Team Lead

Durabuilt Windows & Doors; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Canada is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee daily operations on the production line. This role involves managing staffing levels, training new employees, and ensuring product quality standards are met. The ideal candidate has a strong problem-solving ability, exceptional leadership skills, and enjoys working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The position may require lifting and working under varying conditions.

Qualifications

• Experience in production line management and troubleshooting.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production line operations and daily tasks.
• Manage staffing levels and train new employees.
• Ensure product quality and implement improvements.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Time management

Adaptability

Job description

Company Overview

Durabuilt Windows & Doors has been a leader in the manufacturing industry for over 30 years, evolving from a small family business into one of Western Canada’s largest privately held companies. Our commitment to hard work, innovation, and customer satisfaction has earned us a place on Canada’s Best Managed Companies list since 2012.

What You’ll Do

Production

• Oversee your line and day to day operations.
• Review paperwork from scheduling, plan work for day / week. Plan manpower accordingto schedule demands.
• Reply to emails – inform scheduling any delay of the product, shipping if any issues (delays).
• Review and prepare production reports daily.
• Create spreadsheet to track regular pay, units produced to monitor costs units produced.
• Order material from receiving for raw materials daily. Prepare reports for monthly inventory,
• Manage add on jobs to check stock daily. Ensure low stock is informed to purchasing.
• Manage inventory for line and machines, and work with maintenance to order parts.
• Trouble shoot problem solving skills with production line and machines.
• Work with Research & Development for new product launch in company for your line(s).
• Monitor product quality standards and implement solutions to corrections.
• Troubleshoot mechanical or process problems to resolve issues.
• Maintain knowledge of related Durabuilt businesses.
• Analyze, design and implement set-up/process improvements and cycle time reductions.

Leadership

• Help lead the team, ensuring adequate staffing levels. Work with Team Leader and Manage to hire new employees.
• Train and supervise the training of new production staff for your line.
• Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on systems.
• Maintain documentation, coach and corrective action when performance issues occur.
• Ensure a positive, creative, diverse and collaborative work environment where employees own the success on the line they work in.
• Establish an engaged workforce through mutual trust, open communication, teamwork, and recognition.
• Review and approve payroll hours for all employees.
• Partner with HR to effectively manage employee issues.
• Work with HSE to develop modified work duties to ensure rapid return to work for injured employees.
• Empower individuals to discover their own solutions.
• Set achievable, measurable and challenging goals for all reports.
• Allocate resource requirements required to achieve zero injuries, including systems, focused programs and leadership.

Competencies – you’re good at:

• Identify problems and execute appropriate solutions.
• Exceptional relationship building, communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills enabling interaction at all levels.
• Strong business acumen, including problem solving, critical thinking and self-initiative.
• Solution focused and comfortable working in an environment which demands robust deliverables.
• Drive new approaches that enable continuous improvements in production line.
• Comfortable with high volume workload with the ability to “roll up your sleeves” and jump in.
• Strong work ethic, action oriented and desire to achieve excellence.
• High comfort level working in a fast-paced team environment that is constantly changing.
• Ability to multitask and meet multiple deadlines.
• High comfort level working autonomously and requirelittle day-to-day oversight and direction.

Working conditions:

• Lifting and/or carrying anywhere from 0llbs to 100llbs.
• Work in a production facility and in an office.
• Repetitive movements and work.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Involves sitting, walking, standing, bending, stooping on a regular basis.
• Walking near to heavy tool and moving machinery.
• Exposure to all types of weather conditions, and dirt, dust and noise.
• Flexibility in scheduling depending on production demands.

Reporting to: Assistant Manager Doorline

Equal Employment Opportunity

We embrace diversity and offer equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of origin, culture, ethnicity, age, ability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or faith.