production manager.

A top-tier industrial manufacturer has an exciting opportunity for you to step into a high-visibility Production Manager role near Grimsby, ON. Offering a competitive salary of $120,000–$135,000 plus a 10% bonus, this full-time position empowers you to drive continuous improvement, revamp operational culture, and optimize custom metal fabrication workflows. Enjoy 100% company-paid healthcare benefits from day one, flexible time off, and strong executive mentorship in this career-defining opportunity.

Advantages
- Competitive compensation of $120,000–$130,000 base with an achievable 10% performance bonus.
- Fully employer-paid medical, dental, and health savings accounts
- Generous paid time off, offering 21 total days including vacation allotment, paid sick leave, and a holiday shutdown.
- Clear career development path guiding you from Production Manager toward executive leadership positions.
- Supportive work environment featuring flexible hours for family needs and direct access to senior leadership.

Responsibilities
- Direct shop operations across welding, shipping/receiving, and customized structural steel assembly teams.

- Champion practical Lean methodologies to eliminate bottlenecks and standardize shop floor processes.
- Manage operational budgets, job costing, and gross profit margins across a $20M manufacturing division.
- Rebuild shop culture by promoting collaborative, solution-driven leadership and removing finger-pointing behaviours.
- Coordinate cross-functionally with engineering, project management, and sales to ensure custom build milestones are met.

Qualifications
- Proven leadership experience optimizing custom, project-based metal fabrication or structural assembly lines.
- Educational background with a Manufacturing Engineering degree or equivalent technical credential strongly preferred.
- Expertise in change management, continuous improvement tools, lean manufacturing principles, and modern root cause analysis.
- Demonstrated capability in job costing, operational forecasting, and overall financial oversight.
- Hands-on proficiency using ERP software systems.
- Exceptional resilience, high emotional intelligence, and calm problem-solving ability under high-pressure scenarios.

Summary
If you are an ambitious Production Manager ready to transform an industrial operation, eliminate inefficiencies, and fast-track your executive trajectory, we want to hear from you! Please apply directly through this job posting. For additional inquiries, you may contact Kim Patrick at Voir email sur randstad.com.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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