Production Manager - Finishing

Safran; Mirabel; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Group insurance program (medical/dent/

Job summary

Safran Landing Systems in Mirabel seeks a senior production operations manager to oversee a value‑chain responsible for delivery, production efficiency, quality, and HSE. You will supervise finishing department staff and methods agents, ensuring adherence to the production plan and continuous improvement across multiple manufacturing disciplines.

The ideal candidate has a relevant degree or extensive experience (≈10 years) in a unionized environment, with strong leadership, bilingual

Qualifications

• Relevant university degree or experience.
• Approximately 10 years of relevant experience in a similar position.
• Unionized manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Delegate tasks and decisions to the team based on capabilities to foster commitment and autonomy.
• Guides and assists the team in resolving problems and making decisions simply and effectively.
• Sets everything in place to ensure the execution of the production plan to meet deliveries.
• Identifies and anticipates problematic situations and seeks help from a resource person to resolve the issue (maintenance, quality, HR, etc.).
• Facilitates necessary changes to adapt to new realities.
• With the Planning team, monitor the production plan and adjust as needed to ensure objectives are met.
• Ensures the availability and optimization of resources to promote workforce efficiency.
• Manages workforce movements by ensuring optimal versatility of manufacturing employees in their sector.
• Ensures compliance with the company's rules, procedures, and policies, including the collective agreement.
• Ensures the development of team members' skills according to current processes and policies.
• With the HSE teams, ensures awareness and compliance with HSE rules and policies in their sector.
• Participates in accident/event investigations.
• Ensures the completion of Inspections, Analyses, and associated Action Plans (e.g., 5S, IGP, Ergonomics, OHS, …).
• With the quality teams, ensures awareness among operators regarding quality (internal and external).
• Ensures the dynamics and performance of operational problem resolutions RPO / 8D.
• Ensures the achievement of quality objectives and performance for their sector (e.g., NC, Reworks, Scrap, Complaints, …).

Skills

Leadership

Managerial courage

Teamwork

Communication (French & English)

Decision-making

Interpersonal relations

Autonomy

Stress management

Education

Relevant university degree or experience

Job description

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Safran Landing Systems is a subsidiary of Safran Landing Systems, a world leader in landing and braking systems for aircraft. The Mirabel plant is dedicated to manufacturing major components of landing gear for Airbus A320, A330, and A350 models, as well as the Boeing 787. It features state-of-the-art equipment for machining, polishing, and special processes, including heat treatment, shot peening, and surface treatments.

The manager is responsible for all operations of a value chain to ensure performance in terms of delivery, production, efficiency, quality, and health, safety, and environment (HSE). Under their supervision are the methods agents and manufacturing employees of the finishing department (sandblasting, plating, painting, and finishing grinding).

Main Tasks And Responsibilities

• Delegates tasks and decisions to the team based on their capabilities, to foster their commitment to team objectives and autonomy
• Guides and assists the team in resolving problems and making decisions simply and effectively
• Sets everything in place to ensure the execution of the production plan to meet deliveries
• Identifies and anticipates problematic situations and seeks help from a resource person to resolve the issue (maintenance, quality, HR, etc.)
• Facilitates necessary changes to adapt to new realities

Production

• With the Planning team, monitors the production plan and adjusts as needed to ensure objectives are met.
• Ensures the availability and optimization of resources to promote workforce efficiency
• Manages workforce movements by ensuring optimal versatility of manufacturing employees in their sector

Human Resources

• Ensures compliance with the company's rules, procedures, and policies, including the collective agreement
• Ensures the development of team members' skills according to current processes and policies

Health Safety Environment

• With the HSE teams, ensures awareness and compliance with HSE rules and policies in their sector
• Participates in accident/event investigations
• Ensures the completion of Inspections, Analyses, and associated Action Plans (e.g., 5S, IGP, Ergonomics, OHS, …)

Quality

• With the quality teams, ensures awareness among operators regarding quality (internal and external)
• Ensures the dynamics and performance of operational problem resolutions RPO / 8D
• Ensures the achievement of quality objectives and performance for their sector (e.g., NC, Reworks, Scrap, Complaints, …)

Requirements

Let's talk about you

• Relevant university degree or experience
• Approximately 10 years of relevant experience in a similar position
• Unionized manufacturing environment

Behavioral Skills

• Leadership
• Managerial courage
• Teamwork
• Excellent communication, both oral and written, in French and English to interact with other Safran sites and partners.
• Decision-making
• Ability to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships
• Autonomy
• Stress/pressure management

We apply an equal employment opportunity program and encourage women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply. Persons with disabilities may receive assistance with the pre-selection and selection process if desired.

The masculine form is used without any discrimination and solely to lighten the text. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Candidates who are not Canadian citizens will only be considered if they already hold a Canadian work permit to fill the position within a reasonable timeframe.

By submitting your application, you agree that Safran retains the information contained in your application in a database to contact you for future positions.

What else? (benefits, specifics, …)

Schedule from Monday to Friday

We Offer

• A competitive salary
• A comprehensive group insurance program fully paid by the employer (medical/dental/vision, short and long-term disability, travel)
• Telemedicine service
• A great retirement plan
• Continuous training to support your professional development
• Health and wellness program up to $300/year
• A stimulating environment, with a diversity of technologies and projects that values and recognizes innovation
• A company focused on high standards of quality, health/safety, environment, ethics, and technical excellence
• The chance to work with talented people who share values of respect, integrity, and collaboration
• A company focused on high standards of quality, health/safety, environment, ethics, and technical excellence
• An open management style, where managers are transparent and accessible
• A human-scale work environment, but with the resources of a large company, a leader in its market.

Company Information

Safran is an international high-tech group operating in the fields of aeronautics (propulsion, equipment, and interiors), space, and defense. Its mission: to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes increasingly environmentally friendly, more comfortable, and more accessible. Established on all continents, the Group employs 110,000 people for a revenue of 31.3 billion euros in 2025, and holds leading positions globally or in partnership in its markets.

Safran is the 2nd company in the aerospace and defense sector in the "World's Best Companies 2025" ranking by TIME magazine.

SLS is the world leader in landing gear, wheels & brakes, and associated systems for civil, military, and helicopter aircraft. We master the entire lifecycle of our products, from design and manufacturing to maintenance.

Want to evolve in an international, stimulating, and caring environment within a human-sized company? Join us!

Do you not meet 100% of the criteria? That’s not a barrier for us. What we are looking for above all are creative and committed individuals!

Because we believe that every talent counts, we value and encourage applications from persons with disabilities for our job opportunities.