Production Supervisor

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Standard Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and empower team members.
• Support Manager to achieve divisional budget targets to maximize profitability and manage program spending.
• Achieve technical confidence to challenge current standards and progress division to the next level.
• Must support quality, safety, environmental and sustainability objectives.
• Take every precaution reasonable to protect the health and safety of the workforce.
  • Ensure the workplace is safe and assign safe work.
  • Ensure unsafe actions or unsafe conditions have been identified, corrected and / or eliminated.
  • Advise workforce of any health & safety concerns that they are aware of.
  • Assist in the training of workers to ensure the work is done safely
  • Ensure the safe use of equipment and the proper use of protective devices and PPE where required.
• Cultivate a work culture that focuses on continually improving upon all elements the Employee Opinion Survey
• Understanding & adherence to the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the intention of grievance avoidance
• Supports staffing, facility and equipment requirements related to department.
• Supports with the identification and implementation of corrective & preventive action for any non-conformance within their jurisdiction or for any non-compliance identified during customer / internal and / or external audit
• Provide formal and informal feedback to team members.
• Lead and participate in the continuous improvement, cost reduction and sustainability programs.
• Complies and upholds the expectations of internal standards, processes, and legislative requirements.
• Conduct in accordance with the Magna Charter, Magna Operating Principles and Corporate Ethics guidelines.
• Implements Magna Standards such as MMSA, MAFACT and GQS compliant systems where needed.
• Quality (IATF), Environmental (ISO 14001) and Information Security (TISAX) awareness and adherence
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to daily 5S activities and cleaning schedule.
• Work with other departments towards overall plant goals.
• Any other requests deemed reasonable by management.

• Assist with overseeing the daily operation of the Assembly Department and support all other departments.
• Assist with the management of the operations activities to meet customer requirements.
• Assist with shift and production run changes to ensure on-time delivery of quality products.
• Participate in the review of new product designs, process design changes, to ensure manufacturability.
• Participates in manpower requirements planning and overtime scheduling.
• Responsible for improvement initiatives related to Key Operating Indicators assigned by Manager.
• Assist in defining the standardized work & ensure team members are suitably trained & re-trained as required
• Monitor process parameters and ensure they are within specification and react accordingly when issues arise.
• Ensure product quality meets customer drawing requirements.
• Ensures safe use of all hand tools, lockout, AGV awareness and forklifts within department jurisdiction

Qualifications

• Education: College Diploma or equivalent in experience
• Experience: Minimum 2 years Supervisory / Leadership experience preferred. Experience in a Tier 1, Unionized, JIT Facility an asset.
• Characteristics: Able to communicate effectively with coworkers; Effective trouble shooting; Possess leadership skills; Promotes teamwork; Instills empowerment; Ability to uphold confidentiality & integrity. Must be willing to work various shifts and work overtime.
• Technical: Knowledge of pneumatic hand tools and equipment troubleshooting preferred.

Confidentiality

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.