production manager - contract.

A leading heavy manufacturing plant has an opportunity for a contract Production Manager to join their team in Burlington. Earning between $105,000-$125,000 yearly salary you will oversee high-volume metal drum fabrication on a full-time, day-shift schedule. You will direct shop-floor operations, support unionized team members, and drive daily output goals. Enjoy a dynamic role with high visibility and potential permanent advancement in a thriving facility.

Advantages
- Competitive compensation rate ranging from $105,000-$125,000
- Enjoy early finishes on Fridays to complete your administrative tasks and kick off the weekend.
- Exceptional internal visibility offering continuous career development and long-term advancement potential.
- High-impact leadership opportunity directing a substantial, established operational crew.
- Convenient work schedule providing steady, full-time hours within a state-of-the-art Burlington plant.

Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day operations on the plant floor to optimize labour utilization, maintain throughput, and satisfy client production orders.

- Supervise 65 hourly union personnel while actively fostering safe work practices, maintaining positive labor relations, and addressing grievances.
- Utilize time-tracking software, such as Workday or Kronos, to review, manage, and verify daily employee punch logs and attendance.
- Monitor operational metrics, generate plant performance summaries, and track key indicators using systems like ShopLogix and QAD.
- Partner alongside quality, maintenance, and shipping teams to minimize machine downtime, conduct root-cause analysis, and refine processes.
- Facilitate continuous improvement initiatives, coordinate cycle counts, and manage shop floor inventory levels without finished goods storage.

Qualifications
- Proven background exceeding five years of operational leadership experience within a heavy manufacturing facility.
- Strong familiarity with managing unionized workforces and upholding collective bargaining agreements.
- Proficiency with workforce management programs like Workday or Kronos, alongside manufacturing ERPs and ShopLogix software.
- Demonstrated resilience, strong decision-making capabilities, and self-motivation in fast-paced, high-volume production settings.
- Practical understanding of metal stamping, forming equipment, and heavy industrial processes, with an engineering background considered an asset.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and conflict-resolution capabilities to guide cross-functional teams effectively.

Summary
If you are a driven Production Manager ready to step into a high-visibility leadership role in Burlington, we want to hear from you. Take the next step in your career and apply directly through this posting today. For any questions regarding this opportunity, please reach out to Kim Patrick at View email address on 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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