The Role
The Production Manager oversees daily production execution, drives efficiency and safety, develops supervisors, and ensures quality while improving operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
MISSION:
Own day-to-day production execution and performance at the Brockville facility by translating the Director, Operations’ strategy into disciplined shop-floor results. Drive consistent safety, efficiency, schedule adherence, and team performance while developing Production Supervisors and building scalable operations.
Own day-to-day production execution and performance at the Brockville facility by translating the Director, Operations’ strategy into disciplined shop-floor results. Drive consistent safety, efficiency, schedule adherence, and team performance while developing Production Supervisors and building scalable operations.
OUTCOMES:
• Production Performance: Achieve and sustain ≥80% labour efficiency across all production lines within 12 months while supporting capacity growth targets.
• Schedule Execution: Deliver ≥95% Master Production Schedule (MPS) adherence on a rolling 3 month basis through disciplined daily production control and escalation.
• Safety & Compliance: Maintain zero lost-time incidents and zero regulatory violations annually by enforcing safety standards and leading proactive hazard identification.
• Quality Results: Achieve ≥98% first-pass quality and maintain customer return defect rate ≤0.3% within 12 months through consistent process control and corrective action.
• Supervisor Capability: Develop Production Supervisors so that 100% can independently plan daily production, manage labour, and resolve issues without Director intervention within 6 months.
• Continuous Improvement: Deliver a minimum of 5 documented, sustained production improvements per year that measurably increase throughput, efficiency, or stability.
• Schedule Execution: Deliver ≥95% Master Production Schedule (MPS) adherence on a rolling 3 month basis through disciplined daily production control and escalation.
• Safety & Compliance: Maintain zero lost-time incidents and zero regulatory violations annually by enforcing safety standards and leading proactive hazard identification.
• Quality Results: Achieve ≥98% first-pass quality and maintain customer return defect rate ≤0.3% within 12 months through consistent process control and corrective action.
• Supervisor Capability: Develop Production Supervisors so that 100% can independently plan daily production, manage labour, and resolve issues without Director intervention within 6 months.
• Continuous Improvement: Deliver a minimum of 5 documented, sustained production improvements per year that measurably increase throughput, efficiency, or stability.
ROLE COMPETENCIES:
• Operational Leadership & Execution Discipline
• Coaching & Development of Front Line Leaders
• Data Driven Problem Solving (KPIs, Root Cause, Lean)
• Production Planning & Labour Optimization
• Safety First Leadership & Risk Management
• Cross Functional Collaboration (Planning, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain)
• Clear, Direct Shop Floor Communication
• Change Leadership in a High Growth Manufacturing Environment
• High Accountability / Strong Say Do Ratio
• Coaching & Development of Front Line Leaders
• Data Driven Problem Solving (KPIs, Root Cause, Lean)
• Production Planning & Labour Optimization
• Safety First Leadership & Risk Management
• Cross Functional Collaboration (Planning, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain)
• Clear, Direct Shop Floor Communication
• Change Leadership in a High Growth Manufacturing Environment
• High Accountability / Strong Say Do Ratio
About
Fortune 500 pedigree. Startup agility. No compromise. We blend a century of manufacturing excellence with the speed and grit to take on today's manufacturing and industry challenges. Our mission? To be the catalyst of success for a select group of like-minded customers who are leading the North American manufacturing and industrial renaissance. Our vision? To be the world’s most trusted company.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in production management
- Strong leadership and team development skills
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles
- Experience with KPIs and data analysis
- Ability to enforce safety standards
- Understanding of production planning and scheduling
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The Company
What We Do
Rockit Motors is a contract manufacturer specializing in electric motors, alternators, stators, rotors, and coils for industrial, rail, e-mobility, and power generation sectors. They leverage a century of manufacturing experience with startup agility to solve complex manufacturing challenges.
