Production Supervisor

MMC; Nova Scotia; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

MMC in Canada is seeking a Production Leader to oversee safety, equipment reliability and process performance across the plant. You will drive daily production targets and ensure quality and environmental guidelines are followed.

Lead shift teams, coordinate with maintenance and other departments, and report on activities, safety meetings, and production metrics. This role emphasizes safety leadership, teamwork and timely decision making.

Responsibilities

• Safety: Commits to working safely at all times and on all sites. Shows safety leadership by reinforcing safety messages at all times.
• Production: Protect the plant’s equipment and maximize its utilization and reliability. Produce the forecasted quantities and quality of raw mix, clinker and cement minimizing non-compliance.
• Operations & Turnarounds: Manage the major turnarounds in terms of labour. Ensure control parameters of the lab, control room and field are met; coordinate decisions with the team.
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Represent the production department when coordinating with other departments; promote good relations with maintenance and production.
• Team Leadership & Communication: Provide leadership and ensure communication within a team to achieve production objectives.
• Reporting & Management Support: Report on shift activities and safety meetings; provide coverage for the Production Manager; complete weekly payroll for the production teams.
• Employee Relations & Training: Administer Collective Agreement terms; provide grievance counseling; coordinate production employee training.
• Standards & Goal Achievement: Ensure productivity, housekeeping and quality standards are met; achieve personal and departmental goals.
• Safety culture: Demonstrate commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments.
• Misc: Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviours across all work environments.

Job description

WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH

• Safety: Commits to working safely at all times and on all sites. Shows safety leadership by reinforcing safety messages at all times. Strong leadership & operational support towards ensuring full compliance with the company’s Health & Safety policies and procedures.
• Production: Protect the plant’s equipment and maximize its utilization and reliability. Produce the forecasted quantities and quality of raw mix, clinker and cement minimizing non-compliance. Ensure that all environmental guidelines are followed and complied with.
• Operations & Turnarounds: Manage the major turnarounds in terms of labour. Make sure that all control parameters of the lab, the control room and the field are met. Coordinate and facilitate key decision making and problem solving with the team when dealing with mechanical, electrical, process, quality, productivity or manpower related problems.
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Represent the production department when coordinating and organizing the team's work with other departments. Promote good relations and communication between the maintenance and production departments.
• Team Leadership & Communication: Provide leadership and ensure communication within a team environment to achieve the production objectives. Ensure cooperation and teamwork within the production teams.
• Reporting & Management Support: Report on the team’s shift activities and observations, safety meetings and production level. Provide coverage for the Production Manager. Complete the weekly payroll for the production teams.
• Employee Relations & Training: Administer the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement in a fair, firm, and consistent manner. Provide grievance counseling as required. Coordinate training for the production employees.
• Standards & Goal Achievement: Ensure productivity, housekeeping and quality of work standards are maintained within the production department. Achieve personal and departmental goals.
• Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to health, safety and environmental policies in all work environments and areas. Promote a culture of safety and exhibit these behaviours.