Production Supervisor
Job Summary:
The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading and coordinating the daily operations of the production floor to ensure safety, quality, productivity and cost objectives are met. This role oversees the production employees, manages workflow, and enforces company standards within a fast-paced, high volume automotive parts manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities:

1. Leadership and Team Management

• Supervise, coach, and mentor production team members to meet or exceed production targets.
• Ensure effective employee relations.
• Assign work, manage schedules, and ensure proper staffing levels.
• Makes employment decisions, including disciplinary action, selection and termination recommendations.
• Conduct daily shift start up meetings to review safety, quality, and production priorities.
• Resolves employee issues through problem resolution.
• Balances quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas.
• Creates a positive working environment.
• Maintain confidentiality in sensitive personnel situations.
• Plans and directs on the job training for all Team Members; ensure Team Members are competent to work in assigned areas.
• Address employee concerns promptly.

1. Production and Process Control

• Monitor and maintain production schedules to ensure on-time delivery to customers.
• Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions
• Identify and resolve production issues to minimize downtime and scrap.
• Collaborate with maintenance to coordinate equipment repairs and preventive maintenance.
• Manages department performance measures.
• Implements and ensures execution of high standards of manufacturing operations to ensure that products conform to established customer and company quality standards.
• Revises production schedules and priorities as results of equipment failure, operating problems or customer requirement changes.
• Identifies the workload of all given areas, and shift personnel to areas where additional personnel are needed.
• Optimizes labor levels to meet percent to standard, weekly sales goals and build plans.
• Plans for current and future production requirements.
• Monitor and inform proper support area of inventory levels to allow scheduled to be met.

1. Quality and Continuous Improvement

• Enforce quality standards and promptly address non-conformances Identify, recommend and implement changes to improve productivity and reduce cost and scrap, monitor scrap and rework data.
  • Support and participate in problem-solving and root cause analysis activities.
  • Implement continuous improvement initiatives (lean manufacturing, kaizen, 5S).
  • Maintain production documentation and accurate reporting in ERP system.
  • Follows all IATF standards and ensures team understands and follows standards.

1. Safety and Compliance
   • Promote and enforce a culture of safety and compliance with all OHSA regulations.
   • Conduct regular safety inspections and hazard assessments.
   • Ensure team members are trained on proper machine operation and PPE use.

Skills and Knowledge

• Must be a good communicator, negotiator and have excellent people skills.
• Work effectively and relate well with others.
• Exhibit a professional demeanor and maintain constructive working relationships.
• Uses proper grammar and spelling in written and verbal communications.
• Manages conflict and creative tension with diplomacy and grace.

• Develops high emotional intelligence to adapt communication style and format to meet needs of individual direct reports.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment (automotive industry preferred).
• Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and production management
• Excellent leadership, communication, and conflict resolution
• Ability to interpret production reports, KPI's and technical drawings.
• Proficiency with MS Office and ERP/MES systems.
• Willingness to work shifts, weekends, and overtime as required.

Education/Experience Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• 3-5 years of experience in a supervisory capacity, preferably in a manufacturing environment.

Working Conditions

• Plant Environment
• Stands, walks and moves about facility freely.
• Bends, stoops, reaches, squats to view production lines and equipment.
• Normal noise exposure to noise below 85 decibels in some areas; some areas with 85-89 decibels (wears hearing protection).
• Wears safety glasses or other PPE
• Exposure to variation in temperature in climate-controlled plants
• Fast paced manufacturing environment with moving machinery and moderate noise levels.
• PPE required – Safety shoes, safety glasses.

Illustrative Key Performance Indications (KPIs)

• Safety – Zero lost-time incidents, near-miss reporting compliance
• Quality – First-pass yield %, customer complaints, internal defects.
• Productivity – Units produced per shift vs. target, downtime percentage
• Efficiency – Scrap rate %, overtime management, Labour utilization
• Engagement- Attendance, turnover, training completion rates.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodation Statement
Porter Engineered Systems is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible, and respectful workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by the Ontario Human Rights Code.
Accommodation for applicants with disabilities are available throughout the recruitment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require accommodation, please contact Human Resources.

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