Role Summary

We are seeking a hands-on, people-focused Production Supervisor to lead our Afternoon Shift production team in Cambridge.This role goes beyond managing daily production. Once day-shift support functions such as Quality, Engineering and Technical Operations have left site, the Afternoon Shift Supervisor is often the senior production decision-maker on site. The Supervisor is accountable for running the shift safely, compliantly and productively, keeping the operation inspection-ready, developing the team and driving continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Supervisor will lead hourly production employees across various classifications in sterile and non-sterile manufacturing and packaging, with day-to-day accountability for production execution, people leadership, safety, quality, delivery and cost. The position will also partner with Supply Chain on critical production supplies and lead continuous improvement activities across the shift.

The successful candidate will combine robust floor leadership with sound judgement, technical aptitude and a continuous improvement mindset. They will be comfortable making timely decisions, coaching employees, using operational data to identify issues and opportunities, partnering across functions and taking ownership for results.

This is an Afternoon-shift position, Monday - Friday, 3:00pm - 11:30pm. With Flexibility to support other shifts or weekends when business needs require.

Role Specific Requirements

Shift Leadership

- Serve as the on-shift operations lead, making sound, timely decisions within GMP and safety boundaries, including stopping the line or placing product on hold when required.




- Escalate issues through the defined after-hours escalation process, using on-call Quality, Maintenance and EHS support when needed, and act as the senior production leader during emergencies on shift.
- Lead structured handovers with incoming and outgoing shifts so that issues, decisions and open actions are clearly communicated and nothing is lost between shifts.

Safety & Environmental Leadership

- Demonstrate visible leadership and personal accountability for workplace health, safety and environmental expectations, fulfilling supervisor duties under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Lead pre-shift safety talks, safety observations and hazard identification, and proactively investigate and address incidents, near misses and safety or environmental concerns.
- Ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
- Ensure on-shift compliance with EHS programs, including PPE, lockout/tagout, WHMIS and waste handling, storage and disposal requirements, in partnership with EHS.

Quality & Compliance

- Ensure production activities are performed in accordance with approved specifications, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP), validated processes and company requirements.
- Review batch records and logbooks in real time on shift to drive right-first-time documentation and data integrity (ALCOA+).
- Identify,



contain and initiate deviations within 24 hours; lead or support root cause investigations using structured tools (5-Why, fishbone, human-factors analysis) and own the quality and timely completion of assigned CAPAs.
- Keep the shift inspection-ready at all times and support regulatory, customer and internal audits.
- Participate in change controls, validation activities and new product introductions that affect the shift.

Aseptic and Sterile Operations

- Lead and model aseptic behaviours, gowning practice and intervention discipline in classified areas in line with EU GMP Annex 1 and the site Contamination Control Strategy.
- Act as first responder to environmental monitoring excursions and other contamination-control events on shift, escalating to Quality as required.
- Support aseptic process simulations (media fills) and maintain personal gowning qualification.

Operational Excellence

- Lead afternoon-shift production activities to achieve established safety, quality, delivery and cost expectations.
- Run tiered daily accountability and use shift KPIs (safety, right-first-time, schedule adherence, OEE, downtime, scrap) to proactively identify constraints and take action.
- Coordinate line clearance, changeovers and equipment readiness with Maintenance and Engineering.
- Partner with Supply Chain and Warehouse on material availability through min/max or kanban processes, flagging supply risks early.

People Leadership & Capability Development

- Provide visible, engaged leadership for the Afternoon Shift production team, with regular one-on-ones and clear expectations for performance, safety, quality, attendance and accounta

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