Plant Supervisor

Mauser Packaging Solutions; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mauser Packaging Solutions in Winnipeg is seeking a Plant Supervisor to lead a designated production team. You will coach staff, ensure safety, quality, and efficiency, and drive performance while developing team members.

The role focuses on frontline leadership, meeting customer expectations, monitoring KPIs, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives such as Lean, 5S and TPM. If you thrive in a hands-on environment, join Mauser Packaging Solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years Plant Supervisory experience in an industrial setting.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, or equivalent.
• Lean environment experience and continuous improvement mindset preferred.
• Proficient in Excel and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and training to accomplish safety, quality, and production objectives.
• Supervise production activities to meet goals in a timely, cost-effective way.
• Coordinate coverage for planned and unplanned absences.
• Monitor shift performance for safety, quality, and production standards.
• Enter production data to measure KPIs around efficiencies and downtime.
• Lead employee start-up meetings.
• Improve efficiencies, minimize overtime, downtime and repair costs.
• Promote 5S, Kaizen and TPM on the shop floor.
• Serve as first contact for operators regarding mechanical issues; direct maintenance.
• Assist Plant Manager on capital improvement or process projects.
• Ensure site safety surveillance and compliance.
• Train new employees on all areas of the production floor.
• Manage inventory of PPE and MRO items.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Plant supervision

Team leadership

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/operations management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Job Description

The Plant Supervisor is responsible for front-line leadership in day-to-day operations of a designated production team, providing guidance and coaching to team members to foster success. This includes ensuring safety, quality, efficiencies, and meeting customer expectations while motivating the team and supporting their professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and training to accomplish production objectives to all employees for Safety, Quality, Production, and Maintenance.
• Supervise production activities to ensure production goals/objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Works with operations team to ensure vacancies are covered for any planned/unplanned absences.
• Monitors shift performance for safety, quality, and production standards.
• Provides production data accurately into system in order to measure and monitor KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) around efficiencies, downtime, inventory and overall production.
• Leads employee start-up meetings.
• Works with other team members to control and improve efficiencies, minimize labor overtime, downtime and repair expenses. Implements cost effective systems around this as necessary.
• Promotes shop floor organization, plant housekeeping with active participation from employees and utilizing lean techniques such as 5S, Kaizen, 7 wastes and TPM.
• Acts as first point of contact for operators regarding mechanical failure or production issues; Directs maintenance employees to troubleshoot mechanical problems and perform preventative maintenance. Overcome challenges and issues preventing the team from accomplishing its goals.
• Participate in conjunction with the Plant Manager in capital improvement or process optimization projects related to the reconditioning line.
• Provides active site surveillance to ensure safety compliance.
• Responsible for training new employees on all areas of production floor.
• Manage inventory of PPE and MRO items for the plant.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years Plant Supervisory experience within an industrial production setting or manufacturing environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience is an asset.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations management, or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience working in a Lean environment; Embraces continuous improvement.
• Strong organizational skills with experience enforcing and maintaining company policy and programs on the plant floor.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Self-directed team player.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

About Us

Do you want to work with people who are dedicated to innovation and making the world a better place? Do you want to build a career with a company that provides opportunities for growth and development?

Mauser Packaging Solutions is that company.

Our mission is to help our customers achieve better sustainability with their packaging. And we do that by giving our people the opportunity to do important work, solve interesting problems and be part of a diverse, forward-looking team.

At Mauser Packaging Solutions, you can be proud to work for a company that’s always striving to innovate and serve customers better—and help them be better stewards of the environment.

Whether you’re a seasoned professional—or just beginning your career—there’s a place where you can help make a difference at Mauser Packaging Solutions. Join us!

Mauser Packaging Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.