities to maintain compliance with all Federal, Provincial and local laws (OHSA, ESA)
- Drive Safety improvements initiatives across the Plant
- Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant in accordance with the PMS Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain
- Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain customer satisfaction and Plant profitability
- Ensure compliance through teamwork for all Standard Operating Procedures within the Plant
- Identify Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste
- In partnership with Sr. Supervisor, provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities
- Available with work weekends as required; flexible to switch shifts when needed
- Other duties as assigned from time to time

**Experience required**:

- 2 - 3 years’ experience in a Plant Supervisory role in a unionized engineering, logistics or manufacturing environment
- Forklift Operations experience a must; certification is desirable (recertification at Paramount is required)
- Strong people management capability including union production workforce
- Demonstrated success in delivering strong employee relations
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally
- Experience managing safety performance and programmes

**Attitude, Skills and Qualifications**:

- Leader centric with a can-do roll up the sleeves attitude, quick learner with a thirst for knowledge and excels in a fast spaced, quick change environment
- Clearly demonstrates confidence with an ability to effectively manage conflict resolution with unionized employees
- Resilient to day to day business and people challenges; able to confront issues head on and resolve
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to listen and understand others
- High learning agility, adaptable and flexible while in a state of constant change; effectively manage stress of self and others
- Ability to multi-task and effectively manage time and resources
- Strong organizational skills and able to manage effectively in a fast paced business with simultaneous priorities
- Decision quality is high, ability to think outside the box to provide to resolve business issues
- Customer focused with a business acumen to understanding the value of the customer
- Drive a forklift
- Six Sigma/Lean certification desirable
- College diploma or equivalent is an asset but not a requirement.

**Benefits**:

- Vacation
- Benefits (health, dental, vision, life insurance, LTD)
- Wellness Program (EAP)
- RRSP matching program
- Service Awards
- Company Events
- Free parking
- Charge station for electric vehicles

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

**Salary**: From $60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Flexible Language Requirement:

- English not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Paramount Pallet has implemented an Infectious Disease Policy and “Interim” Covid19 Policy to ensure that the Company is compliant with changes made to the Occupational Health & Safety Act, the Canadian Labour code and other Canadian regulated orgs.

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Application question(s):

- Are you able to lift, pull and pull wooden pallets which weigh up to 25kg?
- How many employees have you managed at a time?
- Have you worked with unionized employees?

**Experience**:

- plant supervisory: 2 years (required)
- Forklift: 1 year (required)
- Leadership: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Six Sigma Certification (preferred)

Shift availability:

- Night Shift (required)