About Pentalift Equipment Corporation:

Pentalift Equipment Corporation is a Canadian manufacturer of loading dock and material handling equipment, including dock levelers, vehicle restraints, dock lifts and lift tables.

The Opportunity:

The Production Manager will work closely with Pentalift's established engineering and technical resources. The role requires strong operational leadership, organization, people management and follow-through, supported by solid practical manufacturing knowledge.

This is a shop-floor leadership position. The successful candidate will maintain a strong presence in manufacturing, understand how work is actually being performed, recognize production risks and inefficiencies, establish priorities and ensure that improvements are implemented and sustained.

This position offers an opportunity to influence both day-to-day manufacturing performance and the longer-term development of Pentalift's production capabilities. The Production Manager will have meaningful responsibility for production execution, employee development and measurable manufacturing improvement, supported by experienced engineering and technical resources.

Production Leadership

- Own daily and weekly production execution and schedule attainment across multiple manufacturing departments.
- Lead departmental supervisors and establish clear production priorities.
- Manage labour allocation, staffing requirements, overtime and production capacity.
- Proactively identify risks to delivery commitments and drive timely resolution of production constraints.
- Monitor production performance and ensure corrective actions are assigned, followed up and completed.
- Coordinate the timely resolution of material, technical and other constraints affecting production.
- Maintain explicit accountability for production commitments while allowing capable supervisors appropriate day-to-day autonomy.

Manufacturing Improvement

- Independently identify, evaluate and prioritize opportunities to improve manufacturing productivity, efficiency,



quality and capacity.
- Regularly observe shop-floor operations to identify wasted labour, poor flow, unnecessary handling, bottlenecks and inconsistent work methods.
- Lead operational improvements to manufacturing methods, workstation organization, material presentation, workflow and equipment utilization.
- Work with Engineering and manufacturing support personnel to develop practical improvements involving tooling, fixtures, equipment and production processes.
- Lead shop-floor trials, employee training, implementation and sustained adoption of revised manufacturing methods and equipment.
- Evaluate opportunities using labour savings, throughput, quality, safety, delivery and other relevant operational benefits.
- Establish appropriate baseline measures and verify that implemented improvements achieve the intended results. A manufacturing improvement is not considered complete until it has been implemented, adopted and its results verified.

Employee Leadership and Development

- Lead, coach and develop production supervisors and employees.
- Establish clear performance expectations and maintain appropriate accountability.
- Address performance issues constructively and promptly.
- Identify training requirements and support skills development and cross-training.
- Promote consistent manufacturing practices, workmanship standards and safe working methods.
- Ensure revised work methods are understood, followed and sustained across production areas.

Organization, Urgency and Follow-Through

- Manage production, people, constraints and improvement priorities simultaneously without losing control of commitments.




- Distinguish core production and improvement priorities from secondary issues and delegate appropriately.
- Establish clear ownership and deadlines, follow up promptly and maintain momentum until actions are completed.
- Coordinate purchasing and material constraints where they affect production without allowing parts expediting or routine administrative work to displace the role's primary responsibilities.

Qualifications and Experience

- Significant experience in manufacturing operations, including production leadership or management.
- Experience supervising production teams and managing departmental supervisors.
- Demonstrated success managing production schedules, labour deployment, capacity and manufacturing performance.
- Demonstrated experience implementing and sustaining manufacturing improvements with measurable results in labour productivity, throughput, quality, capacity or delivery.
- Practical knowledge of metal fabrication, welding, machining and/or mechanical assembly.
- Ability to read and interpret manufacturing drawings and technical documentation.
- Strong communication, planning, organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working effectively with engineering and technical personnel.
- Familiarity with ERP systems and manufacturing planning processes.
- Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement or related training is an asset; practical accomplishments and demonstrated manufacturing results are particularly valued.

Note: This is a newly created position and is currently available to be filled Note: AI may be used in the recruitment process for this position.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, should you require accommodation throughout any aspects of the selection process, please contact the HR department and we will provide suppor

Pay: $100,000.00-$120,000.00 per year

Benefits

- On-site parking

Work Location: In person

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