Team Leader- Steel Processing

ESCO Group LLC; Lively; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Lively, ON, is seeking an experienced Operations Team Leader to supervise steel processing operations. The ideal candidate will manage employee activities, ensure safety standards, and facilitate training. This full-time position offers a rotating shift schedule in a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace

Career development opportunities

Comprehensive training programs

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams.
• Experience operating overhead cranes and lift trucks.
• Completion of Supervisor competency training required.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate employees in steel processing.
• Conduct safety conversations and promote safety culture.
• Manage production quality and delivery requirements.

Skills

Team leadership

Effective communication

Safety management

Problem-solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Certificates in Overhead Crane, Forklift, Safety, WHMIS, First Aid

Tools

Overhead Crane

Forklift

Job-related computer applications

Job description

Weir ESCO

Lively, ON

Onsite, Full Time

Rotating Shift

Purpose of Role

Reporting to the Manufacturing Supervisor, the Operations Team Leader for Steel Processing is responsible for supervising and coordinating employees engaged in steel processing labour activities. The team leader serves as a liaison between employees and shift supervisors, enforcing company policies and procedures while fostering a positive work culture on the shop floor. The Team Leader’s responsibilities include safety, training, and providing direction and support to employees.

Why choose Weir

Be part of a global organisation dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. We constantly reinvent, quickly adapt, and continually find better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor‑make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognised and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities

Management

• Assists in the management of the department to achieve safety, production, job costing and quality objectives.
• Delegates tasks / responsibilities and dispatches appropriate resources to ready all required material prior to beginning of production shift.
• Ensures completion and quality inspection of orders to achieve delivery requirements as per CIS quality systems.
• Inspects work in progress and finished products according to CIS and industry standards and codes.
• Performs regular workplace inspections.
• Manages all labour steps and ensures accuracy of all activities, and participates in incident investigations as required.
• Contributes to the creation of a culture of accountability.
• Is assigned to acting supervisor, when necessary, in the absence of a permanent supervisor.
• Responsible for ongoing coaching and guiding departmental employees.
• Develops the team in all aspects of operational excellence and establishes high standards for the group by providing assignments that showcase performance.
• Works closely with the SHE Coordinator and/or department trainer if applicable, to determine training plans and evaluations for new and existing employees.
• Conducts safety conversations as well as encourages employees to do the same.
• Safety First: Demonstrates 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviours in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.

Continuous Improvement

• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
• Recommends and communicates measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
• Examines defective machinery to determine cause of malfunction and reports need for machine repairs to shop supervisor.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications

• Any equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered for candidates that can perform the objectives above.
• Has a demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams with competing responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of machine capabilities and limits.
• Must have basic knowledge of job‑related computer applications.
• Must be an effective communicator with strong documentation skills.
• Experienced and capable of operating overhead cranes, rigging and equipment.
• Experienced operating lift trucks.
• Ability to establish priorities, line up the team with clear expectations and guidance.
• Ability to follow start‑up and shut‑down procedures.
• Certificates and Licences: Overhead Crane, Forklift, Safety, WHMIS, First Aid.
• Completion of Supervisor competency training is required in a reasonable time frame upon acceptance of the position.

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 countries, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.