Electrical Supervisor

Company Overview

For more than 125 years, Windsor Salt has improved the lives of Canadians by making their food tastier, their roads safer, their pools cleaner, and so much more. From the salt we mine and produce through evaporative processes, Windsor Salt is a trusted authority on salt in Canada and has one of the industry's largest production and distribution networks. We're grateful to be known as a company that cares deeply about our commitment to a culture of zero harm, ensuring product quality, supporting employee well-being and exposure across the mining value chain, and positively impacting the communities we serve. 

Job Summary

Windsor Salt Ltd. is looking for an Electrical Supervisor to join the maintenance team at our Ojibway Mine location. The successful candidate will be a strong people leader, with at least three years of experience supervising unionized skilled trades employees and five years of experience working in an industrial maintenance environment. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe working environment. Understand, follow, and support company policies and procedures (i.e., lockout/tag out, hot work, confined space) in addition to corporate and local safety initiatives. Assume responsibility for risk assessment. Manage and encourage all employees and contractors to be proactive in the area of safety, including anticipating unsafe behaviours, conditions, and unusual circumstances.
• Provide first-line supervision for hourly maintenance employees and provide technical expertise regarding in-plant equipment, both surface and underground.
• Build and manage the individual daily and weekly planned work schedules to maximize maintenance operating efficiencies.
• Verify that all equipment installations and existing repairs meet all applicable regulatory requirements.
• Train hourly employees on proper procedures, methods, and skills necessary to perform duties.
• Assume responsibility for the function, use, and content of the plant work order and CMMS system.
• Review and manage the plant work order backlog and arrange for special equipment and contractor services for work orders.
• Conduct audits and review results for improvement.
• Champion the MEWP process in the plant.
• Procure materials as needed for work order packages.
• Assign input codes and priorities in the CMMS to work orders as required.
• Coordinate the plant preventive maintenance program.
• Administer the Collective Bargaining Agreement and Plant Policies.
• Prepare, review, and update the daily schedule at scheduling meetings. Other scheduling as required.
• Conduct work order priority reviews and work order sorting for scheduling.
• Provide data for key performance indicators (KPIs) on craft utilization, work order completion, rework, etc. for report generation as needed.
• Remain flexible and available to take on special assignments as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Red Seal Electrician – Industrial (309A) or Construction and Maintenance (442A) strongly preferred
• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering will be considered
• Five years of experience working in an industrial maintenance environment
• One to three years of industry planning and scheduling experience
• Strong people skills (required to establish and maintain professional trust relationships)
• Project Management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Conflict resolution skills
• Trained and well-versed in time management
• Background and understanding of craft functions and industry practices
• Knowledge of AutoCAD is considered an asset
• Knowledge of CMMS (SAP preferred) and MS Office

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• This job operates partially in a professional office environment.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• While performing field work, is required to wear steel-toe boots, a hard hat and safety glasses.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• The relative humidity is high in summer and low in winter.
• Work areas are generally dry.
• Must be able to walk for long distances over terrain varying from soft to hard as well as slick and uneven.
• Must be able to work from heights and utilize a full-body harness.
• Must be able to ascend and descend a ladder of at least thirty (30) feet in length.
• Must be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis.

Windsor Salt Ltd. complies with the AODA in all steps of it's recruitment process.