Production Supervisor

**JOB POSTING**

**PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR**

**_We are building a better future_** At Saand we believe that producing high quality work together in flow is the best method to build a better future. Headquartered in Etobicoke, Ontario Saand has 4 decades of glass fabrication experience and has helped construct some of Ontario’s most iconic buildings.

We’re seeking a new colleague to join our Operations team in Ottawa. If you consider yourself to be a highly skilled **Production Supervisor **with demonstrated skills on leading a team, organizing, scheduling, and coordinating workflow to enhance the productivity output for fabrication of commercial glass products, we invite you to submit your resume. This is an on-site role.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:
GENERAL:

- Act in a professional manner and as an ambassador for our Saand’s Brand.
- Develop and maintain a safe a high-performance safety culture in a lean manufacturing environment.
- Provide an exemplary level of support to team members and co-workers.
- Ensure that all applicable company policies have been communicated to the workforce and are being followed
- Adopt and promote positive changes that will propel the company and employees forward

SAFETY:

- Partners with Human Resources and plays a key role in the development and maintenance of a behavioural based safety culture - safety as a personal priority, observation, positive reinforcement, etc.
- Conduct safety training, hazard identification inspections and audits to ensure departmental operations and personnel are appropriately aware and are in compliance with OHSA and corporate safety objectives
- Complete accident investigations in a timely and accurate fashion, and ensure implementation of corrective actions
- Develop and recommend improvements to safety policies and procedures
- Ensure all work areas are clutter free and well organized

QUALITY:

- Ensure that quality is being “built-in” at each operation and that all required process parameters that impact quality are within specified limits.
- Provide a safe workplace for all employees.
- Work in partnership with the Quality, Customer Service, Maintenance, and other teams to prevent and resolve any quality issues.
- Participate in problem solving to determine root cause and execute corrective actions for quality issues
- Ensure that all quality testing, recording etc. is being completed in compliance with industry standards and company policies and procedures
- Ensure all products are complete, appropriately labelled and meet identified specification prior to their transfer to finished goods

PRODUCTIVITY:

- Plan and direct the utilization of all equipment and labour to achieve the most effective results.
- Follow established safety, quality and production improvement goals using the 5S principles.
- Manages production demands through sound practices that will ensure all resources are present to produce the required output.
- Communicate and drive key performance goals (throughput, efficiency, waste, labor costs, compliance to schedule etc.)
- Ensure all production targets are being met throughout a shift; analyze and correct shortfalls immediately
- Lead, promote and recommend improvement initiatives including health and safety, people, processes, and equipment/machinery and ensure plant improvement initiatives are implemented and sustained
- Collaborate with workers and managers to reduce downtime, maintain efficient use of labour, and achieve objectives set for the plant
- Provide and replace operator’s tools and equipment as required to keep morale and production efficiency high
- Conduct daily pre/post-shift communications and transition with other shift supervisors
- Proactively identifies and elevate issues with a recommended solution appropriately to senior management
- Work in partnership with the Maintenance department to assist in prevention / rectification of breakdowns
- Prepare daily and periodic reports as required and in a timely fashion; updates Enterprise as the need arises for attendance and payroll reporting

CULTURE AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT:

- Monitor employee’s daily productivity and quality output.
- Maintain open lines of communication through daily shift briefings by providing a motivational environment through personal examples and all other departments.
- Builds cross-functional working relationships to achieve company and team goals.
- Identify team development needs, build realistic plans, and provides opportunities/training to fulfill those needs. Maintain and update cross-functional job board ensuring equal opportunities for all employees to learn and develop new skills
- Participates in the hiring and onboarding of new employees
- Collaborates with HR to take appropriate corrective action to address employee performance issues
- Act on employee concerns in a timely fashion and ensure fair and equitable treatment of employees to ensure positive employee relations
- Lead daily, weekly, and m