Production Supervisor

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!

Job Description

Position: The Production Supervisor will provide front-line leadership within the Production Department. This role is responsible for overseeing production activities to ensure the highest levels of efficiency, quality, and safety. The Production Supervisor will work to maximize production output while ensuring adherence to company policies, objectives, and safety regulations.

Plant Description: IG Machine & Fibers Ltd. is a production facility that mines, processes, colours, and ships granules used for roofing products. Follow the link below to learn more: What Are Granules? How IKO Shingle Granules Are Made at The Ashcroft Granule Facility

Plant Location: IG Machines and Fibers Ltd., 3745 Barnes Lake Rd, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary ($90,000 - $100,000)
• Competitive health and benefits plan
• Competitive company matched retirement savings program
• The opportunity to join a continuously growing organization with focus on Diversity and Inclusion
• The opportunity to work with an industry leader in manufacturing.

When you join us you will be:

• Maintaining a high level of awareness on safety, environmental and process compliance
• Leading a positive change effort to improve performance by motivating, recognizing, and inspiring others to be effective and efficient in their activities.
• A champion of hazard identification, evaluation and control through the behaviour-based safety and risk assessment programs (FLRAs, BBSO’s and unsafe condition/events)
• Lead and direct all production operations.
• Increasing employee engagement and improve the labour relations climate through participation in continuous improvement (get suggestions, report problems, participate in team problem solving sessions)
• Driving accountability for both results and actions of direct reports through education, motivation, documentation and behaviour-based coaching
• Participating in Root-Cause Analysis with team members, maintenance and engineering. Work with and support other department goals
• Improving housekeeping and champion the 5S program
• Facilitating effective meetings and team discussions
• Communicating with all levels both internal and external to the organization effectively
• Ensure proper documentation and complete reports (compliance, checklists, production reports, spreadsheets, metrics, incident investigations, etc.)
• Developing and implementing SWI training and auditing

Our ideal candidate:

• Post-secondary degree/diploma, preferable in industrial technology or engineering, business administration, or management
• Minimum of three years industrial leadership experience
• Highly developed interpersonal, leadership, coaching, mentoring, delegation and people management skills
• Excellent facilitation, time and project management, organizational, analytical and decision-making skills
• Exhibit the IKO Values (Performance, Integrity, Sharing Knowledge, Long-Term, Humility, Agility)
• Experience with process safety management and creating a culture where all accidents are preventable
• Demonstrated initiative and proven record of taking on projects in a proactive manner to reach strategic outcomes
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements (OH&S, environment, labour standards)
• Established PC and software skills in Microsoft Office applications
• Experience working in a unionized environment
• Surface Mine Rescue certification an asset, must have Mine Supervisor Certification (BC Ministry of Mines certification), OFA Level 3 Certification an asset

Work Schedule: 4 – 10-hour shifts, Monday – Thursday 7:00am to 5:30pm or as needed to cover any other production supervisor’s schedule.

IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. We thank all those who apply; however, only those applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.