COMPANY OVERVIEW
AGS Automotive Systems is a full-service automotive supplier specializing in the manufacture and supply of complex high value-add automotive metal components, including in particular front and rear impact assemblies, principally for pick-ups and the heavy truck market. AGS offers full range of in-house capabilities including design and engineering, high tonnage metal stamping, light weighting solutions, innovative multi-material joining, high performance coatings including chrome plating and automated manufacturing processes.
AGS is committed to delivering high quality, high value products to our customers, who include several of North America's largest automakers. For over 70 years AGS has stood behind our belief in quality, technology, and teamwork.
BASIC FUNCTION
Reporting to the Assistant Coatings Manager, the Solutions Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for, but not limited to, the supervision of all chemical related processes. The Solutions Maintenance Supervisor will ensure that all chemical processes are operating within established parameters, ensuring that accurate and timely reports and documentation are maintained. Further, to lead the Waste Treat operators and Solutions Maintenance Technicians to achieve and maintain high standards in safety, environmental, quality, production, customer service and housekeeping.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Responsible for maintaining safe working conditions and practices to ensure the safety of all employees. Ensure supervision and their employees know how to perform work assignments in an efficient manner and that they are fully aware of the correct and safe way to operate the equipment and handle the chemicals safely.
- Responsible for creation, implementation, maintenance, communication and training of the chemical and environmental policies and procedures within e2z Coatings and Services.
- Setting key performance indicators and targets for the coatings department in conjunction with the Production Manager and Production Supervision.
- Responsible for leading and managing activities of Solutions Maintenance and Waste Water Treatment personnel.
- Create an effective preventative maintenance plan and schedule, maintain it and work towards a predictive maintenance plan" for both the ecoat system and the waste water treatment system.
- Create skill assessments, and plan and implement development and training of employees to allow them to excel in their assignments. Provides clear and specific performance feedback and appraises the effectiveness of performance on their annual developmental review.
- Monitors and reviews departmental results, costs, and product quality.
- Coordinates system maintenance scheduling with Production and Materials personnel to meet customer, health & safety and environmental requirements.
- Develops plans with production superintendents / supervisors for efficient use of materials, equipment and employees.
- Ensure that direct reports comply with all Employment and Health & Safety Legislation, the Collective Agreement and Company policies and procedures.
- Attend meetings with Plant Management to discuss environmental compliance issues, customer concerns, production requirements, Health & Safety, new launches and maintenance.
- Provide leadership in continuous improvement and lean manufacturing processes. Responsible for coaching and motivating employees, challenges the status quo, implements creative and innovative solutions to daily concerns of teams within the facility. Delivers on commitments made, treat people at all levels fairly and with respect. Provides direction to supervision in facility relating to chemical safety, housekeeping, first aid etc. Reviews completed work for conformance to standards, costs and quality.
- Maintains chemical and supplies inventories, ordering replacement material with sufficient leadtime to prevent any interruptions in the processes resulting from lack of material, tools or equipment.
- Performs workplace inspections. Layered audits, Reviews reports maintained for accuracy and completeness.
- Schedules maintenance resources required to ensure an uninterrupted performance of Waste Water Treatment, Zinc Plating and E-coat processes.
- Conducting information sessions (safety talks, staff meetings) incident investigations, employee training.
- Correcting substandard acts or conditions.
- Performing employee safety observations and commending employee health and safety performance.
- Provides or arranges coverage for Solutions Maintenance Technicians and Waste Water Technicians when absent.
- Ensure the standards of Section 27 and 28 of the OHSA are met.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience. Ideally have 5 or more years of progressive management skills in a manufacturing related environment with a comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing, maintenance operations and related processes such as production equipment, paint and plating shop operations, etc.
- Working knowledge of customer shipping requirements, inventory controls, production scheduling, engineering systems / procedures and plant raw materials.
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills. Strong project management skills to manage and co-ordinate internal and external project resources.
- Proficiency with Microsoft and other manufacturing related software.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and experience in administering collective agreements would be an asset.