Production Supervisor (Weekday Nights)

About the role

Silent-Aire, a division of Johnson Controls, manufactures custom data centre equipment such as air handling units and modular data centres. It is hiring a Production Supervisor for weekday night shifts (6 PM to 5:30 AM) to supervise and coordinate about 50 to 75 production and operation workers, including assemblers, inspectors, precision workers, machine operators, fabricators and plant and system operators. The supervisor ensures production schedules are met on time, safely and within budget.

Key responsibilities

• Direct the manufacturing workforce to achieve production goals and ensure work orders are completed on time and within budget.
• Enforce safety and sanitation regulations and oversee strict adherence to Alberta and Canadian occupational health and safety guidelines, including attending JHSA meetings as needed.
• Anticipate production obstacles and manage team and stakeholders to overcome them.
• Provide leadership on product quality, consulting with Quality staff and engineers on quality issues and taking accountability for the unit's overall QA performance.
• Resolve worker problems and complaints with management or subordinates, motivate employees and improve morale, efficiency and production rates.
• Process and approve hourly timesheets, monitor attendance and scheduling, and assess employee performance.
• Work with other supervisors to coordinate operations across departments, train new employees and give feedback on engineering packages.
• Analyze charts, work orders, schedules and reports to evaluate production estimates and meet deadlines.

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience as a production supervisor.
• Direct knowledge of operations, warehouse and transportation management.
• Journeyman welder certificate preferred.
• Knowledge of supplies, equipment and services ordering and inventory control.
• Knowledge of local and federal regulations, including AOHS and the Employment Standards Code.
• Preferred: trades school ticket and/or university degree or diploma in a related field, and First Aid skills or certificates.

Required skills

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication with all levels of the organization and its executive team.
• Customer service orientation and ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders, customers, contractors and industry peers.
• Experience with safe practices and processes from raw materials to finished product.
• Preferred: Six Sigma, Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing knowledge.

What we offer

• Salary range of $71,000 to $96,000 CAD, depending on education, experience, skills and location.
• Retirement savings plan, extended health care, dental and vision coverage.
• Paid holidays, vacation and sick time.
• Career advancement opportunities and a collaborative team environment.