Job Title: Assembly Manager
About Us: Established in 1988, Parmerit is a leader in custom machining, fabrication, and automation. Parmerit works with the latest technology to design and fabricate automated tooling, systems and components for a diverse client base across a variety of industries including automotive, pharmaceutical, aerospace, and defense. Over the past 36 years, we have been dedicated to being an elite supplier of service, quality, and technical expertise.
Parmerit recently acquired Adescor, which operates from the Parmerit facility, located in Strathroy, Ontario. Adescor is a manufacturer of plastic corrugated pipe processing systems. Our cutting-edge solutions are engineered to enable maximum productivity and efficiency for plastic pipe producers. Embracing the latest in robotics and automation, we’re not just meeting industry standards – we’re setting them.
We value passionate and highly motivated team members who want to make a difference. We pride ourselves on our culture of working as a team, relentlessly pursuing excellence, and taking on challenging assignments. Our dynamic and rapidly growing company is at the forefront of innovation, and we are looking for team members who desire to join us and be part of our exciting journey forward.
Role Purpose: The Assembly Manager is expected to take ownership / lead the assembly department. This candidate must be comfortable performing employee performance evaluations, identifying, developing & coaching high potential employees to deliver area results. This candidate would be responsible identifying & crafting department strategy & direction in alignment with business objectives. They must possess the capabilities to drive department requirements into development and continuous improvement initiatives for the delivering on the next future state.
Reports To: General Manager

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in a technical field
• Strong leadership background and ability to coordinate and direct team efforts (Min. 5 years of experience in a leadership position)
• Proven ability to work in manufacturing environment and perform against established performance standards
• Ability to coach and mentor team members
• Experience leading a team through a lean transformation - capable of organizing and driving 5S/Kaizen, etc. events and maintaining standards
• Intermediate computer skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Assembly Leadership: 4 years (preferred)

Work Location: In perso

General and Task Management

• Responsible for developing 1-year vision/strategy of assembly area to deliver business objectives
• Ensure achievement of production throughput against capacity targets.
• Ensure the team are aware of day to day targets and responsibilities
• Assist production control to plan production schedule as required and ensure it is being maintained to meet on time shipment of orders based on customer expectations
• Improving the overall performance of your team through implementation of lean initiatives including standard work
• Responsible to set, organize & lead kaizen events with a cross-functional team
• Establish and maintain work standards for product costing and productivity measurement.
• Accountable to develop area safety standards
• Observe safety procedures and report any safety issues.
• Carry out incident, accident and non-conformity investigations and associated reporting and action closure
• Corrective action that leads to coaching / development
• Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, key performance indicators (KPI’s) including the engagement of external resources as required
• Regularly communicating with team members regarding issues impacting product, production, quality and safety across departments
• Using problem solving techniques to analyze, find root cause and permanently correct problems related to all aspects of cell operation

Leadership

• Create training matrix and help to facilitate new team member training
• Build teams capability to help execute on business objectives
• Support team to understand company vision and direction, ensure team alignment with company goals
• Responsible for daily management and support for the team to achieve operational success
• Craft personal development plans with team members
• Provide growth & feedback points for personal development
• Liaise and communicate with other departments and ensure an effective interface is maintained
• Drive measures to improve production SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) within department