Production Supervisor

Votorantim Cimentos North America (VCNA); St. Marys; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in cement production seeks a supervisor to oversee operations at their facility in St. Marys, Ontario. The role involves achieving production goals, managing staff, and ensuring safety and efficiency. Candidates should have relevant educational qualifications and experience in process management.

Qualifications

• One-year certificate from college or technical school with related experience.
• Strong organizational and time management skills required.
• Experience in process improvements and management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate activities of workers in cement production.
• Achieve production, quality, environmental, safety, and efficiency goals.
• Troubleshoot process and equipment problems.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Diplomacy

Problem solving

Decision-making

Education

One-year certificate from college or technical school

4-6 years of experience or equivalent combination of education

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: St. Marys, Ontario

WELCOME TO VCNA!

We are St Marys Cement, part of Votorantim Cimentos North America (VCNA).

As the North American operations of Votorantim Cimentos, a global building materials and sustainability solutions leader in 11 countries, we are helping to make a positive impact and are transforming our world. We have a culture built on solid partnerships, long-lasting relationships, and opportunities for those who want to learn, grow, and be part of a diverse and dynamic culture.

With solutions that include cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates, we help to build homes, highways, hospitals, buildings, bridges, and schools across the Canadian and U.S. Great Lakes region and Northeast United States. Our commitment to excellence can be seen in those who invest and believe in what we do, those who share their lives with us, those who trust in our deliveries, and those committed to innovation and a sustainable future.

Every day, we have the chance to accomplish something new, and you're invited to be part of it.

Summary/Job Scope:

Function as part of the leadership team to supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in operation of a cement production facility.

Key Job Responsibilities:

1. Achieves production, quality, environmental, safety, and efficiency goals. Acts as liaison with other departments when other staff is not present.
2. Confers with production personnel to resolve problems affecting production schedules; may be asked to prepare work schedules for the Production Department; assign replacements for employees' vacations.
3. Assign duties and examine work for conformance to policies and procedures including but not limited to the production rounds and inspections.
4. Study and standardize procedures to improve efficiency of subordinates; maintain harmony among workers.
5. Troubleshoot process and equipment problems to improve operation and material flow.
6. Identify and list order of importance for clean-up efforts and develop solutions for perpetual clean-up issues.
7. Report any safety or environmental issues; solve the problems or address them by work order.
8. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations; resolve equipment problems; handle teamwork with crew.
9. Make operational decisions during shift work hours; discern when to involve management; assess situations for safety; understand work assignments.

Qualifications:

1. One-year certificate from college or technical school and 3 months of related experience and/or training; or 4-6 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education.
2. Strong organizational and time management skills.
3. Diplomacy when interacting with both union and non-union groups.
4. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
5. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and maintenance instructions.
6. Ability to understand and carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
7. Experience in process improvements and management.
8. Problem solving and decision-making skills.
9. Experience with Microsoft Office and general computer skills.

Note: This job description may not cover all duties and requirements and may include additional tasks as assigned by the manager.