Johnson Controls

Production Supervisor

Johnson Controls • $71K — $96K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years' experience as a production supervisor
  • Direct working knowledge of operations, warehouse, and transportation management
  • Journeyman welder certificate preferred
  • Knowledge of ordering supplies and inventory control
  • Familiarity with AOHS and Employment Standards Code
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Customer service orientation
  • Experience with safe manufacturing practices from raw materials to finished products
  • Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders including customers and contractors

Responsibilities

  • Supervise and coordinate the activities of 50-75 production workers
  • Direct the workforce to meet production goals
  • Enforce safety and sanitation regulations
  • Anticipate and manage production obstacles
  • Lead quality control efforts and oversee QA performance
  • Resolve employee and production issues through collaboration
  • Motivate employees to enhance morale and production rates
  • Process and approve hourly timesheets promptly
  • Monitor and assess employee performance and attendance
  • Ensure timely completion of work orders within budget
  • Oversee adherence to safety guidelines and participate in safety meetings
  • Train new employees on equipment operations and safety procedures
  • Review production schedules and adjust operations as needed
  • Provide feedback on manufacturing engineering packages
  • Adhere to safety standards and protocols

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package including health coverage
  • Support for ongoing professional development and training
  • Safety program standards compliance
  • Opportunities to gain skills in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing
  • Supportive work environment focused on employee growth
Full Job Description
What you will do

You will be responsible for supervising and coordinating the activities of production and operation workers (approximately 50-75 employees), such as assemblers, inspectors, precision workers, machine operators, fabricators, and plant and system operators while ensuring that production schedules are created and completed on time, safely, and within budget.

How you will do it
  • Direct the manufacturing workforce to achieve production goals.
  • Enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
  • Anticipate production obstacles and manage team and stakeholders to overcome them.
  • Provide leadership and ownership of product quality while consulting with Quality staff and Engineers on quality issue while being accountable for the overall QA performance of the manufacturing unit.
  • Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, and production issues.
  • Provide motivation for employees, increasing morale, worker efficiency, and production rates.
  • Process and approve hourly timesheets and correct exceptions in a timely manner.
  • Monitor and assess employee's performance, attendance, scheduling etc.
  • Ensure that work orders are completed in a timely fashion and within budget.
  • Ensure safety is a priority with all workers, oversee strict adherence to Alberta and Canadian Occupational Health and Safety guidelines, attend JHSA meetings as needed.
  • Work with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within and between departments
  • Demonstrate equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new employees or assign employees to experienced workers for training.
  • Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules and other records / reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs and take action to meet schedule deadlines.
  • Read and review of manufacturing engineering packages and provide improvement feedback.
  • Performs all duties in accordance with Johnson Controls/Silent-Aire Limited Partnership safety program standards and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations, and Code.
  • Other duties as required.


What we look for

Required:
  • 3+ years' experience as a production supervisor
  • Direct working knowledge of operations, warehouse, and transportation management
  • Journeyman welder certificate preferred
  • Knowledge of supplies, equipment, and/or services ordering, as well as inventory control of these items
  • Knowledge of local and federal regulations including AOHS and Employment Standards Code
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong written and verbal skills to communicate with all levels of the organization and its executive team
  • Strong customer service orientation
  • Experience with all safe practices, procedures, and overall processes associated with manufacturing from raw materials to finished product
  • Ability to maintain a high level of communication with both internal and external stakeholders, customers, contractors, and industry peers
  • Always adhere to safety policies (wear protective equipment)


Preferred:
  • Trades school/ticket and/or University degree or diploma in related field
  • Training and knowledge of Six Sigma techniques, Kaizen, and Lean Manufacturing
  • First Aid skills and/or certificates


#LI-Onsite

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $71,000-96,000 CAD (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us

About Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls International plc is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Cork, Ireland that produces automotive parts such as batteries and electronics and HVAC equipment for buildings. It employs 105,000 people in around 2,000 locations across six continents. As of 2019, it was listed as 389th in the Fortune Global 500; in 2020, it became ineligible for the list. Johnson Controls was founded in 1885 by Warren S. Johnson, a professor at the State Normal School in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Originally called the Johnson Electric Service Company, it focused on automatic temperature regulation. In 1974, the company changed its name to Johnson Controls.
Learn more about Johnson Controls
Size
101,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$923 million
Founded
1885
5 Year Trend
+2.1%
Revenue
$22 billion
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