
Production Supervisor - Automotive Manufacturing & Engineering
- Oshawa, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Supervise Production team members and support them in achieving business objectives
- Manage daily and weekly tasks and scheduling of team members
- Guide workforce to maintain efficiency and all cost objectives
- Evaluate and adjust work plans to accomplish objectives
- Develop a proactive safety culture by engaging team members and peers in the safety processes
- Coordinate the development of pre-task plans prior to jobs to ensure all jobs are completed safely
- Complete annual Employee Performance Evaluations
- Comply with the terms of local and national labor agreements
- Maintain frequent contact and collaboration with others outside of the work group
- Create follow up details and communicate the Safety/Quality/Production related items during shift change meetings
- Respond to uptime-related issues
- Maintain overtime equalization records
- Attend daily Shift Change meetings
- Attend Business Plan Deployment (BPD) meetings
- Make daily adjustments in time and attendance
- Facilitate coaching, training, and feedback to enhance the performance of Team Members and Team Leaders
- Carry out weekly Safety Observation Tours (SOTs)
- Coordinate manpower allocation and assignments
- Maintain Task Instruction Sheets (TIS), Buffer Management, Bypass Management, Sealer Management, Quality Review Board Activities
- Track and record scrap in your area and focus on mitigation and prevention procedures
- Adopt and lead Global Manufacturing System processes to operate the business unit with continuous improvement
- Over 2 years of experience in manufacturing sector, including at least one year of direct supervisory experience
- Ability to coordinate, manage, address performance concerns, and lead people in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to solve complex problems and work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage conflict and make decisions in ambiguous fast-paced environment
- Ability to ensure a safe industrial work environment
- Able to work autonomously with occasional guidance from leaders and peers
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models
- Proficient in MS Office skills.
- Must be willing to work weekends and rotating shifts
- Experience in automotive manufacturing
- Experience in General Motors manufacturing facilities
- Supervisor experience in a union environment
- High school diploma or GED required. Associate or Bachelor degree in business or related field is preferred.
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