About the Role
As a Shift Manager, you will oversee daily plant operations during your assigned shift. Your mission? To lead, coach, and empower teams to deliver exceptional results in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You’ll be responsible for creating a safe, productive, and people-first workplace, ensuring performance targets are met while continuously improving systems and processes.
Key Responsibilities
1. Safety First
- Enforce compliance with health and safety standards, including OHSA, WHMIS, AODA, and internal safety policies.
- Conduct safety audits, lead safety talks, and ensure team training is current and complete.
- Act promptly on incidents: administer first aid, document reports, investigate root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
- Support return-to-work accommodations and ensure retraining is completed for returning team members.
2. People Leadership
- Engage and lead your team through pre-shift huddles, production meetings, and daily communication.
- Provide mentorship, coaching, and performance feedback to team members and team leads.
- Manage attendance, approve timecards (Ceridian), and follow up on absences.
- Foster a respectful and productive team culture while supporting conflict resolution and progressive discipline in collaboration with HR.
3. Production Oversight
- Drive shift performance to meet KPIs including OEE, OTIF, EOL, and flow rate.
- Plan daily operations: allocate manpower, manage shift priorities, and execute changeovers efficiently.
- Monitor and respond to equipment performance; coordinate with maintenance for timely repairs and support.
- Communicate production targets clearly and ensure runtime data is consistently tracked and reviewed.
4. Quality & Continuous Improvement
- Lead plant and process audits to maintain cleanliness, equipment standards, and visual management boards.
- Address quality issues through root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Champion Lean manufacturing practices including 5S, Kaizen, and other CI tools.
- Identify workflow improvements and help drive initiatives that enhance efficiency and reduce waste.
- Ensure all work aligns with ISO standards, internal policies, and regulatory compliance.
What You Bring to the Role
- A genuine passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing people into high-performing teams
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ideally within a Lean organization
- Solid understanding of Lean manufacturing principles and design-for-manufacturing best practices
- Proven leadership experience in a large-scale production setting, with a track record of driving results
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization
- Exceptional time management, organization, and planning skills
- A goal-oriented mindset, with a strong commitment to achieving both team and company objectives
- Analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and collaborative team player
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, MS Word and Excel
- JHSC (Joint Health & Safety Committee) certification is considered an asset
Timings – Continental shifts ( biweekly rotational)
** Career Connections Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request an accommodation, please contact Career Connections Canada Inc.**