Production Supervisor (Welding)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Exempt Cornerstone Building Brands is a premier exterior building solutions provider serving both the residential and commercial markets across North America. The building products we manufacture are the cornerstone of the communities where people live, work and play -from homes to hospitals, grade schools to grocery stores, manufacturing facilities to municipal buildings and beyond.
Through the core values and consistent behaviors and mindsets embraced by our employees, we have built a culture dedicated to understanding our customers' needs and what matters most to their success. We know that it's our people that make the difference and we are deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized, providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees.
SCOPE OF ROLE
The Production Supervisor oversees the day-to-day operations within a diverse and talented manufacturing team. Beyond supervision, they also coach, resolve issues, train, and serve as a link between direct reports and upper management.
KEY OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Facilitates the manufacture of building products to meet production demands, while ensuring quality, safety, and productivity
• Manage day-shift weld shop operations, leading and developing a team of welders and ensuring production targets and capacity goals are achieved.
• Collaborates with plant leadership to develop staffing guidelines, optimizing resource utilization while controlling costs.
• Hires, supervises, evaluates, and replaces staff as required to meet performance goals.
• Develops and trains employees for increasing responsibilities, conducts periodic evaluations, and holds safety and production meetings daily. Drives initiatives of 5S, cost reduction, and quality improvement.
• Assigns personnel, oversees rotations, and maintains effective communication during shift changes and troubleshooting.
• Ensures accurate completion of paperwork related to line operation, including logs, audits, and corrective actions.
• Readily addresses any urgent production or shipping requirements, even if it disrupts the regular workflow Knowledge and understanding of all safety polices and regulations and ability to address all unsafe acts and conditions.
• Administers policies fairly and consistently.
• Provides coaching and counselling to employees and corrective action when needed, following company guidelines.
• Promotes overall goals of company in safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Identifies and assists with implementations for continuous process improvement. Uses data to improve and refine production process.
• Manages materials to reduce waste and support quality.
• Collaborates with other departments to ensure timely job completions.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills, combines with the ability to educate and train employees in a production environment
• Performs other duties as assigned
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Supervise, monitor, and manage the work of others to ensure tasks are completed accurately, efficiently, and on time.
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED)
• 2 – Year associate degree or a bachelor's degree in related field preferred but not required
• Minimum of two years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in a weld shop environment, including MIG (GMAW) welding knowledge and a strong understanding of welding processes
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, motivate, mentor and train employees on a regular basis
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
• Lifting Capacity – ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
• Mobility – Prolonged periods of time on feet, standing, bending, etc.
• Exposure – Moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, and non-climate-controlled environment. • Noise Tolerance – High noise levels.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS To perform satisfactorily in this position, the employee must be able to perform each essential duty. The requirements listed above are representative of knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made for employees with certain disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No