Production Supervisor - Automotive Manufacturing & Engineering

Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (Onsite)

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Production Supervisor to supervise unionized automotive manufacturing workforce. The main function of a production supervisor is to supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers.

• →Recommend measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency
• →Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems
• →Develop and implement production tracking and quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, and maintenance to detect production problems
• →Hire, train, evaluate, and discharge staff, and resolve personal grievances
• →Supervise production team members and support them in achieving business objectives
• →Manage daily and weekly tasks and scheduling of team members
• →Ensure team is making count and running efficiently
• →Facilitate coaching, training, and feedback to enhance the performance of Team Members and Team Leaders
• →Evaluate and adjust work plans to accomplish objectives
• →Coordinate manpower allocation and assignments 
• →Prepare and maintain production reports and personnel records
• →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 daily Shift Change meetings to understand the pain points
• →Respond to uptime-related issues  
• →Attend Business Plan Deployment (BPD) meetings 
• →Carry out weekly Safety Observation Tours (SOTs)
• →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 hands-on leadership experience
• Strong ability to showcase and develop relationships
• Excellent verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and problem solving skills
• 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 and independently 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 plant
• 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.