Fabrication Production Supervisor

Compensation:
$75,000–$90,000 per year, plus a 5% company performance bonus, 5% employer RRSP match, three weeks of vacation, paramedical benefits, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Our client is an established manufacturer of commercial foodservice equipment seeking a hands‑on Fabrication Production Supervisor to lead safe, efficient, and timely fabrication operations. Reporting to the Plant Manufacturing Manager, this role oversees hourly employees in a unionized environment and coordinates people, equipment, materials, tooling, and processes to complete work orders in line with the production plan. The successful candidate will work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering to resolve production issues and improve safety, quality, productivity, workflow, and housekeeping.
Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate fabrication employees, production activities, processes, equipment, and materials to meet production schedules.
Assign work, establish priorities, and monitor performance to ensure compliance with work orders, engineering drawings, specifications, and quality standards.
Ensure required parts are completed on time while controlling labour utilization, workflow, downtime, rework, scrap, and material usage.
Maintain accountability for the quality and quantity produced across one or more fabrication departments.
Enforce safety procedures, PPE requirements, machine guarding, housekeeping standards, and company safety-management-system requirements.
Verify the availability and readiness of raw materials, components, consumables, dies, punches, tooling, fixtures, machine programs, and equipment.
Troubleshoot machinery, tooling, and fabrication process issues, determine corrective actions, and support root-cause analysis.
Support new product introductions, fabrication process development, tooling and fixture implementation, and machine programming.
Collaborate with Production, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.
Build an engaged, accountable team and maintain effective working relationships in a unionized manufacturing environment.
Requirements
Manufacturing or engineering background;
an engineering degree is preferred.
Strong hands‑on knowledge of metal fabrication processes and equipment, including welding, grinding, drilling, forming, and related operations.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, work instructions, routings, and bills of material.
Ability to determine appropriate fabrication sequences, setups, tooling, fixtures, and corrective actions.
Experience leading hourly employees in a production environment.
Strong troubleshooting skills for machinery, tooling, and manufacturing processes.
Working knowledge of safety programs, quality systems, ISO 9001 requirements, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
Experience with CNC lathes and milling machines, brake presses, laser cutting equipment, or laser machine programming is an asset.
Knowledge of dies, punches, tooling, and fixtures is an asset.
Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma knowledge is preferred.
Experience in a unionized environment is an asset.
Ability to stand and walk on the production floor and lift or move materials as required.
Hours:Monday to Thursday, 7:30 a.M.–4:45 p.M.;
Friday, 7:30 a.M.–12:30 p.M.
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