Primary Role
At Progressive Rubber Industries (PRI), the Shift Supervisor is responsible for overseeing and coordinating daily production activities across multiple departments (steel shop, rubber lining, sandblast & paint, and logistics). This role ensures that work is executed safely, on schedule, and to the highest quality standards, while fostering accountability, teamwork, and pride in workmanship.
Key Responsibilities
1. Leadership & Workforce Oversight
- Provide direction and support to team leads and production crews across all active work centres.
- Ensure consistent application of PRI’s core values: Safety → Quality → Productivity.
- Promote accountability at all levels — ensuring instructions are understood, followed, and completed without ambiguity.
- Act as the escalation point for production issues, while maintaining alignment with managers and coordinators.
2. Safety & Compliance
- Enforce PRI’s safety standards and regulatory compliance across all departments.
- Conduct regular safety inspections, toolbox talks, and job hazard assessments.
- Ensure correct use of PPE, safe operation of equipment, and proper handling of materials.
- Stop unsafe practices immediately and implement corrective actions.
3. Quality Control
- Coordinate with Quality Manager to ensure work in progress and completed tasks conform specifications, drawings, and PRI quality standards.
- Proactively address deficiencies and direct corrective actions to minimize rework.
- Ensure proper procedures are being followed for the task at hand.
- Reinforce standardization of workflows to drive consistency and reliability.
4. Planning & Coordination
- Coordinate with the Operations Manager, Steel Shop Manager, Production Coordinator, and Logistics to align manpower and schedules.
- Ensure crews have the necessary materials, consumables, and equipment staged ahead of work.
- Assist in sequencing work orders to maintain flow between steel, rubber, and paint shops, avoiding bottlenecks.
- Support coordination with shipping for staging, packaging, and delivery readiness.
5. Productivity & Efficiency
- Monitor labour allocation and efficiency across departments; reassign resources where needed to hit deadlines.
- Identify and reduce non-value-added tasks, downtime, or material handling delays.
- Encourage efficient practices without compromising quality or safety.
- Provide feedback to management on production targets, resource requirements, and overtime needs.
6. Communication & Reporting
- Maintain daily logs of manpower, production progress, and incidents.
- Report schedule risks, quality concerns, or equipment issues to management with proposed solutions.
- Act as a direct communication link between crews and management, ensuring clarity and consistency.
7. Training & Development
- Reinforce standard work practices and encourage cross-training across disciplines.
- Provide input into employee performance reviews and support succession planning.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary.
- Comprehensive extended health and dental benefits.
- Company RRSP group plan.
- Rewards and recognition for length of service.
- Opportunities for development and growth.
This position will be required to work overtime when needed and wage will depend on qualifications.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Profit sharing
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $75,000.00-$85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care
Experience:
- Supervision/ Management: 1 year (required)
- Steel : 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
