Job Title: Production Supervisor (Afternoon)
Location: On-site Cambridge, ON (headquarters)
Schedule: Monday - Thursday, 3:15pm - 1:45am
Reports to: Production Manager
Salary: 75k - 85k

Company Description

Jamesway Incubator Company Inc. is a global provider of commercial Poultry Incubation Products and Services. Jamesway is a privately held company, headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and operates subsidiaries in the United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia and China.
Jamesway is a leader in the poultry industry, committed to innovation and excellence. We specialize in developing state-of-the-art incubation products that meet the evolving needs of the poultry sector. Our team is driven by a passion for delivering high-quality, reliable, and innovative solutions that empower our customers. Today, Jamesway is one of the top three brands worldwide in Poultry Incubation, has a customer base reaching into every corner of the world.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Supervisor provides visible, hands-on leadership for daily manufacturing operations. The role is accountable for safe execution of the production plan, employee supervision, quality, productivity, schedule attainment and disciplined shop-floor practices. The Supervisor coordinates people, materials, equipment and priorities across functions to deliver customer requirements on time and in full while building a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

- Maintain a safe workplace, enforce health and safety requirements, complete required inspections and follow-up actions, address hazards promptly, and ensure incidents and near misses are reported and investigated in accordance with company procedures.




- Lead, coach, train and motivate hourly employees; set explicit daily expectations; monitor performance and conduct; recognise positive contributions and address attendance, behaviour or performance concerns promptly and consistently in partnership with Human Resources.
- Translate production schedule into daily work assignments and priorities. Coordinate labour, materials, equipment and workflow to achieve schedule attainment, throughout and on-time, in-full completion.
- Ensure work is completed to approved drawings, specifications, work instructions and quality requirements. Contain non-conforming work, support root-cause analysis and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
- Maintain an active presence on the shop floor, verify adherence to standard work, escalate constraints early, and coordinate recovery plans for labour, material, equipment or quality disruptions.
- Use production data and employee feedback to identify waste, improve flow, reduce cycle time and cost, and strengthen workplace organisation through Lean and value analysis/value engineering practices.
- Complete time and attendance records, labour reporting, employee documentation, shift handovers, production reports and other required records accurately and on time.
- Conduct start-of-shift communication, confirm priorities and constraints,



assign work and verify that employees understand safety, quality and delivery expectations.
- Ensure employees are trained, qualified and authorized for assigned tasks, tools and equipment; maintain training follow-up and reinforce standard work.
- Enforce plant rules, personal protective equipment requirements, housekeeping standards and restrictions relating to mobile phones, earbuds and leaving assigned work areas.
- Evaluate cycle times, capacity, staffing and production constraints and provide fact-based recommendations to the Production Manager.
- Coordinate with Maintenance on equipment issues and preventive or corrective work, balancing risk, quality, uptime and production priorities.
- Lead or participate in problem-solving and continuous-improvement activities; assign actions, establish owners and due dates, and verify that improvements are sustained.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Directly supervises unionized hourly production employees and applies the collective agreement and company policies consistently within the scope of the role.
- Participate in employee selection, onboarding, training, performance management, investigations and progressive discipline in collaboration with the Production Manager and Human Resources.
- Demonstrated front-line leadership in a manufacturing environment, with the confidence to set expectations and hold employees accountable respectfully and consistently.
- Strong working knowledge of production supervision, safety, quality, workflow, labour planning and continuous improvement.
- Ability to interpret production schedules, drawings, work instructions, specificatio

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