Extrusion shift supervisor

Job Title: Extrusion shift supervisor

Location: Brampton, ON 

Employment: Direct Placement

Industry: Manufacturing

Compensation: $34.00 to $38.00/hr.

Schedule: 40 hours /week

About the Opportunity:

• Responsible for the utilization and balancing of all resources on shift to ensure efficient shift productivity while maintaining full adherence to safety and quality.
• Must effectively communicate with maintenance, die shop, quality and scheduling teams on a regular basis.
• Responsible for the development and growth of shift employees involving areas of behaviour, communication, productivity, and career progression.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability 
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries 
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work 
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates 

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

• This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally. 

About Acara Solutions

• Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Sound like a good fit?

TODAY

What You'll Do:

• Review and analyse daily production data with a continuous improvement mindset to improve productivity and first-time quality in the department.
• Work closely and continuously while in constant communication with maintenance, die shop, quality and scheduling teams to resolve any issues and discrepancies.
• Participate in accident/incident investigation processes & complete corrective actions.
• Responsible for the development and growth of shift employees involving areas of behaviour, communication, productivity, and career progression.
• Participate and lead regular performance evaluations and coaching opportunities as they arise.
• Review and adjust manpower requirements to meet production schedules.
• Conduct daily verifications of the attendance system and manage employee timesheet approvals in Dayforce.
• Address employee concerns and contact the Manager and Human Resources for guidance and support.
• Monitor press production throughout each shift to ensure Press Leads have the necessary support and tools available for a successful shift.
• Hold press leads accountable on daily metrics and performance, and ensure downtime is being entered into EPICS accurately by reviewing press lead variance reports.
• Responsible for Quality Technicians (QT) on shift and working with QTs in a collaborative manner to reduce/eliminate out of spec material produced.
• Ensure QTs are reviewing daily schedules for NCR and red tag orders.
• Support or physically fill roles in operations as required and need arises.
• Responsible for setting up the next shift for success by ensuring smooth continuation of production through cleanliness, schedule adherence, material preparation, and communication of any non-conformances.
• Review huddle board and press status with previous shift supervisor and discuss any issues/downtime.
• Discuss scheduling and any discrepancies - communicate with the scheduling department as necessary to ensure effective and efficient adherence to schedule.
• Review metrics at end of shift (manpower, downtime, die failures, yield, and maintenance issues) and fill out production matrix.
• Responsible for ensuring manpower for the next shift is balanced and fully staffed by managing call-ins; request support from other departments and/or call temporary work force as required.
• Issue Work requests when required to the Maintenance team with specific details and manage any unplanned downtime by providing alternative assignments while repairs are completed.
• Monitor workflow during walk around events to ensure good housekeeping practices are observed and aging oven traffic is smooth, consistent and raw material storage is flowing from receipt to its proper location.
• Support compliance with all Quality management policies and procedures, and when required, contact the Quality team for support on appearance or dimensional concerns.
• Participate in NCR root cause investigations when required.
• Support change for the better at Almag by co-operating with others and growing the business.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum 3 years of previous leading  experience in a technical environment with proven effectiveness.
• Minimum 3 years of Extrusion experience is an asset.

What Sets You Apart:

• Health and Safety Certification or equivalent an asset.
• Effective leadership skills, with a strong focus on operations and people.
• Able to identify key issues; creatively and strategically overcome internal challenges or obstacles.
• A clear and solid understanding of policies, procedures, and Core Values.
• Effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• High level of integrity, confidentially, and accountability.
• Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, and an ability to think outside-the-box.
• Proven ability to deliver on commitments.
• A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills.
• Must have good team building and motivational skills.
• Good command of English, written and oral.
• Understanding of measurements, tolerances, basic geometry, and numeracy comprehension.
• The ability to read blueprints is an asset.
• Microsoft Office proficient, especially Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Familiarity with extrusion software such as EPICS an asset.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check

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