This is a weekend shift position Friday, Saturday and Sunday 6am- 6pm

Position Summary The Foundry Supervisor is responsible for the safe, efficient, and effective operation of the foundry department. This position provides leadership and direction to production employees while ensuring that production schedules, quality standards, safety requirements, housekeeping standards, and company policies are consistently achieved.

Key Responsibilities

1. Production & Operations

- Supervise and coordinate daily foundry production activities.
- Ensure production schedules, quantities, and customer requirements are met.
- Assign employees to workstations and ensure adequate staffing throughout the shift.
- Monitor production processes, equipment, and workflow to identify and resolve issues.
- Ensure employees follow established operating procedures and work instructions.
- Coordinate with maintenance regarding equipment breakdowns, repairs, and preventative maintenance.
- Monitor material usage, scrap, rework, downtime, and overall production efficiency.
- Identify bottlenecks and implement corrective actions to improve productivity.
- Ensure proper start-up, shutdown, changeover, and production procedures are followed.
- Maintain appropriate communication with other departments to ensure uninterrupted production.

2. Safety & Environmental Responsibilities

- Provide active leadership in maintaining a safe work environment.
- Ensure employees follow all company safety policies, procedures, and applicable legislation.
- Conduct and document safety inspections and follow up on identified hazards.
- Ensure proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Address unsafe work practices immediately.
- Investigate workplace incidents, near misses, and safety concerns and implement corrective actions.
- Ensure employees receive appropriate safety training and understand the hazards associated with foundry operations.
- Support the company's health and safety programs and initiatives.

3. Quality

- Ensure products meet established customer and company quality requirements.
- Monitor production quality and identify trends involving defects, scrap, and rework.




- Ensure employees follow quality procedures, inspection requirements, and control plans.
- Investigate quality issues and participate in root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

4. Employee Leadership & Supervision

- Provide clear direction, coaching, and feedback to employees.
- Monitor employee performance, attendance, conduct, and adherence to company policies.
- Conduct regular employee meetings and communicate production, safety, and quality expectations.
- Address performance issues promptly and fairly in accordance with company policies.
- Recognize and reinforce positive employee performance.

5. Foundry Process Responsibilities

- Monitor and oversee foundry processes such as molding, pouring, core making, finishing, grinding, shakeout, and material handling, as applicable to the operation.
- Ensure proper operating temperatures, material specifications, process parameters, and production procedures are maintained.
- Monitor furnace and casting operations and ensure established procedures are followed.
- Ensure proper handling and storage of materials,
- Work with technical, maintenance, and quality personnel to resolve process problems.
- Ensure production equipment is operated within established parameters and safety requirements.

6. Communication & Administration

- Maintain accurate production, attendance, quality, safety, and operational records.
- Complete shift reports and communicate significant issues to management.
- Communicate production priorities and changes clearly to employees.
- Escalate equipment, staffing, quality, safety, and production issues when appropriate

7. Continuous Improvement

- Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, safety, and cost effectiveness.
- Encourage employee suggestions and participation in process improvements.




- Implement approved process improvements and monitor their effectiveness.
- Support efforts to reduce waste, rework, downtime, and unnecessary costs.Qualifications

Education

- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Post-secondary education in manufacturing, engineering, metallurgy, business, or a related field is considered an asset.

Experience

- 3–5 years of experience in a manufacturing or foundry environment.
- Previous supervisory or team-lead experience required.
- Experience with metal casting or foundry processes strongly preferred.

Knowledge & Skills The successful candidate should demonstrate:

- Strong knowledge of manufacturing and production processes.
- Knowledge of foundry operations and metal-casting processes.
- Strong understanding of workplace health and safety requirements.
- Ability to read and understand production documentation and work instructions.
- Solid problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to analyze production, quality, and downtime information.
- Strong leadership and employee-management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work effectively with Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Human Resources, and Production Planning.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and production/ERP systems as applicable.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.

The position requires the ability to walk and stand for extended periods and may require occasional lifting, bending, climbing, and working around production equipment.

Core Competencies

- Leadership & Accountability
- Safety Leadership
- Production Management
- Quality Focus
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Team Building
- Continuous Improvement
- Employee Development
- Planning & Organization

Pay: $75,000.00-$80,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care

Work Location: In person

📌 Foundry Supervisors Weekend Shift (London)
🏢 Vulcan Metals
📍 London